On Saturday, April 10th, our guest on Tiyeni Tipewe will be Shima Baradaran, a lawyer and lecturer in criminal law at the University of Malawi, and former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Malawi. She has been consulting with some of the NGOs in Malawi who have some objections to the current draft of the HIV Bill (that would criminalize transmission of HIV).
Shima is actually heading to Malawi next week to join these organizations in presenting their position paper to Parliament ... but first, she wants to hear from you! What do you think the organizations and the Malawian government need to hear? Please:- comment here on the blog
- email me your comments about this issue (stein.kathryn@gmail.com) before Saturday
- join us live on April 10th at 6pm Eastern (radioyako.com)
- Call in using Skype or send in your comments during the show
Shima sent me this draft copy of the position paper to put up on the blog. Please note, and let others know, that it is still being finalized - this is not the final version. Also, you may have to enlarge the font.
I'm glad I read the paper, and was surprised at some of the details of the proposed bill and impressed at the work of the many organizations that have joined together in fighting for changes to it!
