{"id":19504,"date":"2019-03-01T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.wordpress.com\/?p=19504"},"modified":"2019-03-01T22:33:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:33:00","slug":"zero-discrimination-day-end-the-stigma-against-people-living-with-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/01\/zero-discrimination-day-end-the-stigma-against-people-living-with-hiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero Discrimination Day &#8211; End The Stigma Against People Living With HIV"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"figure-82495-0\" class=\"article__figure article-featured-picture-figure\">\n<div class=\"article__picture\"><a class=\"article__figure__permalink\" title=\"A group of friends at sunset\" href=\"https:\/\/gcn.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/zero-discrimination-day-end-stigma-hiv.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gcn.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/zero-discrimination-day-end-stigma-hiv.jpg\" alt=\"Four friends embracing with their backs to the camera looking towards the sunset\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<section class=\"article__body-content\">Today is Zero Discrimination Day. As part of that,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hivireland.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HIV Ireland<\/a>\u00a0is calling on the public, and the Irish Government, to support its work, and that of others, in tackling discrimination against people living with HIV in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Niall Mulligan, the executive director of\u00a0HIV Ireland said, \u201cOn Zero Discrimination Day, it is crucial for policy makers and politicians to understand the impact that stigma and discrimination is having on people. Negative, or misinformed attitudes to HIV, and towards\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gcn.ie\/robbie-lawlor-hiv-late-late-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">people living with HIV<\/a>, can create obstacles for people getting tested, and prevent them from accessing the support they need.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/gcn.ie\/zero-discrimination-day-end-stigma-hiv\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Today is Zero Discrimination Day. As part of that,\u00a0HIV Ireland\u00a0is calling on the public, and the Irish Government, to support its work,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-hiv"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}