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  • Developing a Community of Practice on Gender and HIV/AIDS: The Caribbean Experience

Developing a Community of Practice on Gender and HIV/AIDS: The Caribbean Experience

Organisers: UNIFEM Caribbean Office in partnership with the Gender Programme of the Commonwealth Secretariat

Date: 10 June

Venue: Marquee, Speke Resort and Conference Centre, Muyonyo

Summary:

The workshop will highlight approaches and share best practices in gender mainstreaming and HIV/AIDS. The aim is to develop a database and increase understanding of approaches to strengthen technical competence and the political will to address the gendered causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS. The three key issues to be discussed are the strengthening of political commitment to gender mainstreaming within HIV/AIDS programmes, mapping good practices in gender mainstreaming and identifying advocacy strategies. The workshop will produce a statement, which will be fed into the official proceedings of the Commonwealth Ministerial Women’s Affairs Meeting that will take place from 11-14 June 2007. The participants will comprise women’s organisations, national women’s machineries, representatives of national HIV/AIDS Commissions and advocates of women living with HIV/AIDS from within the Caribbean.

Contact details:

Monique Springer
Programme Associate for Gender and HIV/AIDS
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
United Nations House, Marine Gardens
Christ Church, Barbados
Tel: + 1 246 467-6134
Fax: + 1 246 437-6596
Email: monique.springer@unifem.org