Tips for trainers: quoting the issues

In a brief article, the author talks about an exercise used at a skills building workshop in Bangkok, on ethical guidelines for involvement of HIV positive women in research. The workshop had a wide mix of participants including people from NGOs and universities, HIV positive women, lawyers and pharmacy staff. The participants broke into small groups, and then discussed a set of quotes prepared by the facilitators. The exercise went well, and the author describes how several participants had "aha!" moments in talking through the quotes and the issues. Perhaps the quotes were successful because they could be adapted for different contexts, and because the quote spoke to experiences the participants themselves could relate to.