From December 3rd until December 9th, W4GF participated in the largest AIDS conference of Africa, organised in Harare, Zimbabwe. We aimed to contribute substantive insights into the opportunities and challenges surrounding gender equality within the comprehensive HIV response, mainly in focus countries of the Global Fund. Notwithstanding the challenges they encountered, civil society organisations persist […]
[English] On October 12, 2023, a webinar focused on women’s participation in the processes of the Global Fund was held. The event featured speakers Ida Savadogo from RAME platform and Brenda Formin from Women4GlobalFund. They discussed the importance of women’s involvement in Global Fund processes and presented initiatives to evaluate civil society engagement. The panelists […]
We’re thrilled to share that W4GF had a significant presence at the Women Deliver Conference 2023, held in Kigali-Rwanda. Our participation was dedicated to shedding light on the myriad challenges women and girls encounter when accessing comprehensive HIV, TB and Malaria services and highlighting the importance of gender-transformative policies in achieving sustainable and inclusive participation […]
Women4GlobalFund held its annual meeting on 21-23 July in Kigali, Rwanda, following the Women Deliver 2023 Conference. The meeting was essential to strengthen our strategy, fulfil the organisation’s mission, and ensure long-term sustainability. Our annual meeting has echoed the voices of change-makers and advocates who tirelessly work towards gender equality in all the Global Fund […]
July 13th 2023 Women4GlobalFund held a session about Community-led Monitoring on 13th July 2023 with National Focal Points and key partners from 10 different countries to implement capacity building and empower women and communities to lead CLM processes in their countries. We discussed the Global Fund’s mission, how to plan, collect, analyse, and apply data […]
[French] Le 30 juin, Alia Amimi, W4GF Gender Advocacy Lead, a présenté les principaux aspects sur les mécanismes du Fonds Mondial, à 21 femmes du Cameroun afin de comprendre le contexte du pays dans la lutte contre le paludisme, le VIH et la tuberculose. La session s’est déroulée par groupes de participants à Yaoundé et […]
On June 21st, we held a mentorship session with 17 women, adolescents and girls from Ghana. Our goal is to sustain and strengthen advocacy skills among women to advocate for the Global Fund to prioritize work that advances gender equality and the meaningful engagement of women and girls We provided technical support and advocacy tools […]
On July 1st, Alia Amimi, our Gender Advocacy Lead, conducted a hybrid mentorship session with women’s organisations in India about the critical aspects of the Global Fund and the Grant cycle 7. Twenty-one women participated and had an insightful dialogue about how to engage in health advocacy spaces in India through the Global Fund. Mentorship […]
On June 16th, W4GF co-organised with ICW the webinar “Global Fund 101: reinforcing gender equality” for Women living with HIV and Key Populations, which purpose was to discuss how to ensure meaningful involvement of women in all of their diversity in the GC7 funding process and increase the inclusion of gender-sensitive and transformative actions in the requests. […]
The Global AIDS Strategy is a new approach to use an inequality lens to ensure that the gaps that are preventing progress towards ending AIDS are closed. The Strategy aims to address the specific factors that have slowed progress and caused the response to fail the people who are most vulnerable to HIV, especially those […]