The NGO Delegation wishes to sincerely thank all the participants, facilitators, note-takers and advisors who took part in developing this Report, and commend your bravery in discussing a difficult issue. The Delegation also wishes to thank the advisory group, including the UNAIDS Human Rights Reference Group and especially Ralf Jurgen, for their support in developing the methodology, questions and report itself. We specifically want to thank civil society facilitators Kwaku Adomako, Tariq Alaoui, Akram Algawi, Marcela Alsina, Abdul Hafed Alward, Rola Baraket, Calum Bennachie, Catalina Castillo, Catherine Healy, Ian Mcknight, Karla Montalvo, Dasha Ocheret, Shiba Phurailatpam, Abdul Rahim Rejaey, Peter Richtig, Eunice Sinyemu, Mohan Sundararaj, Irina Teplinskaya, Olivier Vandecasteele, and Youned Yatine. The report would not read as well without the comments and input of Edwin Bernard, Michaela Clayton, Moono Nyambe, Laurel Sprague, Nina Sun, and Susan Timberlake.
We would like to thank the many organizations and individuals who worked with us, some remain anonymous and others are listed here:
African Black Diaspora Global Network, Canada
African Health Policy Network, UK
Africans in Partnership Against HIV/AIDS, Canada
AIDS Association Yemen
Alternatives Cameroun
Asia Pacific Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (APN+)
Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
Association de lutte contre le sida (ALCS), Morocco
AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention
Black AIDS Institute, USA
Buenos Aires Network of People living with HIV, Argentina
Center of Excellence for Transgender Health, USA
Children’s National Medical Center, Family Connections Program, USA
Coalición Ecuatoriana de Personas que Viven con VIH, Ecuador
Corporación Kimirina, Ecuador
Eurasian Harm Reduction Network
Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs
Fundación Ecuatoriana Equidad, Ecuador
HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic of Ontario, Canada
Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development, Canada
Lambda Legal, USA
Latin American and Caribbean Movement of Positive Women (MLCM+)
Latino Commission on AIDS, USA
Marama Pala, Positive Women Inc. NZ and also representing INA Maori Indigenous and Pacific Island AIDS Foundation
Marisol Alves, Grupo Esperanza y Vida, Uruguay
Mirta Ruiz, Fundación Vencer, Paraguay
Natalie Siniora
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors, USA
New Zealand Prostitutes Collective
Nicholas Denis, AIDES France
Office on Women’s Health, USA
Organizaciones de la Red Trans Ecuador: Alfil, Red Trans de el Oro, Silueta X, FUTPEN
Prisoners’ HIV/AIDS Support Action Network, Canada
Sara Araya, Vivo Positivo, Chile
Sean Strub, GNP+ North America
Serge Votyagov, Eurasian Harm Reduction Network
Sister Love, USA
The Women’s Collective, USA
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre, Canada
The NGO Delegation would also like to acknowledge the contribution and commitment of the individual members of the Delegation in the preparation of this report. Thanks to Sara Simon, who led the overall project, developed the focus group guide and drafted the report, with the support of Amy Coulterman in layout and design.
We would like to thank António Guarita, Oswaldo Rada, Jodat Turataliev, Heba Wanis and the Dongjen Center for Human Rights Education and Action in Beijing for their translation work, which is vital to ensuring participation of and communication with broader civil society.
This report is dedicated to the memory of two friends and colleagues who fought for human rights and universal access: Robert Carr and Marcel van Soest. Both of them will be sorely missed.
The UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation
