Positive Lives
Asia - India / Women of Sangli
Sunita Shivaji Mane - “I have been living being a HIV positive form the last eight years. My husbands status was known before our marriage but they did not tell me. After my husband died I had to look after my children all on my own. My 8 years old daughter is also positive but my elder son is not. I live in my ancestral home and work in a government project where I earn 5KG of wheat and Rs.20 as a daily wage. I also visit my in-law’s place every 15 days to look after the land and farming, which I inherited as my husband’s share from their family. I want to tell the new generation to please test your blood before marriage and stop spreading the virus to innocents like me”.
Photograph by Nilayan Dutta / Drik.
All photographs have been commissioned by Positive Lives and are shown here with full agreement of the photographer. Full copyright remains with the photographer.
If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org
Please quote the following image reference number if you wish to use or include this image.
NDA-40001005
Asia - India / Women of Sangli
Sunita Shivaji Mane - “I have been living being a HIV positive form the last eight years. My husbands status was known before our marriage but they did not tell me. After my husband died I had to look after my children all on my own. My 8 years old daughter is also positive but my elder son is not. I live in my ancestral home and work in a government project where I earn 5KG of wheat and Rs.20 as a daily wage. I also visit my in-law’s place every 15 days to look after the land and farming, which I inherited as my husband’s share from their family. I want to tell the new generation to please test your blood before marriage and stop spreading the virus to innocents like me”.
Photograph by Nilayan Dutta / Drik.
All photographs have been commissioned by Positive Lives and are shown here with full agreement of the photographer. Full copyright remains with the photographer.
If you are interested in commissioning an exhibition or community programme featuring Positive Lives, contact Mathew Birch at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance mbirch@aidsalliance.org
Please quote the following image reference number if you wish to use or include this image.
NDA-40001005