Another positive development in the case shown in Ruins.
The HIV-positive migrant sex worker first arrested and exposed in 2012 has been acquitted. The woman successfully defended her case in an Athens appeals court last February after a previous conviction. As with all women …
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“Mavroudi records the suffering, bravery, and dignity of these women in this extraordinary film … Ruins is an important reminder that human rights do not provide protection unless they are respected in practice, that respect …
ContinueDespina Biri: Ruins – chronicle of an HIV witch-hunt – some thoughts
Recently I had the chance to see this documentary on last year’s stigmatization campaign against HIV positive women in Athens. I think it certainly adds to the arsenal of evidence against the public health policies …
ContinueP.S. Bouklis, Associate Lecturer in Criminology, Birkbeck University, London. – Precarious Faces
Precarious Faces P.S. Bouklis, Associate Lecturer in Criminology, Birkbeck University Women poets like Kiki Dimoula and Maria Laina have criticized the inscription of dominant repressive narratives on the female body.1 For instance, Dimoula’s “Mark …
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