meena seshu, your in your own country, why are you not at the conference?they will not allow me and my co-workers to enter the u.s. the global aids conference has been going on for 25 years. scientists, planners, people most at risk to hiv need it and planning in helping to root out hiv. unfortunately, the u.s. government is part of this. this year, this conference, we have been kept out. sex workers are in the forefront of fighting this epidemic all over the world. it is unfortunate u.s. government has kept us out of this and not allow us to enter the united states. >> what is your message to the people in washington, d.c., particularly, talk about the work you're doing in india right now. >> i work with collective of sex workers in western india. we have been fighting this epidemic for 20 years now. we do target intervention. the problem is, governments do not realize they have to havhels fight the epidemic. state violence, and other violence is escalating. if you have a condom, you are picked up and arrested as being a sex worker. we are having to deal w