Violence Prevention and Response: An Integral Part of LINKAGES’ HIV Interventions with Key Populations

November 29, 2017

Written by Vanessa Mosenge, Gender-Based Violence Consultant, LINKAGES [caption id="attachment_1361" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Representatives from the government, local NGOs, and CBOs pose for a group photo at a GBV stakeholder meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Photograph by Christian Tanyi.[/caption] In Francophone Africa, as in... Continue Reading

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Using a gender lens to increase impact of HIV programming for key populations: the LINKAGES Gender Strategy

November 27, 2017

Written by Giuliana Morales, Senior Technical Officer, Research Utilization, FHI 360, and Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, Research Utilization, FHI 360 [caption id="attachment_1357" align="alignnone" width="1280"] LINKAGES, CHAMP, and CBOs participate in a small group discussion on strategies to improve the implementation... Continue Reading

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Making the case for asking key populations about violence: A success story from South Sudan

November 25, 2017

Written by Kim Dixon, Gender-Based Violence Consultant, LINKAGES [caption id="attachment_1350" align="alignnone" width="1135"] LINKAGES' South Sudan team shares their commitment to addressing GBV during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.[/caption] Before joining the LINKAGES project, I spent most... Continue Reading

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GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AFFECTS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND OTHER KEY POPULATIONS

November 22, 2017

Written by Hally Mahler, Project Director, LINKAGES, and Rose Wilcher, Director, Research Utilization, FHI 360 This blog post was first featured on the LINKAGES blog in November 2016. In 2015, a friend and colleague, Beyonce Karungi, wrote about what it is like to be a... Continue Reading

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Transgender day of remembrance: thoughts from a trans peer educator in Dominican Republic

November 20, 2017

Interviewee: Macarena Pérez, Transgender Peer Educator, Centro de Promoción y Solidaridad Humana (CEPROSH), Dominican Republic Interviewer: Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20th that honors the memory of lives lost in... Continue Reading

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT “REGGIE”: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING LGBTQ MESSAGING WITH HIV INFORMATION

April 10, 2017

Written by Georgia Arnold, executive director and founder of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, and executive producer of the award-winning “edutainment’ campaign, MTV Shuga. MTV Shuga is a 360 mass media campaign that uses the power of entertainment to generate... Continue Reading

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Commission on the Status of Women & Transgender Women

March 31, 2017

Written by Beyonce Karungi, Executive Director, Transgender Equality Uganda The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the largest international gathering of governments and civil society dedicated to developing an agenda that promotes progress for women and girls. Each year, the UN brings... Continue Reading

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Mutual learning, mutual success: the benefits of building the collective capacity of members of key populations

March 15, 2017

Written by Alice Olawo, Senior Program Officer, LINKAGES Kenya Harmful gender norms and inequalities increase violence and HIV risk while limiting the use of HIV services by members of key populations (men who have sex with men [MSM], transgender people, people... Continue Reading

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International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

December 16, 2016

The Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) exists to uphold the voice of sex workers globally and connect regional networks advocating for the rights of female, male, and transgender sex workers. NSWP represents 264 sex-worker-led organizations in 79 countries.... Continue Reading

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Reducing Gender-Based Violence Against Women Who use Drugs: The Right to be Free

December 7, 2016

Written by Judy Chang, Board Member, International Network of People who use Drugs Globally, it is estimated that one out of three women experiences gender-based violence (GBV) in her lifetime. Data on women who use drugs and their experiences of violence... Continue Reading

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Category: Gender

Violence Prevention and Response: An Integral Part of LINKAGES’ HIV Interventions with Key Populations

Using a gender lens to increase impact of HIV programming for key populations: the LINKAGES Gender Strategy

Making the case for asking key populations about violence: A success story from South Sudan

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AFFECTS TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND OTHER KEY POPULATIONS

Transgender day of remembrance: thoughts from a trans peer educator in Dominican Republic

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT “REGGIE”: THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING LGBTQ MESSAGING WITH HIV INFORMATION

Commission on the Status of Women & Transgender Women

Mutual learning, mutual success: the benefits of building the collective capacity of members of key populations

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Reducing Gender-Based Violence Against Women Who use Drugs: The Right to be Free

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