HIV activist to use Charlize Theron's Instagram for a day

Geneva, Switzerland — 

A young South African activistic surviving with HIV volition instrumentality implicit Oscar-winning histrion Charlize Theron's Instagram relationship connected World AIDS Day, the United Nations said Thursday.

Ibanomonde Ngema, a 21-year-old activist, volition beryllium fixed the reins to the South African-born actress's planetary relationship @charlizeafrica, with immoderate 7.6 cardinal followers, connected December 1, UNAIDS said successful a statement.

The takeover by Ngema, who was calved with HIV and has dedicated her advocacy enactment to dispelling myths and reducing stigma astir HIV, volition purpose to bring consciousness to the first-hand experiences of young radical surviving with HIV, it said.

Theron, a alleged UN Messenger of Peace who has agelong advocated for tackling the systemic inequalities that thrust HIV infections among young women and girls, insisted successful the connection that "ending AIDS is wrong reach.”

But, she warned, "only if we wholly dismantle harmful patterns of stigma and favoritism done laws, policies, and practices that support radical surviving with HIV.”

Theron won a champion histrion Oscar for her pb relation successful the 2004 movie "Monster" and has much precocious starred successful pictures specified arsenic "Mad Max: Fury Road.”

"I person ever loved watching Charlize Theron connected the large surface and person agelong been inspired by her utilizing her power to assistance radical astir the world, particularly successful our location state of South Africa," Ngema said successful the statement.

The announcement came aft UNAIDS this week released a caller study that showed however rights violations exacerbate the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV.

Last year, women and girls accounted for 62% of each caller HIV infections successful sub-Saharan Africa, UNAIDS said.