Integrating Strategies to Address Gender-Based Violence and Engage Men and Boys to Advance Gender Equality through National HIV Plans and Strategies
Johannesburg, South Africa 3-6 December 2012 Welcome!
This page contains resources produced by many organisations working on gender-based violence, involvement of men and boys, and the meaningful involvement of women living with HIV in the context of HIV. It was developed for the participants of a workshop held in December 2012 in Johannesburg, hosted by UNAIDS East and Southern Africa Regional Support Team, the Gender Equality and HIV Prevention Programme of HEARD, UNFPA, UNDP, UN Women, ATHENA, Sonke Gender Justice Network, and other partners.
This is the third workshop to be held on this theme. Each workshop has included different country delegations. The first workshop was held in Nairobi, Kenya, in November/December 2010. The second was held in Istanbul, Turkey in 2011. Both the first and second workshop brought together delegations from many different countries of the world. This third workshop is the first regionally focused workshop. The materials presented by participants in the workshop in Turkey in 2011 can be accessed here.
Countries represented at the meeting in Johannesburg are:
- Angola
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Zimbabwe
Day One
Key Workshop Reference Documents:
- “Framework for Women, Girls, and Gender Equality in National Strategic Plans on HIV and AIDS in Southern and Eastern Africa” ATHENA Network and HEARD 2010
- To access individual components of the Framework tool, please click on the following and scroll down the new page to find “POLICY ANALYSIS TOOLS“:
- “From talk to ACTION: Review of Women, Girls, and Gender Equality in NSPs in Southern and Eastern Africa” Crone T, Gibbs A, Willan S, ATHENA and HEARD 2011
- “POLICY ANALYSIS TOOL: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Integrating Attention to Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality in National Strategic Plans on HIV and AIDS” ATHENA, HEARD, Sonke Gender Justice Network and Salamander Trust 2011
Partners’ Contributions:
- Nwabisa Jama-Shai, Medical Research Council, South Africa “Linking Gender-Based Violence and HIV“
- Dr. Johanna Kehler, AIDS Legal Network, South Africa “If I knew what would happen I would have kept it to myself…..” Report from AIDS Legal Network on Gender Violence and HIV
- Jean Kemitare, SASA Programme, Uganda “Preventing Violence Against Women and HIV“
- Pamela Chakuvinga, Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre, (TLAC) South Africa
- Bafana Khumalo, Sonke Gender Justice Network, South Africa “Gender Transformative Norms Programming“
- Steve Letsike, South Africa National AIDS Commission / ATHENA “Tools for Addressing Women, Girls and Gender Equality in NSPs“
- Dr. Jackie Mangoma, MRC, (formerly HEARD), South Africa “Policy Review of Women, Girls and Gender Equality and NSPs“
- Rose Gawaya, Gender Consultant, HEARD, South Africa “GBV, HIV and AIDS Policy Scan (8 Countries)“
- Tim Shand, Sonke Gender Justice Network, South Africa Men Engage Africa Regional Policy Scan
Day Two
- Dr. Avni Amin, WHO, The Links between Gender-Based Violence and HIV – the Evidence (see from slide 15 onwards) (overview presented today by Susana Fried, UNDP)
- “What Works For Women”: website summarising all the evidence of programmes which uphold women’s rights and gender equity
Meaningful Involvement of Women living with HIV (MIWA): led by Nomfundo Eland (South African National AIDS Council Women’s Sector) and Martha Tholanah (ICW Zimbabwe)
- Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust Participation Tree and Policy Brief
- Nomfundo Eland, SANAC MIWA – Recommendation 3
- Martha Tholanah, ICW Zimbabwe (presentation to follow)
- Report on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community empowerment approaches: World Bank UNFPA JHBSPH 2012
- “Women Out Loud” – report by women living with HIV on the Political Declaration 2011, UNAIDS 2012
Engagement of Men and Boys: Part 1 – led by Tim Shand, Sonke Gender Justice, South Africa
- Tim Shand and Bafana Khumalo, Sonke Gender Justice “How to Integrate Work with Men for Promoting Gender Equality and Preventing HIV and GBV” (slides 1 – 8 and 22 – 27)
- Celma Menezes, Fanelo ya Mina Institute, Mozambique “About Fanelo ya Mina Institute” (slides 9 – 12)
- Nakai Nengomasha, Padare, Zimbabwe “Padare Change Agents” (slides 13 – 16)
- Marcel Chisi, Men for Gender Equity Now (MEGEN), Malawi “Approaches and Strategies to Working with Men” (slides 17 – 20)
- Clip from Rwanda film
Engagement of Men and Boys: Part 2 – Stepping Stones: Programme on Gender, HIV, Communication and Relationship Skills: led by Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust
- Clip from “Condom Commandos” Film by Acord about their work in Angola with soldiers and neighbouring women
- Annie Banda, Coalition of Women living with HIV and AIDS, Malawi “Strengthening Attention to GBVs in National HIV Strategies and Plans: COWLHA’s Experience” To watch Annie making this presentation, click here
- Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust “Discussion Paper: Promoting Positive Community Gender and Inter-Generational Norms” in UNESCO 2012 Gender Equality, HIV and Education – Good Policy and Practice in HIV Booklet 7
- Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust “Presentation about Stepping Stones at the UNAIDS PCB Thematic Day on HIV Prevention, June 2012, Geneva“
- Further materials about Stepping Stones can be accessed as follows: | Angola | Malawi | Mozambique | Tanzania | South Africa | Zimbabwe | more on East and Southern Africa | Stepping Stones Plus
Together for Girls: presented by Lauren Rumble, UNICEF Zimbabwe
- Lauren Rumble, UNICEF Zimbabwe, “Together for Girls: A Focus on National Evidence Collection and Response Frameworks“
Sexual and Reproductive Health and RIghts and Institutionalised Gender-Based Violence: led by Promise Mthembu, ICW South Africa and Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust
- “Language, Identity and HIV: Why Do We Keep Talking About The Responsible And Responsive Use Of Language? Language Matters” JIAS 2012 Volume 15 (2)
- “Did you know?” Film by women with HIV talking about sexual and reproductive rights in relation to motherhood, UNAIDS 2012
- “Did you know” in Portuguese”
- “Robbed of Choice” by Gem Initiative – film about coerced sterilisation in Kenya
- “Women Out Loud” – report by women living with HIV on the Political Declaration 2011, UNAIDS 2012
- “Background Paper on Gender-Based Violence experienced by women living with HIV” Hale F and Vazquez M 2011
- “Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy” WHO 2011 This report shows that IPV can start or increase during pregnancy anyway, without HIV
- “The Greater Involvement of Women living with HIV in Healthcare” JIAS 2009 Volume 9
- “Towards an HIV-free Generation: Getting to Zero or Getting to Rights?” Reproductive Health Matters Journal 2012 Supplement
- “Using a Clinic-Based Creativity Initiative to Reduce HIV-Related Stigma at IDI, Mulago Hospital, Uganda” African Health Sciences 2012 12(2)
- “Women Out Loud” – report by women living with HIV on the Political Declaration 2011, UNAIDS 2012
- Alice Welbourn, Salamander Trust Participation Tree and Policy Brief
- Report by the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith Based and Local Communities 2012 on HIV and Maternal Health
- Article by Susana Fried et al in the International Journal of Health and Human Rights 2012: “Integrating interventions on maternal mortality and morbidity and HIV: A human rights-based framework and approach”
Key Populations: led by Steve Letsike, SANAC, South Africa
- Susana Fried, UNDP “HIV and Human Rights“
- John Mkandawire, WHRI, South Africa “WRHI Sex Worker Programme“
- Steve Letsike, film by UN Secretary General: “UN Secretary-General Message at Human Rights Council” 7 March 2012, about LGBTI rights
- Report on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of community empowerment approaches: World Bank UNFPA JHBSPH 2012
- “Women Out Loud” – report by women living with HIV on the Political Declaration 2011, UNAIDS 2012
Day Three
Country Action Plans
The following country action plans were presented by the delegations, on the basis of our workshop