A transição do privado para o público: trajetória de uma mulher vivendo com HIV/aids

Abstract

This article relates the trajectory of a woman who was diagnosed as someone living with HIV/AIDS until I became an activist for this
cause. Integrated in groups of people living with HIV/AIDS in the National Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (RNP+ Núcleo
RJ), I saw that I had had a “gold standard” multiprofessional care; that is, I was privileged. That is why I started acting in favor of
women living with HIV/AIDS, so that they could have this right, as a member of ICW - The International Community of Women Living
with HIV/AIDS -, of the creation of the ICW Latin America and Caribbean (ICW Latina) and also participating in the foundation of the
Brazilian Chapter (ICW Brasil) of the ICW Latina. This trajectory in the area of HIV/AIDS, feminism and Human Rights, allowed me to
go from practice to theory, developing several projects of intervention, formation and attention to women, to the production of technical materials, political proposals and an accumulation of local, national and international experiences that added to me being the person I am today. Collectively, it was the understanding of the importance of forming networks of people who had a common condition, the training of leaderships, and the search for funding for this dialogue and action, aiming at the construction of public policies that would meet their demands.