Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES, Aug 22 2009 (IPS) – Keeping a hospital appointment in the Argentine capital is a far less fearsome ordeal for transgender persons, a sector of the population that according to doctors had dramatic statistics of illness, when they are accompanied by trained health promoters who, like them, have chosen a different gender identity.
It s easier to communicate among ourselves than with hospital staff, Valeria Ramírez, a transgender promoter with the city of Buenos Aires Programme to Facilitate Access to the Health System for the Transgender Population, told IPS.
In place since 2007, the strategy has increased the frequency of consultation and health check-ups by this marginalised community, as well as boosting the immune systems of those inf…
Kristin Palitza
BUKAVU, DR Congo, Oct 17 2011 (IPS) – Angeline Mwarusena, 61, sits on a small wooden bench in front of her hut, head bent, shoulders slumped. Her voice is barely audible. Four years ago, three soldiers from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) entered her home, hit her and raped her repeatedly. One after the other.
The village of rape survivor Angeline Mwarusena continues to be threatened by militia. …