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Myanmar: HIV does not recognise traditions

Zar Zar's husband was a womaniser. Throughout their five years of marriage he was a regular in the brothels around the city of Rangoon in Myanmar (Burma), drank heavily, was violent, and more than once gave her a sexually transmitted infection.

She tried telling his parents, but they had never approved of the marriage and sided with their son; to make matters worse, the couple lived under their roof. In the end, fed up, she packed her bags and left for neighbouring Thailand as a migrant worker, but did not get away scot-free.

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