News & Updates

Global Fund Partnership Calls – Jan and Feb 2016

Calling Women4GlobalFund advocates! The Global Fund will be hosting the following Partnership calls: Tuesday, 19 January, 15:00-16:30 CET on key performance indicators (KPIs). Tuesday, 2 February 15:00-16:30 CET on the Equitable Access Initiative and the Community, Rights and Gender Special Initiative. RSVP to rene.bangert@theglobalfund.org The call in numbers can be accessed here and the participant access code is: 443025. If there […]

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Notes from W4GF Webinar on the New Global Fund Strategy 2017 – 2022 (October 29, 2015)

A webinar was organised and hosted by W4GF on October 29, 2015 for W4GF advocates and partners to have an update on the new Global Fund Strategic Framework 2017 – 2022. 12 participants, including three Global Fund Secretariat staff attended the webinar, which covered the following: Global Fund Strategy 2017 – 2021 Updates from the […]

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8 Million Reasons to Invest in Global Health

The Global Fund partnership formally presented the investment case for mobilising US$13 billion for the three-year replenishment cycle that begins in 2017 at the Preparatory Meeting in Tokyo, Japan on the 17th December 2015. Building on significant progress, a US$13 billion contribution would support programs that: Save up to eight million lives; Avert up to […]

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ARASA launches activist guide on human rights and TB

Attention W4GF Advocates: The guide serves as a framework for activists in Southern and East Africa working on HIV, TB and human rights issues in the region. It aims to provide a starting point for activists to identify the key advocacy priorities relating to TB and human rights in their own countries. To download the guide, […]

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W4GF Statement: W4GF calls on donors for renewed commitment and invest in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

  For Immediate Release 15 December 2015    WOMEN4GLOBALFUND (W4GF) CALLS ON DONORS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT AND INVEST IN THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   Tokyo, Japan –  Women4GlobalFund (W4GF) advocates call on donors for renewed commitment and to invest in the Global Fund to Fights AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global […]

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On Huffington Post: To Defeat HIV – We Must Do More for Women and Girls

Original post accessible on Huffington Post By Clara Banya, Member, Global Fund Advocates Network Speakers Bureau There is nothing wrong with having HIV. I tell people that I love myself and that I am not less because of HIV. And as an HIV advocate, I help other women living with HIV deal with the disease, […]

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Global Fund Partnership Call

Please join The Community, Rights and Gender Department of the Global Fund for a Partnership Call on Tuesday 15 December 15:00 – 16:30 CET. Confirm your participation to rene.bangert@theglobalfund.org Promoting and protecting human rights and gender equality has been approved as a Strategic Objective within the Global Fund Strategy Framework 2017-2022. While human rights was in the […]

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Global Fund Press Release: Global Fund Board Approves New Strategic Framework

Global Fund Press Release GENEVA – The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved a new framework for its 2017-2022 strategy to maximize impact, strengthen systems for health, promote and protect human rights and gender equality, and mobilize additional resources. At a two-day Board meeting, partners agreed to prioritize efforts that […]

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Global Fund Publishes Piece On Confronting the Challenge: Women and Girls in Global Health

The Global Fund has published a short piece, Women and Girls, to highlight a growing challenge in global health. Gender inequalities, sexual violence and discrimination fuel a devastating and disproportionate number of new HIV infections in women and adolescent girls, and increase their overall health risks. The evidence is stark: In the hardest-hit countries, girls account for […]

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