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Invitation to complete short survey: Significance of addressing inequalities and ending HIV in Eastern and Southern Africa

ARASA is inviting you (and others in your network) to complete a short survey that will generate quantitative data to supplement the qualitative data we hope to gather during the "East and Southern Africa Civil Society Consultation on the Significance of the Inequality focus of the Global AIDS Strategy" next week Thursday.

The survey should not take more than 10 minutes and is available here:
https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSccypnhFzG.../viewform...

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Colleagues, please do apply if interested.

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ADVOCACY AND MONITORING OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY and EXPRESSION (SOGIE)

SOGIE Online Short Course 2020 Intake

About ARASA

Established 16 years ago, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) was created to galvanise a movement of progressive civil society actors to advance a human rights-based response to HIV in Southern and East Africa. ARASA set out to build a cadre of civil society organisations in the region to raise awareness and understanding by both communities and policy makers about the need for human rights to be at the centre of national HIV (and subsequently TB) responses and to strongly advocate for a human rights-based response.

ARASA has successfully raised and increased the visibility of sensitive and contentious human rights issues such as the s*xual and reproductive health and rights of women, s*x workers, transgender people, men who have s*x with men and people who use drugs. This has contributed significantly to enhanced efforts by governmental and regional bodies, to mainstream human rights in HIV and TB policy and programming and has contributed towards the removal of legal and policy barriers in several countries in the region.


About the Course:

This online course will introduce participants to terminologies, intervention areas and advocacy strategies on SOGIE, human rights and bodily autonomy and integrity related issues. The course will equip participants with knowledge and skills to facilitate dialogues on equal rights, at the community level, with a long term view of challenging mindsets and shifting public opinion on SOGIE.


Why SOGIE?

Systematic s*xual and reproductive rights violations, especially against women and key populations, fuelled by barriers embedded in laws, policies, the economy, and in social norms and values—especially gender inequality— persist across southern and east Africa and, in some countries are escalating[1]. These include, laws that restrict women’s and adolescents’ access to health services by requiring third-party authorisation, laws that require service providers to report personal information, laws that criminalise same-s*x relationships and s*x work and criminal laws that prohibit provision of and access to abortion services[2]. The situation is fuelled and exacerbated by new waves of conservatism and fundamentalism that amplify state-sponsored violence and criminalisation and undermine individual agency. Punitive laws, policies and practices remain the ‘norm’, with severe implications for the right to health of individuals and responses to health by countries.

[1] Guttmacher–Lancet Commission. (2018). Accelerate progress— s*xual and reproductive health and rights for all
[2]Ibid

This online course on SOGIE will ensure that participants;

Attain knowledge on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE) in relation to Sexual Reproductive Health and bodily autonomy and integrity.
Build your understanding of why it is necessary to have inclusive policies and SOGIE friendly interventions.
Create, monitor and advocate for holistic programming on SOGIE, including removing legal and structural barriers that impede SOGIE.


How to Apply:

Kindly click or copy and paste the link for application form below to apply for the course:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r5cPLrVGkbt8lKGfu_MTnf1bkMZSw24MdcLRofmab1A/edit

For any questions please write to Bruce Tushabe at [email protected] and copy [email protected].

Deadline:

All applications must be received by no later than close of business 15 May 2020. Kindly note that applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Successful applicants will be notified as they apply.

The course will start on 18 May 2020 and end on 19 June 2020.

The course is free of charge and everyone is eligible to apply.