As countries reprioritise funding under Grant Cycle 7 (GC7), W4GF and ICW – with support from YOUNITE_TB, TB Women and CS4ME – asked women and girls in all their diversity:What can we not live without? The result is a bold feminist Manifesto of Non-Negotiables for HIV, TB and malaria. These are the lifesaving priorities that […]
As UNAIDS prepares its next Global AIDS Strategy (2026–2031), Women4GlobalFund (W4GF) is urging bold action—not business as usual. In our statement to the 56th UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), we outline six urgent feminist demands to ensure the new strategy is not only effective, but gender-transformative, community-led, and justice-centered. 📌 What we’re calling for: 🌍 […]
As global leaders gather for the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), Women4GlobalFund (W4GF) is calling for a radical shift in how development is financed. From worsening gender backlash to shrinking health budgets, the current financial system is failing the women and girls most impacted by HIV, TB, and malaria. Our new advocacy […]
Women and Girls in All Our Diversity Must Be at the Center of the Response As funding disruptions ripple across the global HIV, TB, and malaria responses, women and girls are being asked to make impossible choices—between mental health care and maternal care, between harm reduction and childbirth safety, between peer support and protection from […]
Compartimos el llamado a la acción desde las voces y experiencias de todas las personas, comunidades y organizaciones que formaron parte del Encuentro Innovación Positiva 2025 en Bogotá. Este fue un espacio estratégico entre mujeres en toda nuestra diversidad para mirar de frente los desafíos y barreras persistentes en la respuesta al VIH en América […]
W4GF presents this essential resource pack to help advocates, civil society, and women-led organisations make sense of the Global Fund’s Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) adaptation measures. This document will help you:✅ Understand recent guidance from the Global Fund to slow down and reprioritise spending✅ Access clear, tailored tools to influence national funding decisions✅ Ensure that […]
In the current context of the reprioritisation and adaption of Global Fund GC7 grant processes, we find it relevant to share the following series of tools to provide support in the engagement of Global Fund grant planning, review and implementation processes. This will not only encourage a more informed and meaningful community participation but it […]
📌On HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, we are reminded of a sobering reality: despite decades of scientific advancements, there is still no licensed HIV vaccine. At the end of 2023, 39.9 million people were living with HIV, with 65% of them in the WHO African Region. Alarmingly, 44% of new HIV infections occurred among women and […]
In a world of shrinking health budgets and rising anti-rights agendas, Women4GlobalFund (W4GF) is raising its voice. Our new paper challenges the idea that “lifesaving” can be reduced to pills, diagnostics, and treatment targets. For women and girls in all our diversity, lifesaving means the right to live with dignity, autonomy, and justice — not […]
🗣️ A Call to the Global Fund Board to defend Gender Equality, Communities, Human Rights, and the Future of Health As the Global Fund convenes for its 53rd Board Meeting, Women4GlobalFund (W4GF) brings an urgent and unified voice to the table: the time to protect and expand gender equality, human rights, and community leadership is […]