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| This is the essay series by women living with HIV. The authors in Japan,
Cambodia, Portugal and the Philippines, write about episodes and the
feelings of their daily lives. |
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 Some days ago just read a report from ILO “Equality at work: tackling the challenges” saying that the factors of discrimination in work nowadays are age, sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS.
But even if all persons have the right to work, the reality shows us other version - unemployment affecting a large proportion of European population. And Portugal among all countries is one very affected. And if we join the huge gender gap we can glimpse a scenario of women and disadvantaged population (people with chronicle disease) unemployed or in precarious work. A scenario back to Darwin and the law of strongest.
Last year I felt the oppression of being unemployed - and even if I had other objectives like the master degree, I felt the lack of my self esteem, loosing my dignity and respectability, being stressed to pay my bills, and eat less than I should. Loose hope and feeling that I didn’t belong, didn’t fit anymore. Get depressed. The unfairness of the situation made me doubt about justice, about the foundations of democracy, about all my build work.
Nowadays I’m self employed - the only solution for a 40 year old woman. Not complaining - besides the incertitude of future it pleases me for my autonomy and possibility of manage time as wish. That way I can proceed with my volunteer work. A work in progress for the organisation of a group of poz women, in Portugal.
Work gives me the feeling of contributing, of belonging, being part of the team. And I really need this feeling. |
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