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Challenges in developing strong Global Fund proposals related to sexual minorities

Challenges in developing strong Global Fund proposals related to sexual minorities (and what to do about these barriers). About CVC.

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Challenges in developing strong Global Fund proposals related to sexual minorities

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  1. Challenges in developing strong Global Fund proposals related to sexual minorities (and what to do about these barriers)

  2. About CVC CVC is a coalition of organisations and individuals working in rights-based HIV prevention, care, treatment and support in the Kreyol, Dutch, English, French and Spanish speaking Caribbean.

  3. CVC Especially Vulnerable Populations • subject to hostile stereotyping • unable to challenge their status • possess little or no social protection systems to remedy the way they are treated

  4. CVC Focus Populations • Drug Users • Sex Workers • Prisoners • Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender People

  5. Three challenges and actions to address them • Who convenes, coordinates, and leads in the development of proposals? Global Fund partners, especially UNAIDS cosponsors, should facilitate civil society organizing. • Who advises on evidence-based needs assessments and technically-sound approaches? Global Fund partners should support technical input. 3. Is the proposal development process accountable to programmatic considerations rather than political and institutional interests? Global Fund partners can review and advise on programme design and budgetary allocations (e.g. mock TRPs).

  6. 1. Who convenes and coordinates? • Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership (CBMP) • Caribbean Drug Abuse Research Institute (CDARI) • Caribbean Forum for the Liberation of All-Sexualities, • and Gays (CARIFLAGs) • Caribbean Harm Reduction Coalition (CHRC) • Caribbean Sex Worker Coalition (CSWC) • Caribbean Treatment Action Group (CTAG) • CVC Access to Treatment Working Group • CVC Human Rights Working Group • Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral (COIN)

  7. Global Fund partners should facilitate civil society organizing • Barbados: Sterling Mungal • Belize: Caleb Orozco • Curacao: Dudley Ferdinandus, Mario Kleinmoedig • Dominican Republic: Carlos Adón, Robert Paulino, Santo Rosario, Leonardo Sanchez, John Waters, Nairobi • Grenada: Andre Blackman, Nigel Mathlin, Anita Radix • Guyana: Miriam Edwards, Stacey Gomes, Donna Snagg • Haiti: Harry Beauvais, Steeve LaGuerre • Jamaica: Princess Brown, Robert Carr, Howard Gough, Rohan Lewis, Deborah Manning, Jason McFarlane, Ian McKnight, Karlene Williams-Clarke • Saint Lucia: Veronica Cenac, Marcus Day, Joan Didier • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Charles Woods • Suriname: Juanita Altenberg, Milton Castelen, Soca • Trinidad and Tobago: Dona da Costa Martinez, Denis James • International: UNDP, UNAIDS, UNFPA, PAHO

  8. 2. Who provides technical input?Documented high HIV prevalence and high HIV exposure among prisoners, drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men throughout the Caribbean

  9. Technical input about interventions

  10. Technical input about policy

  11. Technical input about capacity

  12. 3. Who holds process accountable?

  13. External review (e.g. mock TRP) Sufficient five-year budgetary allocation? Programme staffing Management and administrative staffing Contracted technical / training support Trainings/meetings Subcontracts Communications/media/web Monitoring and evaluation Overhead and indirect

  14. Key Points • Value of regional approach • Focus on structural issues as well individual outreach • Community-led strategy development • Policy, interventions, capacity • Using existing entry points • Ensuring budget allocations enable success

  15. Thank you Sam Avrett sam.avrett@gmail.com Robert Carr robert_carr@hotmail.com

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