Pamala Horugavye, Former Senior Development Outreach & Communication Specialist, USAID Mission, Nepal This blog post was originally published here on USAID Medium. Early in life, Pareena Chaudhary — a 40-year-old transgender woman from Nepalgunj, Nepal — struggled with her identity and her family’s lack of acceptance. From a young age, she loved putting on girls’ dresses …
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Collaboration is key: Kenya addresses issues of service access, discrimination, and violence among key populations
Maurice Wangu, Program Assistant, EpiC Kenya Aubrey Weber, Technical Officer, EpiC Njambi Njuguna, Senior Technical Advisor, EpiC Kenya On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS calls on countries to examine discriminatory provisions in their laws, policies, and practices and make positive changes to ensure equality, inclusion, and protection for those populations most at risk. To learn more …
Local partner profile: House of our Pride, Eswatini’s first LGBTQ organization
This blog post was originally published here on Pact's website. Founded in 2010, House of our Pride was the first LGBTQ organization in Eswatini. For the past decade, HOOP has striven to provide a vibrant, supportive community for one of Eswatini’s most vulnerable key populations in the fight against HIV and AIDS – men who …
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Police become allies in protecting key populations
Rafaela Egg, LINKAGES Angola This blog post was originally published here on Management Sciences for Health's website. In 2017, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as a principal recipient of Global Fund (GF) funding for HIV at the request of the Government of Angola, approached MSH, the implementer of LINKAGES, with an offer to complement …
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Everyone deserves to live free of violence: How HIV and GBV service integration can improve lives and effectively address twin epidemics
Robyn Dayton, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES Betty Alvarez, Consultant, FHI 360 This blog post was original published here on FHI 360's R&E Search for Evidence. Click here to read this post in Spanish. In the Dominican Republic, one of the questions most faced by public health officials, law enforcement and civil society is how to address gender-based …
How an HIV program in Angola went online, against all odds
Written by Rafaela Egg, LINKAGES Angola; Ben Eveslage, FHI 360; Denizia Pinto, LINKAGES Angola; & Caitlin Loehr, IntraHealth International “Here they come again with another ‘big idea,’ another innovation, to see how we can improve.” - Dario, community peer educator, Luanda, Angola Dario was not hopeful about using online or mobile platforms for his HIV outreach …
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Who was Dr. Sidibe Garangué Souko? A tribute to Mali’s pioneer of sex worker programming
Written by Fadiala Sidibe, Executive Director ad Interim, Soutoura Dr. Sidibe Garangué Souko was a courageous woman who was devoted to the cause of stigmatized and marginalized women. She dedicated her entire life to serving her country. She was born on January 1st, 1954, in Fatafing, Kita, Mali. Affectionately called “the mother” by her children; …
Qui était Dr Sidibe Garangué SOUKO ? Un hommage à la femme pionnière de la programmation pour les travailleuses du sexe au Mali
Ecrit par Fadiala Sidibe, Directeur executif par interim, Soutoura Dr Sidibe Garangué SOUKO était une femme très brave, engagée et dévouée pour la cause des femmes qui sont stigmatisées et marginalisées. Elle consacra toute sa vie à rendre service à son pays. Née le 01 janvier 1954 à Fatafing, cercle de Kita, Mali. Affectueusement appelée …
Taking HIV outreach and service delivery online: Results from Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean
Webinar hosted by the LINKAGES project as part of the Key Populations: Evidence in action series. To access the audio recording of the webinar, please click here. On September 18th, the USAID- and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project hosted the tenth webinar in a webinar series entitled Key Populations: Evidence in Action. This webinar explored strategies for …
LINKAGES launches “Going Online to accelerate the impact of HIV programs”
Written by Ben Eveslage, Technical Advisor, LINKAGES In anticipation of the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Mexico City from July 21-24, the LINKAGES project is excited to launch A Vision for Going Online to Accelerate the Impact of HIV Programs (Going Online Vision). This vision offers HIV programs a roadmap for leveraging online …
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