[Viva] Fwd: Taking a moment to Honor Prudence Mabele

[shelly tognazzini]

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From: "ICW NA" <icwnacoordinator at gmail.com>
Date: Jul 12, 2017 8:31 AM
Subject: Taking a moment to Honor Prudence Mabele
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*Honoring Prudence Mabele*



ICW North America is saddened by the death of Prudence Mabele who passed
away on July 10th.  She was among the first black women to be open about
her HIV status in South Africa. Prudence was a Founder and Director of
Positive Women’s Network - South Africa and Founder of Treatment Action
Campaign.



Prudence was a great warrior and a long time HIV activist, women’s right
advocate, a courageous leader, a mentor and always giving to the community.
She has left a legacy that we will all remember her with; She championed
access to treatment, care and support in South Africa and globally;
encouraged many to disclose their status and fight stigma; she set a good
example for positive living and self care. Prudence was always Jovial and
encouraging to fellow women living with HIV. She will be missed by many.



Below please find the statement released by her family, and another
released by GNP+.





*Statement from her family:*

It is with profound sorrow that the Mabele family announces the death of
their daughter Prudence Nobantu Mabele. A leading advocate for people
living with HIV & AIDS, a respected gender activist, and one of the first
black women in South Africa to disclose her HIV status,  Prudence was the
founder and executive director of the Positive Women's Network and deputy
chair of the South African National AIDS Council. She passed away from
pneumonia on 10 July, 2017.



Details of the Memorial service and funeral will be announced in due course.



Prudence Nobantu Mabele - b. 21 July 1971, d. 10 July 2017



Released on behalf of the Mabele family by Dreamcatcher- contact: Marang
Setshwaelo -0825591802/ 0114475655 Marang at dreammultimedia.co.za







*GNP+ statement*



*GNP+ mourns the loss of Prudence Mabele, a leading light in the HIV
movement.*

The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) is mourning the death
of Prudence Mabele, who passed away earlier this week. Prudence was
a trailblazer, a strong, fierce, and beloved activist and mentor to many
people living with HIV and those in the HIV/AIDS and TB human rights
movements. As one of the first black women in South Africa during the
apartheid regime to be open about her HIV status
<http://reliefweb.int/report/south-africa/life-battling-aids>, she gave
courage to people living with HIV worldwide for more than 25 years and
through her constant engagement in the struggle to make decent services and
HIV treatment accessible for everyone who needed it.

Prudence was the founder of the Positive Women’s Network
<https://www.facebook.com/pg/positivewomensnetworksa/about/?ref=page_internal>
and
one of the founding members of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
<http://www.tac.org.za/> and the National Association of People Living with
HIV and AIDS of South Africa (NAPWA).  <http://www.napwasa.org/>Last year,
Prudence worked tirelessly with GNP+ as the National co-chair of the
*LIVING 2016:
the Positive Leadership Summit*
<https://www.gnpplus.net/our-solutions/living-2016/the-summit/>, a
pre-conference to the International AIDS Conference, created by and for
people living with HIV to build skills, share knowledge, and develop shared
advocacy strategies. Prudence devoted her time to the pre-conference and
following her commitment she worked to motivate others to give “a voice to
people living with HIV”.



GNP+ honours the incredible legacy left by Prudence Mabele and extends our
heartfelt thoughts and condolences to Prudence’s family, colleagues,
friends and loved ones.



Source: https://www.gnpplus.net/gnp-mourns-the-loss-of-
prudence-mabele-a-leading-light-in-the-hiv-movement/



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