On July 16th, W4GF hosted it’s fourth webinar of the year on Community Based Monitoring (CBM). The webinar provided an opportunity for 19 W4GF Advocates and partners to engage with the Global Fund Secretariat to share CBM best practices. Introduction It is essential that women remain engaged in the implementation beyond funding requests submitted to […]
“Breaking barriers and building bridges” is the theme of AIDS 2018 Conference, to be held in Amsterdam, 23-27 July 2018. This year’s theme highlights the importance of rights based approaches in addressing the needs of key populations and vulnerable communities, including in Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the North-African/Middle Eastern regions where epidemics are growing. The […]
Join W4GF on Monday, July 16th for a webinar on Community Based Monitoring Community engagement ensures country objectives are met by upholding the rights of all people to access services and by ensuring that services remain responsive and grounded in reality. Community based monitoring (CBM) increases community engagement and improves the quality, effectiveness, equity, efficiency and responsiveness […]
Marie Benjamin, Program Coordinator of Society for Women and AIDS in Africa, Sierra Leone (SWAASL) spoke to Matipa Ndoro, W4GF Programme Officer. Marie is also chairperson of the Consortium to Advance the Rights of Key and Affected Populations (CARKAP) and an advocate for the rights of women living with HIV striving to sustain engagement in Global Fund national […]
June 26th marks the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. This year’s theme is on the creation of healthy and safe environments for children and youth, Listen First- Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe to increase support for prevention of drug use based on […]
Calling all W4GF advocates linked to regional and global civil society networks! The Robert Carr Civil Society Networks Fund (RCNF) has announced it Request For Proposals (RFP) for 2019-2021. The deadline to submit proposals is August 13, 2018 at 12:00 (noon) CET RCNF is inviting proposals from global and regional civil society networks who are: addressing critical factors protecting […]
W4GF congratulates The Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) in partnership with Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) on this new resource Voicing Community Interests in the Global Fund as a tool to strengthen active community engagement within Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs). At national levels, 40 percent of decision-makers in grant committees are […]
Introduction A W4GF webinar took place on Monday 28 May. W4GF global advocates engaged with the Global Fund Secretariat (GFS) on Challenging Operating Environments (COEs). The discussion was moderated by Maureen Murenga, W4GF Advisory Group member and Director of the Lean on Me Foundation. As outlined in the EANNASO Community Guide to the Global Fund’s Challenging […]
Join W4GF on Monday, May 28 2018 for a webinar on Gender and Challenging Operating Environments (COEs). The slides that will be presented by the Global Fund can be found here The Global Fund is operating in more than 20 countries designated as challenging operating environments (COEs). While presenting unique challenges in programming, the Global Fund is […]
Introduction A W4GF webinar on Tuesday 17 April 2018 provided space for 13 W4GF advocates and partners to engage with the Global Fund Secretariat (GFS), Stop TB Partnership and Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organisations (EANNASO) around TB gender assessments. The TB gender assessment tool was adapted from the 2010 UNAIDS Gender Assessment […]