title: Legal, ethical, and human rights issues facing East and Southeast Asian-Canadians.
abstract: In the last issue of the Newsletter, we reported about a project on HIV/AIDS and discrimination in South Asian communities in Canada, undertaken by the Toronto-based Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAP). In this issue, we report about another project focusing on issues of discrimination in ethnocultural communities in Canada: a project on legal, ethical, and human rights issues facing East and Southeast Asian-Canadians, undertaken by a Toronto-based AIDS-service organization, the Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS). The project concluded that "societal discrimination, systemic service deficiency and resource allocation barriers contribute to a hostile environment that challenges the self esteem, sense of efficacy, health and well being of Asians infected and affected by HIV/AIDS."
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000208:ethnology; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002170:Canada; D004989:Ethics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice