Research for Sex Work, Issue 13: HIV and Sex Work, the View from 2012

This issue of research for sex work reflects a small shift. Here, HIV and sex work don’t mean an array of epidemiologically oriented studies, but the frame for critiques of and questions about policy, laws, and programmes. Articles not written by sex workers themselves base their conclusions on what sex workers say. Here, no one tells sex workers how to run their lives.

Year of publication:

2012

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A Fundamental Shift: The Future of the Global MSM and HIV Movement

To anticipate where the MSM, HIV, and human rights movements might be in another 25 years, the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF) carried out a foresight scenario planning process with several dozen of its stakeholders and partners. MSMGF began with a simple but fundamental question: “What will the global MSM and HIV movements look like in 25 years?” The scenario planning process and its outcomes are documented in MSMGF’s latest publication.

Year of publication:

2015

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Global Fund Updates CCM Guidelines and Requirements for 2015: New Opportunities for Key Population Advocacy

This alert provides information and practical guidance for civil society organizations and key population networks on the updated country coordinating mechanism (CCM) Eligibility Requirements which came into effect January 1, 2015. The alert is also available in French, Russian, and Spanish.

Year of publication:

2015

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The Blueprint for the Provision of Comprehensive Care for Trans People and Trans Communities

The Blueprint is a document with far-reaching potential and applications in trans health and human rights in the region. The purpose of the Blueprint is to strengthen and enhance the policy-related, clinical, and public health responses for trans people in Asia and the Pacific. The primary audience for the Blueprint is health providers, policymakers and governments. The information within the Blueprint could also serve donors, bi- and multilateral organisations and trans and other civil society organisations.

Year of publication:

2015

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Report on the TB and HIV Financing Activist Workshop

Report: HIV and TB Financing Activist Workshop

This March 2015 meeting held in Johannesburg was a forum for information-sharing and advocacy agenda-setting through lively debates and discussions. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen key population advocacy for the best use of Global Fund resources and sustainable funding for HIV and TB in Botswana, Malawi, and Tanzania. The meeting culminated with representatives from each country developing (either joint or by organization) a peer- and facilitator-reviewed advocacy work plan that formed part of their application for direct support through a closed request for proposals from ITPC/ARASA.

Year of publication:

2015

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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, HIV and Human Rights Advocacy Toolkit

This toolkit specifically aims to address the capacity gaps identified at the ARASA knowledge-sharing and networking consultations. It provides user-friendly guidance, case studies, and tools specifically directed at strengthening and promoting advocacy towards the rights of LGBTI individuals in Southern and East Africa. The toolkit adopts a rights-based approach to SOGI rights advocacy, consistent with ARASA’s approach to all its work, and focuses on promoting universal access to SRHR services including HIV prevention, treatment, care and support for LGBTI persons.

Year of publication:

2015

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Working Together: a Community-driven Guide to Meaningful Involvement in National Responses to HIV

Working Together is a guide to increase and improve the meaningful involvement of the community sector in all aspects of national AIDS responses. Meaningful involvement is about much more than community groups being invited to or included in meetings. It is inclusive and participatory in all stages and at all levels of the AIDS response. Meaningful involvement is also creative and effective and reflects the ground-breaking and risk-taking approaches developed by the community sector. It is non-stigmatizing and non-discriminatory and rights-based. Furthermore, it recognizes and adheres to international principles and commitments.

Year of publication:

2015

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Justice Programs for Public Health: A Good Practice Guide

Justice Programs for Public Health: A Good Practice Guide is a comprehensive tool both for justice organizations and funders interested in addressing pressing public health needs, and public health groups and funders that recognize justice is as critical to public health as medicine.

Year of publication:

2015