Have Your Say About HIV Abuse, Threats, Bullying Harassment
posted: 06/07/2010
Have you faced HIV abuse, bullying, graffiti, threats, or violence? If anything like this has happened to you in the last 5 years, we want to know about it. An official Inquiry is underway because public bodies are not doing their legal duty to prevent and end HIV and disability harassment.
Public duty to prevent and end harassment
Public bodies like councils, the health service, public transport and others all have a legal duty to prevent and eliminate disability harassment.
Time to tell your stories of HIV hate and bullying
You can tell your story of what happened anonymously, or give your name.
Whatever happened, no matter how big or small, and whether you told anyone, whether you complained or not, is all valuable evidence.
Partners, relatives, friends, organisations can all help too with their own evidence.
How to help
The deadline for your comments is Friday 10th September 2010.
You can respond through any of the following methods:
Disability Harassment Inquiry
Equality and Human Rights Commission
FREEPOST RRLL-GHUX-CTRX
Arndale House, Arndale Centre
Manchester, M4 3AQ
Organisations and Public Bodies have a different questionnaire - an interactive pdf and Word versions of the Call for Evidence are available here
The Inquiry also welcomes information and ideas about what helps
- How public bodies and public transport deal with HIV / disability harassment
- What helps prevent and eliminate HIV / disability harassment
- How to deal with the causes of HIV / disability harassment, including prejudice and blame
- Ways of involving people with HIV in ending HIV / disability harassment and its causes
- How people with HIV can be encouraged to report HIV / disability harassment
- How age, gender, gender identity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation affect HIV / disability harassment.
Equality And Human Rights Commission Disability Harassment Inquiry call for evidence
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