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 […]
On November 3rd 2015 in Bangkok, Thailand – The Stop TB Partnership launched ‘United to End TB: Every Word Counts’ – the first language guide for partners and stakeholders working in Tuberculosis (TB). The 1st edition of the evolving TB language guide can be downloaded here. “Just as the HIV community avoid using terms such as ‘AIDS control ’ or ‘AIDS suspects’, […]
The Global Fund Community, Rights and Gender Department is organising a Partnership Call to update civil society on key developments at the Global Fund. We invite Women4GlobalFund advocates to join this discussion on Wednesday, 11 November, 15:00-16:30 CET. The agenda will include updates on: The Global Fund Strategy development process and discussions around the allocation approach; Overall […]
UNDP invites civil society to participate in a wide-ranging consultation on the UNDP’ s HIV and Health Strategy 2016 – 2021. UNDP’s HIV, Health and Development group is developing a strategy that will guide the organization’s work on HIV and health for the coming six years. The proposed Strategy focuses on the social, structural and economic […]
Calling Women4GF advocates based in Developed Countries!! The Developed Country NGO Delegation to the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria http://globalfund-developedngo.org/ is soliciting nominations for three delegation members. Download (as PDF) the official call for nomination with all required details for nominations. Term of Service: January 2016-2018 Application deadline: 15 December 2015 For this round […]
Author: Shannon Kowalski Posted on the IWHC website, October 20, 2015 The world has made much progress in curbing three infectious, but preventable, diseases: HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria. But not enough. Women and girls remain among the most affected and most vulnerable. This is especially true in eastern and southern Africa, where women over the […]
As an integral part of this extensive consultation process, the e-Forum engage all sectors of society, in an inclusive and participatory way, to collectively shape the future work of the Global Fund. As summarised in this report, participant contributions will help define the organisation’s strategic framework to most effectively fight the three diseases. The report outlines […]
Deadline: Monday 9th November 2015 at 12:00hrs GMT The Communities Living with HIV and affected by TB and malaria Delegation (Communities Delegation) is looking for suitable candidates to join the Communities Delegation, to ensure that the issues and voices of Communities living with HIV, and affected by TB and malaria are heard and represented on the Global Fund Board. The Communities Delegation is made up of individuals living […]
Join W4GF advocates for a webinar on Thursday October 29th, 2015 with key Global Fund Staff to have an update on the new Global Fund Strategic Framework 2017 – 2021. The webinar will cover the following: Global Fund Strategy 2017 – 2021 Updates from the Global Fund Secretariat on the new Global Fund Strategy 2017 – 2021 – […]
W4GF encourages interested participants for the workshop on Strengthening and Integrating TB & Malaria within the HIV Gender Response! Do you already plan to attend ICASA 2015? Are you interested in strengthening your knowledge and expertise around TB & malaria gender responses related to the Global Fund? Do you want to do more in your country around […]