According to report of Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MACS), the number of HIV positive women in Manipur till August this year is 5323. Besides tapping their weaving skills, formation of SHGs have also provided a platform to understand each others’ problem and share each moment of happiness and sorrow among the HIV infected/affected women who seem to have at also found purpose and joy of living alive.
Female HIV sufferers strive for economic emancipation — The Sangai Express