Precedent in UN negotiations as HLM on AIDS ends with vote

17/6/2021

A high-level meeting (HLM) on AIDS under the theme - End Inequalities. End AIDS - was convened from 8 to 10 June 2021, in New York. The HLM made a comprehensive review of the progress on the commitments made in the 2016 Political Declaration towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 and had to set out priorities for the coming years.

Lessons learned from the HIV-epidemic for the Covid 19 response?

20/4/2020

The 'community' which is fighting for sexual and reproductive rights has years of experience in the fight against that other pandemic, hiv. Important lessons can be drawn from this.

UNAIDS broke it down:

The response to the crisis must always be based on a Human Rights approach.
More vulnerable groups should be identified in a non-stigmatising way
Efforts should focus on those groups that would otherwise easily be excluded from care.
Health workers should thus be equipped with information and knowledge about the needs of the most vulnerable sections, such as women, people living in poverty, people living with an illness, people in rural areas, people with disabilities, people in detention, people living in slums or other informal settlements and the homeless.
Vulnerable sections of the population should be recognized themselves as health workers as they care family members, peer outreach, etc. In other words, they are also on the frontline of the epidemic. Their security and protection must therefore also be a priority.

Belgium highlights sexual and reproductive rights during the European Sustainability Week

24/6/2019

Belgium put sexual and reproductive rights in the spotlight during the ‘European Sustainability Week’ in Berlin, June 2019. Sensoa participated in a panel with Moroccan documentary maker Mohammed Nabil and human rights activist Katrin Erlingsen of the NGO Deutsche Stiftung Weltvölkerung (DSW) at the Belgian Embassy in Berlin.

State of the World Population 2019 calls to continue pursuit of rights and choices for all

7/5/2019

SWOP 2019 Launch Brussels

UNFPA launched the State of the World Population 2019 in Brussels, May 7th, entitled ‘Unfinished Business. The pursuit of rights and choices for all’. Marking the 25th anniversary of the ICPD Programme of Action (PoA) as well as the 50th birthday of UNFPA itself, the report highlights the progress made, and the challenges ahead.

Belgium’s Directorate General for Development (DGD) Deputy Director Guy Rayée opened the launch, reminding everyone about the milestone the Cairo Programme of Action was. Tremendous progress has been made since, particular for women and their access to family planning.

Intensified HIV testing and treatment efforts are reaching more people than ever but persistent barriers remain

29/11/2018

75% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status, but increased efforts are needed to reach the 9.4 million people living with HIV who are not aware that they are living with the virus, UNAIDS 2018 reports shows.

AIDS 2018: Takeaways from the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam

8/8/2018

More than 16,000 researchers, advocates, policy makers, funders and community leaders from more than 160 countries came together in Amsterdam for the 22nd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2018). They are all committed to achieving a world free from HIV. These are the main takeaways:

Stigma in the spotlight at Be-causeHealth seminar

16/11/2016

On Thursday November 10th, Be-Cause health, the platform for international health, organised a seminar on the relationship between stigma and sexual and reproductive health and rights.