Salamander Trust at AIDS 2022
We call on conference organisers to use relevant co-author and topic inclusion criteria for abstract acceptance, to ensure that research is in line with WHO’s SRHR Guideline.
READ MOREInternational Human Rights Day 2021: New CUSP Thoughtpiece
On International Human Rights Day 2021, we are delighted to share a new CUSP Collective ThoughtPiece This new document is entitled “Enhancing Social Norms Programs: An invitation to rethink “scaling up” from a feminist perspective”. We hope that this article will be of interest to, and spark debate amongst, anyone seeking to reduce violence against women […]
READ MOREWebinar on COVID, women & girls in East & Southern Africa
ITPC Global / Salamander Trust / Making Waves webinar on the effects of COVID-19 on women and girls living with HIV in East and Southern Africa Please join us for this webinar, with the Research Team, WHO and UNAIDS, to discuss the challenges women and girls have faced, women’s own responses to them and what […]
READ MORESalamander Trust Annual Report 2019-2020
25.11.2020
Salamander Trust Annual Report 2019-2020 25 November 2020 On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2020, we are delighted to share with you our Annual Report for the year 1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020. We are hugely grateful to all our colleagues and partners around the world who contribute […]
READ MORECONFINEMENT – Report on COVID-19 lockdown effects in the UK
As the UK enters its second national lockdown, we report on the effects of the first lockdown on the health and well-being of pregnant women living with HIV across the UK.
READ MORETracking the effects of COVID-19
How COVID-19 is affecting the lives of women living with HIV December 2021 Click here to view the poster about our findings, presented by Nunu Diana at the FIGO International Conference in October 2021. To read the blog about it and the poster itself, please click on the relevant words. January 2021 Click here to […]
READ MORESalamander Trust at AIDS2020
Salamander Trust is happy to be taking part in the 23rd international AIDS Conference….. This is the first international AIDS Conference to take place virtually We are delighted to be taking part with our partners, 4M Mentor Mothers Network CIC, and Making Waves To see a list of our activities in the main conference, please […]
READ MORENew BMJ SRH Journal blog: women living with HIV in research
New blog on how to involve women living with HIV in research We are happy to share a new blog, written by Florence Anam, Cecilia Chung, Teresia Otieno, Martha Tholanah and Alice Welbourn. This blog sets out the challenges faced in trying to ensure that priorities identified by women living with HIV are addressed in […]
READ MORELatest CUSP blog on ALIGN Platform
We are happy to announce the publication of our latest CUSP blog “Building momentum for scaling-up prevention of gender-based violence: the importance of norm change initiatives at community level” In this blog, we reflect on and echo the findings of the recently concluded DFID-funded VAWG research programme across 16 countries, What Works. We also define […]
READ MOREThe WHAVE Podcast Paper #1: Fund What Works
Issue #1 of The WHAVE Podcast Papers We are delighted to launch the first of four papers based on our The WHAVE podcast series. These podcasts have been made over the past year and feature many leading women living with HIV from different parts of their world. These papers synthesise their unique insights and experiences […]
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Welcome to THE WHAVE! Our podcast series is here! To subscribe to all the podcasts through iTunes, Google or Spotify, click on the relevant word. en français, cliquez ici | para español haga clic aquí NEW – April 2020 – The WHAVE podcast papers! Based on all our podcasts so far. Podcast Paper #1: funding […]
READ MOREESTUDIO REGIONAL SOBRE VIOLENCIA Y MUJERES CON VIH EN AMÉRICA LATINA
ESTUDIO REGIONAL SOBRE VIOLENCIA Y MUJERES CON VIH EN AMÉRICA LATINA ICW Latina, Hivos, Development Connections (DVCN), Salamander Trust y ONUSIDA tenemos el placer de compartir los frutos de nuestro estudio regional sobre la violencia y las mujeres con VIH en América Latina. Regional Study on Violence against Women living with HIV in Latin America […]
READ MOREOctober 2019 Newsletter – roundup of all our recent materials
A round up of all our latest policy, participatory research and training materials, including dolutegravir, cervical cancer, ALIV[H]E, Stepping Stones and 4M
READ MOREThe power of language
09.07.2019
The language we choose to use – about the issues we address every day Language matters It shapes the way we feel, think, act and react. It also has a physiological effect on our bodies which, in turn has an effect on all our vital organs. Take a look at the two boxes on the […]
READ MOREInternational Women’s Day 2019: new advocacy booklet on cervical cancer
08.03.2019
International Women’s Day 2019 – women living with HIV, HPV and cervical cancer On International Women’s Day 2019, we are delighted to share with you a new advocacy booklet, written by and for women living with HIV and our friends. This booklet is about women living with HIV, HPV and cervical cancer. As UNAIDS asks, […]
READ MOREWomen living with HIV and Cervical Cancer
08.03.2019
November 2019 Out now! A slightly updated edition of this booklet is available here. It is also available in Spanish and in French. International Women’s Day 2019: Out now: our advocacy booklet on women living with HIV, HPV and Cervical Cancer. To access the booklet, click here. Introduction: At the end of 2018, Salamander Trust […]
READ MORESalamander Trust Podcasts en français
Francine Nganhale nous parle de l’importance du support des pairs.
READ MORESalamander Trust Pódcasts en español
¡Bienvenid@s a la Ola! Nuestra serie de pódcast. Para suscribirse a todos los podcasts a través de iTunes, Google o Spotify, haga clic en la palabra correspondiente. en français, cliquez ici | for English podcasts, click here NUEVO – Abril de 2020 – ¡Los documentos del podcast la Ola! Basados en todos nuestros podcasts hasta […]
READ MORESalamander Trust Ninth Annual Report to 31 March 2018
19.02.2019
We are very happy to share with you our ninth annual report for the UK financial year 1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018. For further updates on specific projects, please view our Projects pages on this site.
READ MORENew advocacy brief and podcast on Dolutegravir
19.02.2019
‘Our Rights – Our Lives – Our Decisions’ advocacy brief and podcast out now We are delighted to launch a new advocacy brief and podcast about dolutegravir. To access both of these and to read more, click here.
READ MORECUSP – Community for Understanding Scale-Up
CUSP – The Community for Understanding Scale Up The Community for Understanding Scale Up (CUSP) is a group of eight organizations working across 3 regions with robust experience in scaling social norm change methodologies in various contexts— the Center for Domestic Violence Prevention (CEDOVIP), Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE), the Institute […]
READ MOREThe Dolutegravir Debate
Welcome to the Dolutegravir Debate December 2019 Un seminario web sobre dolutegravir y actualizaciones de las guias de tratamiento. Con oradores Mariana Iacono – ICW Latina; Dr Giovanni Ravasi – PAHO; y Dra Alejandra Corao – ONUSIDA Latina. Haga clic aquí. October 2019 Our updated version of the dolutegravir advocacy brief is out now and […]
READ MOREnOscars Woman of the Year award 2018
We are delighted to announce that Salamander Associate Longret Kwardem is the winner of the Naz Project 2018 nOscars woman of the year award The nOscars have taken place since 2012. They highlight: “the significant gap between the sexual health outcomes of minority communities compared to the general population.” Longret Kwardem is working with the […]
READ MOREWebinar about the WHO 2017 SRHR Guideline Implementation Checklist
Please join UNAIDS and WHO staff and women living with HIV for a webinar on 9 July 2018 This will be to share information about the Generic Checklist which supports women living with HIV to implement the WHO 2017 Consolidated Guideline on the SRHR of women living with HIV in their own country. Speakers include […]
READ MOREWebinar about the WHO 2017 SRHR Guideline Implementation Checklist
Please join UNAIDS and WHO staff and women living with HIV for a webinar on 9 July 2018 This will be to share information about the Generic Checklist which supports women living with HIV to implement the WHO 2017 Consolidated Guideline on the SRHR of women living with HIV in their own country. Speakers include […]
READ MORE4M Advocacy Brief about the work of the 4MNet UK National Network
15.06.2018
4MNet UK National Network of Peer Mentor Mothers – Advocacy Brief June 2018 We are very happy to launch our new advocacy brief about the work of 4M and its great members. The workshop highlighted in this brief was kindly funded by ViiV Healthcare. To read the brief on issuu click here. To access a […]
READ MOREWorld Health Day 2018: Launch of Generic Checklist to support Implementation of WHO 2017 Guideline on SRHR of Women living with HIV
7 April 2018 Today is World Health Day and the 70th Anniversary of the World Health Association We are happy to announce the launch of a Generic Checklist, funded by WHO, to support the in-country implementation of the 2017 WHO Consolidated guideline on the SRHR of women living with HIV. This WHO Guideline was a landmark […]
READ MOREGlobal Treatment Access Review of Women living with HIV
UN Women has commissioned a global review of HIV Treatment Access for Women. December 2017: To access the Review Report, click here. December 2017: To access the Journal of Health & Human rights article about the Review Phase 2 findings, click here. This review seeks to identify key gaps related to women’s access to treatment […]
READ MORESalamander Trust Eighth Annual Report to 31 March 2017
11.12.2017
We are very happy to share with you our eighth annual report for the financial year 1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017. For further updates on specific projects, please view our Projects pages on this site.
READ MOREBlog for STOPAIDS: International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women
Sailing on Winds of Hope Alice Welbourn was invited by STOPAIDS to write a blog to mark the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. To read the blog please click here.
READ MOREOn the CUSP of Change
On the CUSP of Change: Effective scaling of social norms programming for gender equality Launch of the CUSP Working Group Policy Brief Today at the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Conference in Rio de Janeiro, we are delighted to have joined with partners from around the world to launch the CUSP Working Group Policy Brief. Salamander […]
READ MORESalamander Trust Survey on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights of Women living with HIV
Salamander Trust was commissioned by WHO to conduct a global values and preferences survey on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV, to inform the development of its new Guideline. The new full 2017 Guideline on this topic from WHO can be found in English here |en español aqui | […]
READ MORELiving with HIV: Women and Child – film about relationships
This is a new moving and powerful film about the some of the challenges and joys of the relationships between women living with HIV and their children as the young people grow up in the context of HIV. The seven minute film was created by Viiv Healthcare with the support of young people and women […]
READ MORESalamander Trust at the International AIDS Conference 2016 | Durban
Salamander Trust was at the International AIDS Conference, July 2016 in Durban, South Africa For those of you who could afford to travel to Durban, we were so glad to meet new friends and old there. To see the new 4-page brief and slideset from the collaborative UN Women treatment access research, click […]
READ MOREUNAIDS Participatory Film Project
27.04.2016
Capacity building for leadership on Gender Based Violence: A Participatory film project Background to the project Between August 2014 and October 2015 Salamander Trust undertook a film training and documentary programme to showcase the extraordinary grassroots leadership of women living with HIV in an effective response to Gender-Based Violence and HIV in Africa. This programme […]
READ MOREInternational Women’s Day 2015
09.03.2015
As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2015, Salamander Trust showcases the views of three young inspiring women living with HIV from around the world.
READ MORESalamander Trust at AIDS 2014, Melbourne, Australia, July 2014
Salamander Trust’s Alice Welbourn and Associate Nell Osborne are delighted to be able to attend the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne. Please click here or scroll down this page to view the activities in which we are involved. **Salamander Trust is deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the loss of flight no MH […]
READ MORERights, Camera, Action! The Pregnancy Journey when you are living with HIV
11.10.2013
The following films have been endorsed by the British HIV Association (BHIVA), International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+), Pozfem UK, WECARe+, the UK National HIV Nurses Association (NHIVNA) and Sophia Forum. Introduction This project and the films that were made were a collaboration between […]
READ MORESeeking Safety – Stepping Stones with COWLHA in Malawi
12.07.2013
Salamander Trust collaborates with COWLHA Malawi in new film-making & training project The Coalition of Women living with HIV and AIDS in Malawi has been using the “Stepping Stones” training programme on gender, HIV, communication and relationship skills, and other innovative approaches, for some time with its members. In this recent initiative, Salamander Trust has […]
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