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HIV STIGMA

The revised edition (August 2007) builds on the original toolkit and includes new modules to address stigma as it relates to treatment, children and youth, and men who have sex with men. 

The toolkit is used by community and NGOs throughout the developing world to facilitate discussion about the rights of positive persons and issues of gender, sexuality and morality.

The toolkit was published with the Academy for Educational Development and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.

Related links:
Why Is Stigma Important?

ICRW Stigma publications

EVENTS

Too Young to Wed: A Global Health Caucus Briefing on Child Marriage

Join ICRW and Pathfinder International for a briefing on the issue of international child marriage, with expert testimony from researchers and non-governmental agencies.  The event is co-hosted by Rep. Betty McCollum, co-chair of the Global Health Caucus;  and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Women’s Issues Taskforce on International Issues;  and co-sponsored by the Global Health Caucus and the Congressional Human Rights Caucus.

When: Monday, May 19, 2008

Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Where: Rayburn House Office Building B338
Washington, D.C. 

Presenters: Anju Malhotra, Vice President of Social and Economic Development, ICRW

Mr. Tilahun Giday, Country Representative for Ethiopia, Pathfinder International

Moderated by: Tamara Krenin, Director of Women and Population, U.N. Foundation

Lunch will be provided.

For more information, please contact Dan Martin.

To RSVP, please contact Stephanie Miedema.

Challenges of Reducing HIV-Related Stigma in Targeted Interventions for India: A Call to Action

ICRW, with Engender Health is organizing a half-day seminar, “Challenges of Reducing HIV-Related Stigma in the Targeted Interventions Context in India: A Call to Action.” The half-day meeting will focus on how HIV-related stigma and discrimination and gender and sexuality intersect and influence each other in the context of targeted interventions for HIV and AIDS in India.

When: Tues., May 20, 2008
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: India Habitat Center
New Delhi

The event will serve as a platform to share experiences in reducing HIV-related stigma and discrimination with different populations and in diverse settings. The outcome of the meeting will culminate in a Call-to-Action statement that will include recommendations from the participants to address stigma and gender-based violence, targeted interventions, innovative research and program models, and creating and strengthening partnerships between communities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government and donors in India.

For more information, please contact Chitra Deepak at dchitra@icrw.org.