UNFPA’s WORK WITH FBOs Meeting of Religious Leaders to Assess Response to HIV & AIDS 29-30 November 2011 Toronto, C

1. UNFPA’s WORK WITH FBOs Meeting of Religious Leaders to Assess Response to HIV & AIDS 29-30 November 2011 Toronto, Canada Dawn MinottTechnical Specialist UNFPA Headquarters, HIV/AIDS Branch

2. About UNFPA to improve the lives of … Population dynamics The goal… Young people including adolescents Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health, promote reproductive rights, reduce maternal mortality, and accelerateprogress on the ICPD agenda and MDG 5 (A & B) Human rights Gender equality Women enabled by …

3. AREAS OF HIV WORK Young People Linking HIV & Sexual Reproductive Health Most at Risk Populations Reduce Sexual Transmission of HIV Women and Girls Strategic Planning Comprehensive Condom Programming

4. Assumptions underlying UNFPA’s engagement with FBOs • FBOs, religious leaders and religious institutions, are important partners in the process of development, particularly when it comes to influencing behaviour, attitudes and perceptions. • FBOs and religious groups have enormous outreach, both actual and potential, and manage the oldest, most far-reaching and diverse array of social service delivery mechanisms.

5. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Strategic Partnerships & Alliances • UNAIDS, EAA & Partners (Global) • Inter-Faith Prayer Breakfast during High-level Meeting on AIDS • Interagency Task Force on Engaging FBOs for the MDGs (Global) • Strategic Learning Exchange: Faith, Development & Partnership course offered by UN Staff College to Senior UN staff • World Young Women’s Christian Association (Global) • International Women’s Summit: “Women Creating A Safe World”

6. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Strategic Partnerships & Alliances • Regional Strategy for Engagement with Faith Communities as Culture Agents (Latin American region) • Regional Framework for Partnership with Interfaith Organizations (African region) • Regional consultation resulted in framework to scale up support to FBOs for promotion of gender equality and maternal health

7. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Strategic Partnerships & Alliances • National Forum of FBOs established (Venezuela, and replicated in Colombia & Mexico) • Roster of theologians from different religious traditions • Publication on common priorities between FBOs and UNFPA • Common training manual for seminarians on SRH • Q&A directory addressing stigma and discrimination from a theological perspective

8. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Strategic Partnerships & Alliances • Religions for Peace and Latin American Council of Churches (Latin American region) • Prevention of GBV • Support Interfaith Committee on HIV Prevention, Treatment & Care • Addressing stigma and discrimination • Promoting MDG 5 (reducing maternal mortality)

9. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Strategic Partnerships & Alliances • Women Faith & Development Alliance (Asia-Pacific region) • Enhancement of women’s status – addressing poverty and gender equality • Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality Reduction in Africa (Africa region) • Promote and advocate for intensified implementation of Maputo Plan of Action for Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa

10. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Strategic Partnerships & Alliances • Youth-friendly Spaces in community worship places • Adolescents SRH, gender-based violence (Guyana) • Faith Network Ecumenical Counseling Center on combating Gender-based Violence (Malawi) • Supported development of National Plan Against gender-based violence • Radio debates by clergy addressing the church and gender-based violence

11. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Capacity Strengthening • Anglican Diocese: Senior clergy as partners in addressing SRH, gender, GBV and masculinities and to create enabling environment for information and service integration into Diocese programmes (Guyana) • INERELA+: Increase organizational capacity to work in defense of the rights of communities most vulnerable to HIV (Global) • EAA: Theological Consultation on HIV Prevention (Global)

12. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Capacity Strengthening • Training • 200 Islamic scholar missionaries to address RH issues (Sierra Leone) • Leaders of religious communities on gender-based violence and to include gender-based violence in marriage counseling (Malawi) • Training of Trainers for religious leaders to link Islamic precepts with health priorities (Tajikistan) • Spin-off – specialized institute for State training for religious leaders being promoted

13. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Technical Assistance • HIV prevention activities addressing human rights, stigma and discrimination reduction against people living with HIV and their families (Honduras) • Study to map FBOs response to violence against women and children (Asia-Pacific region - done by Asia Pacific Women Faith & Development Alliance) • Research on gender-based violence and published findings – “Gender-based Violence from Buddhist Perspectives” (Sri Lanka)

14. SNAPSHOTS OF INTERVENTIONS: Advocacy & Awareness Raising • EAA: Multi-Faith Pre-conference and Networking Zone (IAC2010, Vienna) • Armenian Apostolic Church: “GBV and the Christian Value System in Armenian Families” session for clergy • Addressing men’s engagement in anti-GBV movement and the importance of Priests’ work in promoting male involvement • Religious Affairs Committee: awareness raising of religious leaders on HIV, reproductive health, STIs, gender issues (Tajikistan)

15. UNFPA’s Collaboration with FBOs • Direct funding • Provision of technical support • Service delivery entry point (particularly in context of HIV) • Through collaboration with NGOs • Through collaboration with UNAIDS family

16. Thank You!