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TRANSIT Smart Guide: Adapting TRANSIT for trans-led organizations
The TRANSIT Smart Guide has been developed collaboratively by IRGT and GATE to provide a shorter, more accessible version of TRANSIT, a tool that provides practical advice on implementing HIV and sexually transmitted infection (STI) programs with transgender people.
- Published
- 30 January 2020
Joint Statement: Selection of UNAIDS Executive Director
The HIV epidemic is far from over and the relevance, leadership and guidance of UNAIDS is ever more critical. ICASO and GATE recognize that a strong and effective UNAIDS is needed to ensure that HIV continues to be a global development priority and that sufficient resources are allocated to end the epidemic.
IAS 2019 – A focus on trans communities
The inclusion of trans communities in the global HIV response is growing, and with it, a greater understanding of the necessity for differentiated service delivery, community-led services, and a holistic approach that integrates HIV and sexual health care with trans-related healthcare.
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Press Release: 3rd UN Trans Advocacy Week 2019 comes to an end
In an unprecedented effort, 16 defenders from 15 countries participated over the three weeks of the 41st Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva from 24 June to 12 July - a historic landmark in trans and gender-diverse participation at UN level advocacy.
- Published
- 17 July 2019
Press Release: Renewal of IE SOGI Mandate at HRC 41
UN renews crucial mandate for protection against violence and discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. This is another historic victory, not only for communities of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, but for humanity as a whole.
- Published
- 12 July 2019
Joint Statement on ICD-11 process for trans & gender diverse people
The ICD-11 is to be voted in at the 72nd World Health Assembly. After moving trans-related categories out of the Chapter on Mental Health, the next steps in the process include getting rid of the remaining pathologizing language and advancing towards legal depathologization and universal health coverage.
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- 24 May 2019