This blog is one of the main ways that the NGO Delegates and the CF Team share information about the work of the Delegation and forthcoming PCB meetings. We encourage you to comment and/or ask questions. The posts are listed in order of most recent. Navigate this page by using the search function or the checklist system on the left to narrow down your search by PCB meeting, theme, or any other tag or key word.

    NGO Delegate Meets with UN Women at UN Commission on the Status of Women

    Blog26 March 2013 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    UN Women recently joined the UNAIDS family in 2012. Mabel Bianco, NGO Delegate for Latin America and the Caribbean, was one several women’s representatives who recently met with the out-going Dr. Michelle Bachelet in New York ahead of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

    Press release (en español)

    Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM)

    Dr. Bachelet with Dr. Bianco

    On March 8th, Mabel Bianco and the group of women from Latin America and the Caribbean who attended to the 57th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York met with UN Women Executive Director, Dr. Michelle Bachelet.

    Call for Applications for the UNAIDS Women Living with HIV Dialogue Platform

    Blog7 November 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    UNAIDS is creating a dialogue platform to support effective and meaningful participation of women living with HIV in UNAIDS policy and programmatic dialogues, in particular related to social transformation. In addition, the platform will enable UNAIDS to benefit from the guidance of women living with HIV in regards to key emerging issues faced by women living with HIV. Far from being a public, formally structured initiative, the platform will seek to be a safe space for:

    25 Years Fighting for Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

    Blog26 June 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    This post is written by Mabel Bianco, President of the Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM) and the Latin American and Caribbean NGO Delegate to the UNAIDS PCB. In this article, Mabel reflects on the activism in Latin America and the Caribbean around women’s sexual and reproductive health.

    28 May marked the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, which was created at the V International Meeting of Women and Health held in San José, Costa Rica, in May 1987, following a proposal by members of the Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN/RSMLAC). Since its beginning, one of the main concerns that compelled women’s health activists in Latin America and the Caribbean to establish this day has been the high maternal mortality rates especially due to unsafe abortion. Today, this continues to be a main factor driving activism around this important date in Latin America and the Caribbean, and a key date for reaffirming the importance of women’s right to decide: to exercise her sexuality without discrimination or violence, to enjoy her sexuality free of any type of coercion, to be mothers by choice not by obligation and not to die from unsafe abortions.

    Intervention: NGO Delegate for North America – UN Women & Report by the Cosponsoring Organizations

    Blog6 June 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

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    UNAIDS Cosponsorship: UN Women

    The PCB NGO Delegates welcome the April 2 application of UN Women to become a Cosponsor of UNAIDS. In UN Women’s application it is noted that UN Women is the “lead voice advocating for gender equality and women’s empowerment globally”. The NGO Delegation sees UN Women joining UNAIDS as an opportunity to expand UN Women’s work on HIV and bridge the current body of gender work with cross-cutting HIV objectives.

    NGO Delegate Speaks on Gender Violence & HIV at Intergovernmental Meeting on Asia-Pacific’s Progress Towards the Political Declaration & MDGs

    Blog8 March 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    NGO Delegate Jane Bruning speaks to the crowd of over 250 government and civil society representatives

    From 6-8 February 2012, NGO Delegate for Asia and the Pacific, Jane Bruning, joined other civil society representatives at the Asia-Pacific High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Assessment of Progress against Commitments in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals held by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand.

    ICASA 2011 Edition of Mujeres Adelante Now Available

    Blog5 January 2012 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    Mujeres Adelante, a newsletter published by the AIDS Legal Network and ATHENA, aims to bring the voices and realities of women from research, policy, advocacy and grassroots communities worldwide together in thoughtful, provocative and times-relevant discourses on the state of women, human rights, HIV, gender equity, health, the legal environment and beyond to regional and global conferences.

    The UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation is pleased to share the ICASA 2011 edition of Mujeres Adelante with you. Topics covered include HIV prevention for women, the state of the HIV epidemic among young women, problems with vertical transmission programmes and women’s human rights in the AIDS response in Africa.

    Intervention: NGO Delegate for North America – Progress report on the Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive

    Blog19 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

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    The NGO Delegation welcomes the initiative as well as the report presented. At the same time, the Delegation expresses the need to accelerate the implementation of the Global Plan in order to be able to start the activities at country-level early in 2012 to decrease vertical transmission as soon as possible to reach the goal to eliminate by 2015.

    Observer Intervention: Keeping the Momentum to End Vertical Transmission

    Blog14 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    Beri Hull, from the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW), in her response to the “Progress report on the Global Plan Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infections Among Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive”, focuses on meaningful engagement of women living with HIV.

    Thank you Madame Chair for allowing us to share our perspectives and Dr. Delay for delivering the progress report. We also thank Executive Director Michele Sidibe and Ambassador Eric Goosby for their initiative.

    Making the Global Fund Deliver for Women and Girls

    Blog1 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    Anna, a member of Mothers for Life, a Swazi group of women living with and affected by HIV

    © Hannah

    For our special World AIDS Day 2011 series on women and girls in HIV responses, NGO Delegate for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mabel Bianco, reports on the problems of implementing the Global Fund’s gender strategy and advocates for ways the Global Fund can ensure its Strategy speaks to and for women and integrates their needs in the HIV response.

    Where the Hell is the Gel?

    Blog1 December 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    Microbicide Trials Network

     

    For our World AIDS Day 2011 series on women and girls in HIV responses, NGO Delegate for North America, Ebony Johnson, calls for increased prioritization of and support for women-centric HIV prevention methods and asks the question of where to go from here in light of recent trials.

    This past year has been a remarkable time for HIV prevention research. With the release of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research for South Africa (CAPRISA) microbicide trail results, we caught a glimpse of possibility: it was proof that a gel to prevent the transmission of both HIV and herpes simplex virus 2 was within view. I remember being there in Vienna on a hot summer day at the 2010 International AIDS Conference. It was standing room only. When the study results were announced, everyone’s eyes were full with tears; there was thanks and optimism for the new prevention revolution that appeared to be on the horizon. It was a glimmer of hope in achieving an AIDS-free world.

    Consultation Results: Recommendations for the Evaluation of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Global Fund

    Blog27 September 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    The results from an online consultation we reported on this summer are now ready. The Global Report: “Recommendations for the Evaluation of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Based on Findings from a Virtual Consultation and Focus Group Discussions” presents the results, analysis and recommendations that came out of the Global Consultation on the Implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, developed by FEIM and IAWC in partnership with GCWA.

    NGO Delegate Ebony Johnson at the International Women’s Summit: What the HLM Means to Women & Girls

    Blog30 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    At the International Women’s Summit in July 2011, NGO Delegate for North America Ebony Johnson and Juliana Davids of the World AIDS Campaign, delivered a workshop on behalf of the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GWCA) focusing on “What did the High Level Meeting on AIDS really mean for women and girls?”.

    Ebony was a member of the Civil Society Task Force, the key working group for the Civil Society Hearing, held in April 2011, and civil society participation at the High Level Meeting in June 2011.

    ICAAP 2011: Messages on Key Affected Women and Girls

    Blog30 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    In lead up to the 10th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), the Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (APA), Citizen News Service (CNS) and SEA-AIDS eForum team hosted an online consultation on key affected women and girls. The NGO Delegates for Asia-Pacific, Rathi Ramanathan and Jane Bruning, submitted their comments which focused on the UNAIDS gender-sensitivity of AIDS response background paper.

    Work Against Violence: NGO Delegates’ Response to Women & Girls Consultation

    Blog16 August 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    Masaru Goto/World Bank


    In lead up to the 10th ICAAP, the Asia Pacific Alliance for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (APA), Citizen News Service (CNS) and SEA-AIDS eForum team are hosting the topic 2 online consultation on key affected women and girls (1-20 August 2011).

    The GUIDING QUESTION is: “What strategies would you priorities to address the needs and rights of key affected women and girls? In your response, please clarify who you consider key affected women and girls and what are the main challenges in ensuring a more enabling environment for these women and girls. Please share examples.”

    Launch of Virtual Consultation on the Implementation of the Global Fund’s Gender Equality Strategy

    Blog7 July 2011 by Amy Coulterman[PDF][print]

    The Fundación para Estudio e Investigación de la Mujer (FEIM), in partnership with the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), has launched a Virtual Consultation on the Implementation of the Global Fund’s Gender Equality Strategy. The survey will run from 6-20 July 2011 and is available online in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin, Hindi and Arabic.

    English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/virtualconsultation
    Español: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/consultavirtual
    Française: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/consultationvirtuelle
    Português: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/consultavirtualport
    Russian: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/virtualconsultationrussian
    Mandarin: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/virtualconsultationchinese
    Hindi: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/virtualconsultationhindi
    Arabic: request at virtualconsultation@feim.org.ar

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