Empowering HIV-positive Women in Guyana

Date: Friday, July 15, 2011

Being diagnosed with HIV often leads to social exclusion. Not for Marlyn Cameron. When she was diagnosed in 2010, she took matters into her own hands, and joined the Sunshine Support Group in the Caribbean country of Guyana, a local network that empowers and supports women living with HIV and AIDS. At first, Cameron wanted to seek knowledge on the infection from the group. But, instead, her curiosity and leadership took her one step further — on the first day she joined, she was elected president of the group.