Women weave polythene baskets at the community-based organisation Mirror of Hope in the Kibera slum of Nairobi April 23, 2013. The project is supported by the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) and funded by UNESCO-Kenya to empower women living with HIV/AIDS to sustain themselves and their families. In 2009, there were 1.5 million people living with HIV in Kenya, with the adult prevalence rate having fallen dramatically since the mid-1990s, according to the African Jesuit AIDS Network. Picture taken April 23, 2013.
People holding flags of NGO 'AIDES' dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS, celebrate in front of the Marseille city hall, southern France on April 23, 2013, hours after the French National Assembly adopted a bill legalizing same sex marriages and adoptions for gay couples, defying months of opposition protests. In its second and final reading, a majority of lawmakers approved the bill by a vote of 331 to 225.
A student writes on a blackboard in a classroom at the Loyola Cultural Centre, part of the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL - Loyola Hope Centre), a West African Jesuit organisation, in Agoe-Nyive, a suburb of Lome, April 15, 2013. The cultural centre provides education programmes to those who it believes would otherwise not have a chance to succeed in school and also because education is crucial to the struggle against HIV/AIDS. According to the African Jesuit AIDS Network, there were 120,000 people living with HIV in Togo in 2009, but HIV prevalence in the country seems to be on a downward trend. Picture taken April 15, 2013.
An employee walks near a poster depicting the battle against HIV/AIDS at the headquarters of the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL - Loyola Hope Centre), a West African Jesuit organisation, in Agoe-Nyive, a suburb of Lome, April 15, 2013. According to the African Jesuit AIDS Network, there were 120,000 people living with HIV in Togo in 2009, but HIV prevalence in the country seems to be on a downward trend. Picture taken April 15, 2013.
Youths attend a talk on sexual and domestic violence and HIV/AIDS prevention in Agoe-Nyive, a suburb of Lome, April 15, 2013. The talk was organised by the local chamber of professional workers and the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL - Loyola Hope Centre), a West African Jesuit organisation. According to the African Jesuit AIDS Network, there were 120,000 people living with HIV in Togo in 2009, but HIV prevalence in the country seems to be on a downward trend. Picture taken April 15, 2013.
A nurse walks out of a ward for HIV-positive patients at the state-run Lavra clinic, Ukraine's main HIV treatment centre, in Kiev April 12, 2013. Ukrainians suffering from infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDS, tuberculosis and hepatitis took part in a rally in front of the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers building over the lack of drugs for treatment, which are supposed to be bought by the state and handed out for free to patients, in Kiev on April 17. The protesters believed they would die soon due to the lack of health care from the state. Ukraine suffers from one of the most severe HIV/AIDS epidemics in Europe, according to the World Health Organisation. Picture taken April 12, 2013.
