Annie Lennox will be one of a number of high-profile speakers at a briefing on the subject of HIV stigma at the Houses of Parliament on 30 Monday November.
The event will be hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS, the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the community research team.
The first results of The People Living With HIV Stigma Index will be unveiled at the briefing. The Index is a research project, which involved interviewing 865 UK individuals with HIV on the subject of the stigma they have experienced as a result of their status.
Speakers at the event chaired by David Borrow MP (Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS) will also include Kenneth Kaunda (the first president of the Republic of Zambia), Prof. Jane Anderson (Director of the Centre for the Study of Sexual Health and HIV, Homerton Hospital) and Andy Burnham MP (Secretary of State for Health).
The Stigma Index is designed as a global initiative, but the UK results are the first to be obtained.
It is hoped that the initiative will be both a catalyst for creating and fostering change in the communities in which it is used, by empowering both the individuals and communities most affected by the epidemic.
It will take place in the Attlee Suite in the Houses of Parliament from 3-5:30pm on Monday 30th November.