Written by Mauro Cabral Grinspan, Executive Director of GATE Something happened yesterday at the IDAHOT Forum 2021. More precisely, at the “High Level Ministerial Panel on LGBTI+ Rights Across Europe”. When asked about the process on the Gender Equality Act, the UK representative, Kemi Badenoch, responded: “we don’t believe in self-identification”. Coming from the UK […]
SURVEY: Urgently seeking experiences of trans engagement in NSP processes
Trans participants wanted! GATE is urgently looking for trans and gender diverse activists to participate in a short online survey questionnaire to help us develop best practice guidelines on the inclusion of trans and gender diverse people in the development of HIV National Strategic Plans. This is where you come in! If you identify as […]
IDAHOT 2021 – Resist, Support and Heal Together
Every May 17, the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT) is celebrated in commemoration of the World Health Organization (WHO) announcement in 1990 that homosexuality would no longer be listed as a mental disorder in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). In 2019, the same announcement was finally made for trans and gender diverse […]
ГЕЙТ (Global Action for Trans Equality) ищет участниц_ков для проведения фокус групп!
Организации ГЕЙТ было предложено работать вместе с NSWP,MPACT и INPUD для проведения исследования Ценностей и Предпочтений с целью обновления Руководств ВОЗ по профилактике, диагностике, лечению и уходу в связи с ВИЧ, Гепатитом и другими ИППП для ключевых групп населения. Последнее руководство было впервые опубликовано в 2014 году и обновлено в 2016 году. Трансгендерное сообщество слишком долго не участвовало […]
Trans focus group participants sought to update WHO Guidelines
GATE is looking for trans focus group participants for 14 – 21 May! GATE has been invited to work together alongside NSWP,MPACT & INPUD to conduct a Values and Preference study in order to update WHO’s Consolidated Guidelines on HIV, Hepatitis and other STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations.1 These guidelines were […]
C19RM Community Engagement Webinar
WEBINAR Community Engagement in Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) Funding Process DATE: 29 April 2021 – 15:00 CET REGISTRATION CLOSED You can download all resources relating to this webinar here. GATE, GNP+, INPUD, MPACT, NSWP and LAC Regional Platform are hosting a joint webinar to discuss how communities can meaningfully engage in the Global Fund […]
Key Populations Engagement in the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM)
What is C19RM? C19RM is the Global Fund response to COVID19. All countries that currently have a Global Fund grant are eligible to apply for funding to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on HIV, TB and malaria programmes and support urgent improvements in health and community systems. Eligible investments in 2021: Actions to reinforce […]
5 Steps to Meaningful Community Engagement in the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM)
URGENT: The C19RM process at country level is currently underway JOIN NOW! BE INVOLVED! BE HEARD! Prepared by the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) in partnership with GATE, APCASO/APCRG and LAC Regional Platform April 2021 – In April 2020, the Global Fund established the COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) to support countries to respond to […]
Trans Day of Visiblity 2021 – A week of celebrating our communities
After a year of lockdowns and restrictions that have particularly affected trans and gender diverse communities across the world, we want to use Trans Day of Visibility (TDoV) to focus on the resiliency of our communities, to highlight the achievements of our communities, and to shine a light for the way forward over the coming […]
Key Populations Push US Secretary of State for Funding
25 March 2021 – The following letter was sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on behalf of the global key population networks including MPact, GNP+, INPUD, GATE, GBGMC, and NSWP. Download the Letter Dear Secretary Blinken, On behalf of the global key populations networks on HIV, we congratulate you on your confirmation as […]