Promote a Human Rights framework in response of trans women’s health, including HIV.
Rationale: Very often, responses to HIV are solely based on a test and treat approach, which in itself has the potential to violate Human Rights. It must be borne in mind that trans women are human beings, entitled to the same Human Rights afforded to others. Further, we are human beings functioning within particular social, political and economic realities. This said, it is important to recognize the intersectionalities that shape our access to health services. The law is often a barrier to accessing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for trans women. For this reason, we must ensure that trans women’s health promotion initiatives are underpinned by a Human Rights ideology.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 1
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Ensure public health responses meet the needs of trans women at risk for or living with HIV
Rationale: It is important to recognize that this collective is comprised of individuals and organization working is varied contexts. These organizations work in different public health systems that are influenced by varied social, political, legal and economic realities. We must ensure that public health systems from different parts of the globe are conscious of trans women’s need for gender responsive public health systems.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 2
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Assure equitable access to and distribution of resources
Rationale: In recent years, transgender advocates and their allies have had success in increasing funding for trans work. However, in early 2014, The Global Action for Trans* Equality (GATE) and American Jewish World Service (AJWS) published a study of 340 trans and intersex organizations that revealed that not enough funding is reaching these organizations to provide much needed services to the trans communities. The Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFHTM) new funding model has not met the needs of trans organization, making it an up hill battle to access resources. It is therefore important for the IRGT to focus its work on assuring equitable access to and distribution of resources for trans organizations to be able to carry their advocacy, human rights, and HIV work.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 3
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Promote a multi-disciplinary trans-led and trans-specific research agenda
Rationale: Epidemiologic, administrative, and community-collected data regarding trans people remain concentrated in a small number of countries and regions in the Global North. High-quality data are particularly lacking: sampling bias, inadequate or invalid ascertainment of transgender status, and conflating of trans people with sexual minorities (e.g., men who have sex with men) are frequent limitations of existing data. Scaling up support for trans communities, as well as adequate funding to address trans women’s health and human rights, will require continued efforts to expand and improve data collection and methodologies.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 4
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Promote intersectionality of trans women’s issues with other groups
Rationale: Trans women experiences must be understood in intersectionalities that shape our social, legal and political realities. It is important to recognize how gender identity, sexuality, social discrimination, homophobia, policies and human rights abuses shape our access to health services and other social services. The law is often a barrier to accessing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for trans women.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 5
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Empower and build capacity of trans women and trans organizations
Rationale: Trans women and trans organizations have not received the needed support to fully carry their work. In many instances, transgender organizations operate with limited funding, weak organizational structures, and overworked staff. It is crucial to empower and build capacity of trans women and trans organizations to improve access to resources, improve advocacy work to influence policy makers, improve provision of services, better community organizing and overall organization development.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 6
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Host the Trans Pre-Conference at IAC every two years
Rationale: Trans women and trans organizations have been practically invisible at the International AIDS Conferences and pre conferences since the first conference was held in… The MSMGF has been a great partner in including transgender issues and limited sessions in its MSM preconference over the last few years, but it is important for trans women to host our own pre conference to celebrate, network, share, organize, advocate and have a meaningful and powerful presence as a pre conference and throughout the IAC. What a better place to host the first Trans Pre Conference at the 21st IAC in Durban, South Africa.
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Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation for Objective 7
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