cs position
It is impossible to fight women's vulnerability to HIV/AIDS without an active process of empowering women.
Stigma and discrimination and lack of knowledge around HIV/AIDS are still present not only in the policies and services, but in the collective imagery of the public at large, making it difficult for women the access to prevention and treatment services, what does not contribute to fighting the epidemic, but instead continues to generate more prejudice.
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- UNAIDS PCB NGO Comuniqué >>
- Financial Transaction Taxes for Human Development – The Robin Hood Tax >>
- Uniting for Universal Access in Latin America: Towards Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS-related Deaths >>
- GNP+ and WAC roadmap for the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS >>
- Women's Rights and HIV/AIDS >>
- Civil Society Hearings on HIV/AIDS at the UN (Part 2) >>
- Civil Society Hearings on HIV/AIDS at the UN (Part 1) >>
Advocacy is the ability to argue and have political incidence in order to address political and institutional changes in the social public and in the political public (civil society-state), from content and specific proposals of the AIDS movements agendas.
To be effective, the promotion and protection require a long-term vision and strategic planning with clear goals, analysis of the political and social context and also the institutional context, handling of political content, construction of convincing arguments, and use and development of skills, techniques and specific strategies.
From this perspective, advocacy means developing the capacity to broaden the social base of the movement (strengthening the critical mass) and create alliances with other spaces, movement and agendas.
