“We actively break down prejudices.”

On 1 December 2023, World AIDS Day, MEP Irena Joveva, in collaboration with the youth and the Freedom Movement parliamentary group, raised awareness among passers-by about the dangers of HIV on Prešeren Square in Ljubljana. Among other things, the MEP, who is the Vice-Chair of the Public Health Committee, presented the European Parliament’s commitment to actively breaking down prejudices about this disease, as well as calls for further awareness-raising and preventive action.

Aids still marks our world, as it still affects millions of people around the world, said Joveva. She finds it especially important to raise awareness among young people about the importance of safe sex and the dangers of HIV infection: ”Today we are doing exactly that. We are raising awareness about the dangers of this disease and trying to present it to them in a slightly more innovative way.”