More Than 450 Grandmothers From 12 African Countries to Meet to Discuss HIV/AIDS

The Guardian explores the plan for the "inaugural African Grandmother's Gathering" on HIV/AIDS, scheduled to kick-off Thursday in Swaziland. There, "[m]ore than 450 grandmothers from 12 African countries will meet to discuss the impact of losing adult children to AIDS, becoming the head of a household and raising grief-stricken grandchildren as their own," the newspaper writes. "The grandmothers are likely to seek international support for grief counselling, access to healthcare for themselves and children in their care, safe and adequate housing, economic security, safety from gender-based violence, raising community awareness and breaking stigma, support in raising grief-stricken grandchildren and access to education for children," according to the Guardian (Smith, 5/3).

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