Some countries have good laws, laws which could stem the tide of HIV. The problem is that these laws are flouted. Because stigma gives unofficial license to treat people living with HIV or those at greatest risk unlike other citizens.

HIV brings out the best and the worst in humanity, and the laws reflect these attitudes.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

Why, in our age of science, [do] we still have laws and policies which come from an age of superstition?

Civil society must be strengthened to help raise awareness among people living with HIV, and those at risk, of their rights, and to ensure they have access to legal services and redress through the courts.

Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern.

The patriarchy is alive and well in Egypt and the wider Arab world.