Submissions/HIV/AIDS awareness without conflicting Socio-Cultural beliefs
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This is a rejected submission for Wikimania 2012. |
- Submission no.
811
- Title of the submission
- HIV/AIDS awareness without conflicting Socio-Cultural beliefs
- Type of submission (workshop, tutorial, panel, presentation)
- Presentation
- Author of the submission
- Khushboo Leuva
- E-mail address
- kleuva@aol.com
- Username
- khushi12
- Country of origin
- India
- Affiliation, if any (organization, company etc.)
- None
- Personal homepage or blog
- Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)
- My abstract is about HIV/AIDS. It focuses on how this
particular infection is spread with its main emphasis on
how socio-cultural beliefs plays crucial role in the spread
of infection in several developing and udner developed
countries. Lastly my primary focus for this presentation is
based on how with the help of Wikimedia, awareness can
be spread among these countries specially among Females
and adolescence in those areas in order to control its
infection. Some of the measure which can be taken to
spread awareness without conflicting socio-cultural beliefs
can are:- Firstly, Implementation of policies which may
involve providing blood group tests for males and females
in order to register for their marriage certification.This
can led to determination of how much population is
actually affected along with restricting their respective
partners from getting infection.Secondly,mandatory health
checkups for Sex workers since they are at higher risk of
contracting HIV infection. Failure to impose mandatory
checkups should result in certain amount of fine or legal
action against particular sex worker or those who are
restricting these sex workers from having it done due to
cultural beliefs.Thirdly, HIV testing should be made
compulsory for adolescence group going to schools in
urban areas of the developing countries. Also providing
HIV/AIDS related class sessions as mandatory school
subject to students studying in rural or tribal area of those
countries. Also, In rural or tribal areas, HIV/AIDS related
awareness program can be spread through performance art
through presentation of its cause and effect in the forms
of musical play or fictional art work. Since cultural
festivals or country fairs tends to play important role in
rural areas. Therefore presentation of HIV/AIDS
awareness through theater art is a good idea. This can
help people in different conservative societies to learn
from their weaknesses and move forward without creating
any socio-cultural conflict.Lastly, Medical camps should
be set up in villages where rate of HIV infection is really
high. These camps should be set up in association with
head in charge of those villages since head person is
considered as superior authority. Having medical camps in
association with superior authority can have influence in
HIV/AIDS awareness program in a manner that it will
encourage more people to participate in their medical
checkup program. Also it may encourage local people to
participate as volunteer to support these medical camps in
their cause towards HIV/AIDS awareness. Since these
areas tend to be highly influenced by their local figure
thus having their support can truly help any HIV program
to succeed. Also,Distribution of HIV/AIDS related
awareness information through brochures and billboards
in areas where electronic media is not developed at higher
level. Since there is higher rate of infection in these areas
therefore local authority should be assigned to participate
in this program thereby it will result in creating
employment opportunity for local public. Apart from
creating these opportunities for males, there are female
related opportunities as well. Female representatives from
every local or tribal regions should involve in awareness
program which can involve female oriented get to gather
events or discussions involving females related health
issues and importance of sex education.
- Track
- WikiCulture and Community; Research, Analysis, and Education
- Length of presentation/talk
- 25 Minutes
- Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?
- Yes
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Special request as to time of presentations
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- Tim Koch (talk) 12:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)