ProBono.org, a nonprofit public-interest law service based in Johannesburg, has plans to start a weekly legal clinic for HIV-positive people to tackle issues of discrimination, the news site for the City of Johannesburg reports (joburg.org.za, 4/8).
Odette Geldenhuys, ProBono.org’s director, says the new service “seeks to help and focus on a group of people who are being marginalized and discriminated against, not on merit and ability, but on the basis of their well-being or HIV status.”
According to the article, HIV-positive people in the city often face discrimination in the workplace and at home. The legal group will begin providing free advice and services mid-April in the hopes of eliminating such discrimination.
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