Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
Lesbians in South Africa face abuse and violence simply for not fitting social expectations of how women should look and act.
hiv-herpes link February 10-16, 2006: Researchers at Johannesburg’s Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital are homing in on the link between HIV and the genital virus, which is thought to infect more than half of South Africa’s adults. [more]
depression and anxiety March 8, 2006: Depression and related anxiety disorders affect between nine and 25 percent of the population and are at least as disabling as heart disease, diabetes and arthritis. [more]
Jessica Stern, researcher for Human Rights Watch Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program
