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A totally numb left foot!!
August 10th 2008
I’m writing this blog laid up in bed in my hotel room in Mexico City, where I’ve only now had a moment to take the time to write.
I’m writing this blog laid up in bed in my hotel room in Mexico City, where I’ve only now had a moment to take the time to write. I should have been attending the final press blitz of the week, but my back suddenly went into spasm last night, giving me more pain than I’ve ever experienced in my life, and a totally numb left foot!!
But here’s the deal...would you believe that there just happens to be a chiropractors conference going on at the hotel???!!!
So... A very nice doctor from Cancun had given my aching vertebra some adjustments, and a great big cortisone shot, which should help me to get to the airport tonight!! I’m gutted, of course, because I was totally primed up to attend the media event, but at this point in time, I’m actually having difficulty getting out of bed.
Hey ho! In any case...I think that the work done this week has been impactful, and that’s what counts.
I have some statistics for you..
An estimated 77% of all HIV positive women live in Sub Saharan Africa.
17.5 million women are living with HIV Aids
Young women aged 15 to 24 are THREE TIMES as likely to be HIV positive than men of that age.
I’ve taken the decision to cut back some of the other ( non musical ) things I do, so that I can focus completely on the issue of HIV Aids and women.
The Latin countries have a golden opportunity at this point to get to grips with the epidemic before it erupts like a time bomb.
If they don’t respond effectively then without any doubt, the African pandemic will be replicated in other countries.
Women are on the frontline of vulnerability. There is so much gender inequality, stigma, ignorance, and fear surrounding the issue. People have their heads stuck in the sand, as if they’re not going to be affected. I sat with a group of amazing Mexican women, every one was HIV positive, and when I asked them to raise their hands if they’d been infected by their husbands, almost every hand in the room went up.
And when they go to seek help, they are discriminated against, as if they’d done something wrong!!!
This has to change. Women’s rights...human rights must be respected and implemented. The issue is not only about the gay community, intravenous drug users or sex workers...it’s about you and your mother, your sister, your daughter your friends....It’s about all women everywhere!
PS...Thanks to the guys with the SING posters!!
PPS..There were loads of men, as well as women at the rally, and that made me feel really good, because we’re all in this together.
But here’s the deal...would you believe that there just happens to be a chiropractors conference going on at the hotel???!!!
So... A very nice doctor from Cancun had given my aching vertebra some adjustments, and a great big cortisone shot, which should help me to get to the airport tonight!! I’m gutted, of course, because I was totally primed up to attend the media event, but at this point in time, I’m actually having difficulty getting out of bed.
Hey ho! In any case...I think that the work done this week has been impactful, and that’s what counts.
I have some statistics for you..
An estimated 77% of all HIV positive women live in Sub Saharan Africa.
17.5 million women are living with HIV Aids
Young women aged 15 to 24 are THREE TIMES as likely to be HIV positive than men of that age.
I’ve taken the decision to cut back some of the other ( non musical ) things I do, so that I can focus completely on the issue of HIV Aids and women.
The Latin countries have a golden opportunity at this point to get to grips with the epidemic before it erupts like a time bomb.
If they don’t respond effectively then without any doubt, the African pandemic will be replicated in other countries.
Women are on the frontline of vulnerability. There is so much gender inequality, stigma, ignorance, and fear surrounding the issue. People have their heads stuck in the sand, as if they’re not going to be affected. I sat with a group of amazing Mexican women, every one was HIV positive, and when I asked them to raise their hands if they’d been infected by their husbands, almost every hand in the room went up.
And when they go to seek help, they are discriminated against, as if they’d done something wrong!!!
This has to change. Women’s rights...human rights must be respected and implemented. The issue is not only about the gay community, intravenous drug users or sex workers...it’s about you and your mother, your sister, your daughter your friends....It’s about all women everywhere!
PS...Thanks to the guys with the SING posters!!
PPS..There were loads of men, as well as women at the rally, and that made me feel really good, because we’re all in this together.
