Handmade doll: Betrayal
Part of the Stitches collection.ST-IND-PA-0009
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Betrayal

Parvati KhanIndia, India

The story

I was abused by my stepfather when I was a teenager. When I got married, once I felt sick and had to do some blood tests. That was the time when I was diagnosed as HIV. My husband and in-laws abandoned me so did my parents. I became homeless and made the local railway station my home. After a couple of days the police arrested me and put me in a women’s shelter home where I am receiving treatments and attending the tailoring classes. I would like to make an appeal to the mothers, please do not abandon your child in case she has to go through my kind of situation. Was it my fault? Kolkata, India

About this doll
Represents
HIV/AIDS
Birth date
Unknown

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These dolls, created by women with HIV/AIDS, show that the disease is one with multiple layers that each woman must peel away in order to live a positive life.

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