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Regional Events & Trainings:

In each region, the Global Campaign follows leads of our local partners and endorsers, so that the strategies are appropriate to the context, interest, and capacity of our partner organisations. GCM supports these groups through a combination of site visits, technical assistance, ongoing communications, information resources, skills building workshops and regional strategy meetings.

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Other Events & Conferences:

9 March 2010 Commission on the Status of Women



The Global Campaign for Microbicides is co-sponsor of the

Prevention Now!’s Expanding Access to Female and Male Condoms through Advocacy and Programming Event

Tuesday, March 9, 2010
12:00p.m – 1:30p.m.
Church Center for the United Nations, 2nd Floor
777 United Nations Plaza (corner of 44th St. and First Avenue)
New York City

Panelists:

Kimberly Whipkey, Senior Associate for Advocacy and Outreach, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) and the Prevention Now! Campaign

Sarah Davies, Vice Chair, United Nations Committee of Youth Organizations (CoNGO) and Communications Assistant, World YWCA

Martha Brady, Senior Associate, Population Council

Edinah Masiyiwa, Executive Director, Women’s Action Group Zimbabwe

Manju Chatani-Gada, Senior Program Manager, AVAC – Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention and Co-Founder, African Microbicides Advocacy Group (AMAG)

About the event: Female and male condoms are the only dual protection methods we have today that prevent HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancy. While women can initiate male condom use by negotiating with their partners, female condoms give women a prevention option specifically designed for them to initiate.  Despite the importance of condoms, they are not always accessible or well-programmed. Civil society advocacy is instrumental in securing the funding and political will needed to ensure access to female and male condoms, including comprehensive programming. Panelists will provide examples of programming and advocacy for female and male condoms—including efforts that target youth—and will strategize about the future of advocacy for prevention technologies.

This event is free and open to the public, though space is limited.  To RSVP, please contact Kiki Kalkstein at kkalkstein@genderhealth.org.   

Co-sponsors: Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE); Prevention Now!, an initiative of CHANGE; World YWCA; AVAC - Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention; Global Campaign for Microbicides; Support; The Condom Project; Durex Network; Universal Access to Female Condoms Joint Programme; Centre for Population and Development Activities (CEDPA); and Population Council

29 March 2010:  Positioning HIV Prevention on the Human Rights Agenda

In celebration of Human Rights Day in South Africa, the Global Campaign for Microbicides is hosting an event. Representatives from academia, human rights institutions, gender experts, and HIV prevention experts will discuss the position of HIV prevention for women as a human rights issue.

29 March 2010
14h00-16h00

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Rosebank

For any further correspondences, please contact the South Africa office at 011 447 1641/1847 or through email at: vnaidoo@path.org

20-23 April 2010: The HIV Research Catalyst Forum: Treatment, Prevention, Advocacy 

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
Baltimore, Maryland

Marc-André LeBlanc, Global Campaign for Microbicides, will be discussing ARV-based Prevention

 

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