WORLD AIDS
CAMPAIGN
ANNUAL REPORT
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World AIDS Campaign Annual Report 2009
Foreword
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Directors Report
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Global Programme
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• Africa Regional Work
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• Core Country Profiles
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• Key Events Promoted
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• Overarching Programme Work
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Constituencies Programme
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• Women’s Programme
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• The Youth Programme
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• Youth Public Service Announcement
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• Universal Access Voices Documentation
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Media and Communications
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Communications and Consultation Facility (PCB)
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Operations
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Annex • Budget 2010
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Foreword by WAC Chairperson
It was a year of growth and contraction, reflections and projections; An undulating journey that mirrors the fortunes of the field of AIDS. For in the community of advocates and campaigners, there has been a diminished aggression and passion while the world develops an increasing malaise about AIDS. As there are fewer deaths from from AIDS related illnesses, the incidences of infection continue to grow. And as the numbers of people infected remain too high, the monies from donors dwindle to an all-time low. The fear that the international community is moving its spotlight away from HIV to other priorities is palpable. The dwindling resources available for HIV make it critical for Civil Society to strengthen their role as watchdog to national governments. This shifting focus highlighted the important role for the World AIDS Campaign to promote the work of advocates/campaigners; to strengthen the networks of PLHIV, to champion the inclusion of key populations, youth and women who should be at the centre of decision- making and planning. The World AIDS Campaign continued to articulate the call for adequate budget allocations to enable an effective response and build their capacity and strengthen these networks to perform these crucial roles. These resources are also necessary to build bridges and partnerships with HIV- related fields like global health, human rights, development aid and trade as the theme of Universal Access and Human Rights and its relevance for an effective AIDS response continued to drive the 2009 agenda. It is against this backdrop that our expansion in Africa with 6 countries and the regional work through the establishment of the African Road Map Committee has resulted in effective alliances among different constituencies to campaign at a regional level for financing the twin issues of Universal Access and human rights. This was perfectly aligned with the expansion and strengthening of the advocacy/campaign agendas and roadmaps for youth to work with women and key populations in 2009. Additionally, the linking, dialogue and cooperation between the communities affected by HIV and leaders of influence like Parliamentarians, Media, Religious and Trade Union leaders resulted in a greater understanding, reach and impact of their collective efforts. Enhancing the World AIDS Campaign’s commitment to diversity, the Global Steering Committee added seats for the global networks of Key Populations to join all other constituencies in this key decision-making body of the World AIDS Campaign. In strengthening our internal governance, there was the installation of an Audit Committee that was adopted in Feb 2010 and the implementation of an independent strategic review was also undertaken with the widest consultation to allow us to reflect on what we have achieved and chart our future based on the current realities of funding and focus. That review revealed the unique and powerful role of the World AIDS Campaign in the global response to AIDS. The World AIDS Campaign as an entity is more relevant and necessary now more than ever.
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WAC MISSION STATEMENT
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The World AIDS Campaign is a global network of national, regional and international Civil Society groups united by the call for governments to honour their AIDS commitments under the slogan “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise”
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DIRECTORS REPORT
The World AIDS Campaign is still a young organisation in the family of global Civil Society agencies devoted to addressing the multitude of issues around and raised by HIV and AIDS. The epidemic in all its myriad forms has been with us for well over a generation, and Civil Society has played an essential role in shaping the response and in pressing for government and donor action around HIV and AIDS to be adequate and to be reality-focused. Within that rich cocktail of Civil Society, the World AIDS Campaign stands out in its commitment to diversity at the heart of the response, in its growing experience in the Global South, to a focus on building partnerships and working with rather than for those most affected, to a belief that together campaign and advocacy activity really can make a difference in holding governments to account. This Annual Report reviews the work, achievements and challenges of the key programmes through 2009, with a focus on those funded by the Dutch Government, UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), UNAIDS and Foundations like Ford Foundation, Oxfam Novib and several other donors. In understanding the context of this work, it is important to recognize that the Worlds AIDS Campaign has operated within a Stichting (34212532) legal status in the Netherlands; we have a Board (called our Global Steering Committee) and we have 1 Director registered under that legal status (Marcel van Soest). In order to operate efficiently and effectively in South Africa, the World AIDS Campaign International has been established, which since late 2008 has been registered as a Section 21 organisation under South African law. The work programmes and staffing structure of the agency are fully integrated; I work as Executive Director, and am supported in that by a Management Team comprising the managers of the four programmatic entities of the organisation – the Global Programme, the Constituencies Programme, the Media and Communications Programme, the Communications Facility and overall Operations. In 2009, all of those programmes had staff based in more than one location. In 2009 the World AIDS Campaign was hosting the second year of the communications and consultation facility to the PCB NGO Delegation of UNAIDS which succeeded in a better integration into the different programmes of the World AIDS Campaign. Indeed the realities of the epidemic and of funding demand complex structures to address the needs which emerge. I commend the description of our work in this report, guided by our outstanding Global Steering Committee and its committed Chair Allyson Leacock, coordinated through the four managers and delivered by a team of 24 staff. Our agency is on a journey, one enriched by the insights and passions of our staff, the various HIV interests from which our Global Steering Committee is drawn and a level of skill and commitment among partner Civil Society and other agencies which leaves us humbled. And of course supported by a range of Government, foundation, private sector and UN donors whose trust in us can never be taken for granted, and who’s continued commitment to overcome HIV is crucial to the future of our whole sector. That brings me to the financial information contained in this report. We have included both the 2008 and 2009 accounts (including development revenues, costs and results, our capital and liquidity position) and the 2010 budget, to allow for a more complete picture of our status and direction. The total budget for 2009 was Euro 2,278 590.00. The total budget for 2010 is Euro 2,791 224.00. Thus far the organisation has managed to raise Euro 2,617 225.00 towards the 2010 budget leaving a deficit of Euro 173, 999.00. However, proposals have been submitted to existing and potential donors, we are hopeful will cover the deficit. The organisation operates on a no profit basis; all the funding secured is allocated and spent on programmes in the required contractual period.
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In this I can confirm that there has been no use of financial instruments. I wish to thank our Dutch Auditors Berk Accountants and our South Africa Auditors Greenwoods Chartered Accountants both part of the Baker Tilly International Group for their painstaking work in auditing these documents. Many affected by HIV run daily risks because treatment, care and support services are inadequate, and those agencies dedicated to overcoming the epidemic and lessening those risks faced by individuals run their own much less traumatic risks along the way. The World AIDS Campaign faces a challenging future into 2011, since the largest element of its income – from the Dutch Government (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – ceases at the end of 2010. There has been no commitment from the Dutch Ministry to continued funding. We have put much effort into the consortium refunding bid to the Dutch Government, but this has been rejected. In addition a number of foundations which have to date been prepared to support core costs are reducing their specific commitments to HIV. The organisation will not cease to exist without the Dutch Ministry funding, but our cash flow will be severely hampered, if the necessary funds are not raised we will have to scale down our work by more than 50%. In late 2009 the organisation undertook an extensive strategic review process culminating in a strategic vision and plan for 2011 – 2012. 2 independent consultants selected by the Global Steering Committee undertook this review. Faced with the news from the Dutch ministry, the organisation is forced to re-evaluate this organisational strategy and to widen our funding base. The World AIDS Campaign started in 2004 in an environment of uncertainty about the future of the global HIV response, and over the years we have moulded an agency, which is a creature of the C21st, with a flexibility and a skill base designed for the stormy waters which the future could bring. That will be tested at this next stage in our journey. Marcel van Soest Executive Director
Date: 02-09-2010
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The Global Programme
The organisations Global Programme is located in the South Africa offices and works in very close partnership with GNP+ on the “Leadership through Accountability” grant from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID). The year has been rewarding and in some ways challenging with a new Programme Manager, heading a predominantly new team, working in new countries, with new partners, addressing new challenges, and implementing new procedures that keep the team united and focussed despite the travel demands that mean they are rarely all in the same place at the same time. The Africa Road Map coordinating committee established and coordinated through the Global Programme is a particularly exciting initiative for our work in the Global South, this is detailed further in the report. The staffing of the Global Programme expanded significantly thanks largely to the “HIV Leadership through Accountability” grant from the UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID), in partnership with GNP+. Crucial recruitment including a Communications Officer and a Programme Manager saw WAC’s operations move into new countries, with new partners, addressing new challenges, implementing new procedures and developing new projects with new funders, with a higher profile.
The Programme’s four key challenges for 2009 were: • Optimising the potential of the partnership with GNP+; • Making our in-country work more adaptable, flexible and sustainable in the face of differing cultural and political environments, including complementary regional activity • Ensuring the necessary administrative, communications, and evaluation systems to verify and demonstrate the effectiveness of the work, and • Diversifying our funding base All these objectives were achieved, although arguably with the exception of diversified funding. DFID’s contribution was a major factor in WAC’s 2009 success and growing influence, and we hope that where DFID and our other funders lead, more will follow.
Global campaigning A global focus combined with a small staff team requires resource materials capable of adaptation for a wide variety of campaign environments. We neared finalisation of a toolkit for African HIV campaigners, we started work in Eastern Europe and in Latin America, and we built on our Middle East and North Africa engagement.
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DFID “HIV Leadership through accountability” programme funding: GNP+ The Global Programme is 85% funded by the UK Government Department for International Development under its Leadership through Accountability Programme. We agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with global partners GNP+ in May 2009, centred on successful management and delivery of that Programme, while another Memorandum of Understanding with GNP+ covered financial arrangements. This enabled our focus to move to on-the-ground implementation, with ongoing and constructive engagement with our primary funder.
Choice of countries in which the Programme would focus in 2009-2011 The criteria used to select countries included: • The strength of networks of People living with HIV in the country/region • The actual or potential strength of Civil Society networks • Freedom of the media • Human rights commitments • The influence which work in that country could have elsewhere in its region • Inclusion of Francophone and Lusaphone countries In consultation with GNP+ and after much research it was decided to focus 2009-2011 activities on • Cameroon • Ethiopia • The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa • Moldova This selection included a Francophone country, recognized the extent of the epidemic in South Africa, and – following extensive consultation with ECUO, the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Union of People Living with HIV and AIDS – focuses on a poverty-stricken European country with a growing and threatening, but little-recognized, epidemic.
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Africa Regional Work
A planned February regional event was delayed until late May, to allow new staff to settle in and to enable adequate forward planning. The result was a highly successful and strategic event attracting over 60 delegates, which generated a determination for more effective continent-wide coordination around Universal Access and some very tangible plans for partnership and cooperation. Following the meeting, an Africa Advisory Committee was set up to work with WAC to develop an Africa Advocacy Roadmap for Universal Access in Africa by the end of 2010. Human rights were mainstreamed throughout the Meeting discussions, proving particularly relevant in the talks around access to treatment and health care for marginalised groups as well as in the discussion around access to justice for PLHIV in Africa. Thus the initial programme intention of focusing on separate networking in East, Southern and West Africa was replaced by a role as informal secretariat for HIV regional Civil Society initiatives. To progress this work an Africa Programme Officer was recruited in late 2009.
Other Regions, and Work Outside the DFID Grant WAC was funded until the end of 2009 by Oxfam Novib (Netherlands) to undertake developmental work in the Middle East/ North Africa region, following a campaigners meeting in August 2008. In the first half of 2009 this was followed-up with a survey to identify key issues and campaign support needs from around that diverse region. Conducted by Lebanese and Saudi-based HIV campaigners, it was completed by the end of May. A subsequent visit by the Executive Director and Global Programme Manager to the region led to the production of a report tracing a strategy for future WAC action in the region. This was awarded funding from Oxfam Novib in April 2010. In Latin America, a partnership with HIVOS, a Dutch development agency, led to receipt of a grant to raise the WAC profile in the region and to conduct a survey of the views and unmet support needs of HIV campaigners. This reported in early 2010.
Promises for 2010 As we move into new regions we are implementing lessons from our experiences elsewhere; in particular the need for incountry staff, the positive effect of tangible campaign targets from the start of our involvement, and a greater focus on skills-building among campaigners. We also learned the need to focus on a balance of face-to-face meetings and strategic overviews. Our heavy reliance on a single funder is not sustainable in the long term, and at the same time our vision of being a genuinely global programme is only being realised in two or three regions of the world at present. We will be focusing on the production of unique and generic material of use in training and campaign development, in developing campaigner support which has a particular relevance to engagement with individuals and institutions in positions of power over those with or at risk of infection from HIV, and in exploring opportunities to work in new regions and with new partners.
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Core Country Profiles
Cameroon The adult HIV prevalence in Cameroon is estimated at 5.1% - approximately 540,000 people. A 2007 estimate was that 60% of these people were women aged 15-49. During the consultation visit, the impending ART drug stock out was identified as an immediate issue for advocacy and campaigning work. An additional focus was an attempt to get a previously drafted HIV Bill into law, coordinated by the agency Research on HIV and AIDS Ethics and Rights (REDS) and the International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW). Other organisations consulted that will be involved in this initiative, are the Central Africa Treatment Action Group, RECAP+ and CANEP, the network of people living with HIV in Cameroon.
Ethiopia The adult HIV prevalence in Ethiopia stabilised at around 2% in 20071, meaning approximately 980,000 people. At the end of 2007 approximately a quarter -250,000- of people living with HIV were on antiretroviral therapy. The epidemic is relatively widespread and heterogeneous with most regions reporting a low prevalence. That said, it is estimated that only 2% of adults aged 15-49 have been tested in Ethiopia and know their status2. The 2005 Behavioural Surveillance Survey revealed that only about one third of school youth, female sex workers, truck drivers teachers and road construction workers have the necessary knowledge about the modes of transmission of HIV. Additionally, despite an increase in the use of condoms, high rates of unprotected sex persist. On January 6, 2009, Ethiopia’s parliament enacted a new law on nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) that criminalizes most human rights work in the country in which external NGOs are involved. According to the Ethiopian government the new law, known as the Charities and Societies Proclamation (NGO law), is mainly intended to ensure greater openness and financial probity on the part of NGOs. However, key human rights institutions believe it places such severe restrictions on all human rights and governance-related work as to make most such work impossible, violating fundamental rights to freedom of association and expression provided for in the Ethiopian constitution and international human rights law3. The key issues identified during the consultation visit, were access to condoms, which are currently sold by government, and access to Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT). Only 7% of pregnant women currently access these services. During our consultation meetings in July 2009 we met with Network of Networks of HIV positive people in Ethiopia (NEP+) They highlighted some of the challenges in the AIDS response - especially around human rights violations of people living with HIV in terms of access to condoms and PMTCT. The Network of Women Living with HIV highlighted the violation of Reproductive and Sexual health rights of women living with HIV including stigmatisation of PMTCT.
1 UNAIDS Country Situation 2008 2 UNGASS Report on Country Progress towards the Implementation of the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS 3 Human Rights Watch
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South Africa - Eastern Cape Province The adult HIV prevalence in South Africa is estimated to be at least 18% - approximately 5.7 million people4. This is the largest HIV positive population of any country in the world. To increase the potential impact of the Programme in South Africa we decided to focus our activities in the Eastern Cape Province, where a lower but still alarming 11%5 of the population is thought to be living with HIV - that is close to 700,000 people6. If a successful model is developed, there is the potential for separate funding to be sought to broaden the approach to other areas of South Africa. As the regional leader, WAC’s work within South Africa will receive close attention. Gender based violence is a key issue, and our campaign focussed on the rights of the female child - including protection against gender based violence, access to education and removal of forced marriage. WAC worked in collaboration with the Departments of Health, Justice, Police Services and Education; the Treatment Action Campaign, Masimanyane Women’s Centres, which focuses on women’s rights issues; Women in Partnership against AIDS, dealing with the rights of women living with HIV; Network of People Living with HIV; Thuthuzela One Stop Centre; and Eastern Cape Gay and Lesbian Group. The campaign also demands training of police to implement the laws that are supposed to protect women, and training of health care workers to provide services to survivors of gender based violence as well as access to Post Exposure Prophylaxis for rape survivors. WAC is developing an informative pamphlet on the rights of rape survivors in terms of health care and legal services. The pamphlet will also look at how PEP works and will include the links between HIV, gender based violence and rights. This is for use in Eastern Cape campaigning.
Moldova According to the 2006-2007 UNGASS Country Report submitted to UNAIDS, the estimated adult HIV prevalence in Moldova is 0.4% - approximately 900,000 people. However, according to the National Centre for AIDS, Moldova had registered just under 5,000 cases of HIV infection as of 1 January, 2009. Research revealed estimates of between 15,000 and 69,000 PLHIV. This conflicting data highlights a worrying inadequacy in data collection. Moldova7 is classified as a concentrated/low prevalence country with the HIV epidemic concentrated in people who use drugs, although there are signs that this is spreading to the general population. According to the results of an HIV prevalence survey conducted in most at risk populations in 2007, HIV prevalence reached 21% in people using drugs, 11% in female sex workers and nearly 5% in men who have sex with men8.
4 UNAIDS Epidemiological Fact Sheet 2008 5 Summary of provincial HIV and AIDS statistics for South Africa 6 2007/2008 Department of Health Report in the Eastern Cape 7 UNAIDS 2008 Epidemiological Fact Sheet Moldova 8 Moldova UNGASS Report 2006-2007
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Economically, the Republic is classified as the poorest country in Europe. Elections were held in 2009, with disputed results, a subsequent invasion of Parliament and a further election in July 2009. WAC met with a cross-section of organisations from Civil Society, United Nations agencies and government. Four key issues were identified: migration as a key driver of the epidemic, the need for increased government spending on the response, implementation of laws that protect People Living with HIV and the need to introduce compulsory life skills based education in all schools. WAC met with the Institute for Human Rights during the consultation visit and subsequently supported their Human Rights Film Festival in December 2010, timed to commemorate 20 years since the International Declaration of Human Rights was ratified by Moldova.
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Key Events Promoted
Partners in all the above mentioned countries were encouraged to campaign and mobilise on World AIDS Day and Human Rights Day. In addition, 16 Days of Activism against women and child abuse was also identified as a key event. Cameroon and Zambia (led by ZNP+) both campaigned and mobilised on International Human Rights Day in 2009. In Zambia the focus was on gender based violence and the right to justice and health care. In Cameroon the focus remained the impending drug stock out. For Moldova, the International AIDS Conference in Vienna in 2010 is also seen as an opportunity for advocacy and mobilisation, and plans are underway to discuss this further during the Eastern Europe Central Asia AIDS Conference in Moscow later this year
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Overarching Programme Work
UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Meeting In May 2009 the World AIDS Campaign launched a call for observers for the Programme Coordinating Board meeting of UNAIDS, as a way to ensure that community voices would be heard and to create the opportunity for community members to meaningfully engage with this important decision-making body.
Mobilisation Toolkits To support campaigning of constituencies, the World AIDS Campaign developed four toolkits on Campaigning and Mobilization. The toolkits were developed for, and with, networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV), Labour, Youth, and Faith. For each toolkit a writer was selected with a base in the constituency, and a reference group was formed around the writer for feedback and suggestions on the toolkit. The roll out for the toolkits has been completed for Labour, Youth and Faith and is currently underway for PLHIV. For each constituency a different approach was chosen, taking into account the different needs indicated by the reference group. The Labour toolkit is available online and for download in English and French on the World AIDS Campaign website. Its use will be particularly important in the run up to the G8 Summit in June 2010. To support the Youth toolkit, an e-course has been developed, in which the text of the toolkit is supported by exercises and key speakers. The youth toolkit is currently available in English via the website. The faith toolkit has been produced as a CD-Rom and has been disseminated via the networks of our partner organisations the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance. It is also available on our website. The PLHIV toolkit was field tested in early October 2009 in Malaysia. Subsequent activities mainly focused on outcomes from the PLHIV mobilization toolkit workshop. A revised toolkit was finalised in conjunction with the social research department of the University of Malaya Medical Centre, and the entire project was facilitated and led by PLHIV. It is currently being translated into Malay and Bahasa Malaysia – translation into local languages was a key point raised during the field test. Scheduled publication and dissemination was the end of March 2010. The Malaysian umbrella NGO MAC plans to replicate the process in a number of states in Malaysia.
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Constituencies Programme
The World AIDS Campaign’s constituencies programme is driven by the communities most affected by HIV: People living with HIV and AIDS, young people, women, people who use drugs (PUD), sex workers, and men who have sex with men (MSM). We also have a record of close engagement with other key constituencies, including faith, labour, media and business. The programme currently has four full time staff members, including three full time campaign coordinators on youth, women, and people who use drugs, who are responsible for coordinating each of the programmes detailed below. In 2009, we also offered roles for two interns to support the WAC around specific activities. The first worked closely with the Youth Campaign Coordinator in support of five youth-led organisations around World AIDS Day events coordinated on December 1st 2009. The second intern focused on the initial preparations for the biannual International AIDS Conference which is scheduled to take place in Vienna in July 2010. The following sections provide an overview of the three campaigning programmes within our constituencies work:
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women, youth, and people who use drugs, preceded by a summary of our overarching programme work.
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The Women’s Programme
In March 2009, the World AIDS Campaign created a new constituency-based position, Women’s Campaign Coordinator, tasked with developing a women’s programme that would strengthen the organisation’s capacity on women’s rights issues and ensure that the work undertaken highlights women’s rights as a fundamental component of Universal Access. Consultation and partnership being the basis of our work, we wanted to involve women’s organisations from the start to build the programme. Throughout the year, we worked in close collaboration with organisations of women’s rights, women living with HIV and other key partners, to identify key priorities and areas where the programme could add value. Our work is driven by the communities most affected by HIV, and as such this programme must respond to the needs of women and girls. Through a consultative process, the objectives of the programme were developed and three core issues were identified that the programme maintains at the centre of its work • Protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights • Denouncing violence against women, including sexual violence • Promoting an environment free from stigma and discrimination towards females The process of ongoing consultation with partner organisations resulted in the development of the “Women’s Campaign Programme Framework”, which was developed with the valuable input from multiple partner orginisations9. The framework is available at: www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/Constituencies/Women in Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian, and is currently being translated into Hindi and Mandarin.
Development of Resources In 2009 we focused on the development of the following resources Lead the change: Young women, HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights. A joint initiative of the women’s and youth programme of the World AIDS Campaign, this fact sheet was developed in partnership with World YWCA and the Girls Empowerment Network. This resource highlights the linkages between HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights, with a specific rights and realities of women. In partnership with Ipas and the International AIDS Women’s Caucus, we developed a briefing paper on safe abortion and HIV. The document, Briefing Paper on Unwanted Pregnancies and Abortion: Issues of Social Justice for Women Living with HIV was launched in late October 2009.
9 CARAM Asia, Foundation for Studies and Research for Women (FEIM), GESTOS, Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+), International AIDS Women’s Caucus (IAWC), International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), Ipas, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR), International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), Latin American and Caribbean Women’s Health Network (LACWHN) and World YWCA
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Violence Against Women Since violence against women is a core issue of the women’s programme, as reflected in the programme framework, a fact sheet on ending violence against women was developed by the World AIDS Campaign in partnership with the Women Won’t Wait Campaign, the International AIDS Women’s Caucus, and the International Women’s Health Coalition. A Gender position paper for the World AIDS Campaign was developed in consultation with all staff members and building off the internal gender workshop held in November 2009 in Cape Town. The purpose of the Gender Policy was to articulate and set standards for the implementation of the commitment of the World AIDS Campaign to working for gender justice within its internal systems and in relation to its work in the world. The Policy addresses the questions of what is to be done and who holds responsibility for this.
Key Events Throughout 2009 the World AIDS Campaign’s women’s programme focused on the events and processes that women’s rights organisations have identified as key. While the following paragraphs provide an overview of each event, the World AIDS Campaign does not see each event as independent or isolated from one another, but rather views them as opportunities to
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strengthen women’s rights issues in the context of HIV, strengthening linkages and partnerships.
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1. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) The CSW took place in March in New York City. The theme of the CSW was “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men in care giving, including in the context of HIV/AIDS”. Agreed Conclusions were adopted highlighting the actions that member states must take in terms of valuing and measuring unpaid work, providing for public services, caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS, eliminating gender stereotypes, data collection, among other issues. In the final Agreed Conclusions, the HIV prevention paragraph included language around comprehensive HIV/SRH services, sex education, and technologies. The final text is available at www.un.org/womenwatch 2. Commission on Population and Development (CPD) The 42nd session of the Commission on Population and Development took place from 30 March- 3 April in New York. This year, the theme was “The contribution of the Programme of Action to the internationally agreed development goals, including the MDGs”. This was the first time that the World AIDS Campaign has participated in the CPD. The decision to do so was made given that this was a key process for women’s rights organisations and provided an opportunity for the World AIDS Campaign to strengthen its partnerships. The CPD focused on negotiations of an outcome resolution, to be adopted by consensus by member States. Negotiations were highly contentious around issues of sexual and reproductive health and rights, services, abortion, sexual orientation, sexuality education, and youth. 3. UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) meeting The amount and level of coordination of women’s observers at the June 2009 PCB’s meeting was unprecedented. Women’s observers worked in close collaboration to develop and deliver an official intervention on behalf of women’s organisations, participated in Civil Society briefings hosted by the NGO delegation of the PCB and interacted with other participants of the PCB.
Berlin ICPD Forum The Global Partners in Action: NGO Forum on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Development, took place from 31 August - 4 September 2009 in Berlin. Two World AIDS Campaign staff participated in this forum. The Women’s Campaign Coordinator was on the drafting committee that led the development of the Call to Action which is an outcome of the Forum and the Youth Campaign Coordinator was a speaker at the closing session and involved in the youth statement development with other youth representatives. The Forum was geared towards the development of a joint call to action from all forum participants, to be developed throughout the meeting and presented on the last day.
UNAIDS Women and Girls Framework Process A significant focus of the women’s programme has been the involvement in the process to develop UNAIDS framework on women, girls, gender equality and HIV. For the World AIDS Campaign, involvement in this process began with UNAIDS Technical Gender Consultation, which took place on 20 May 2009 in New York. The World AIDS Campaign participated and worked closely with UNAIDS on the development of their operational plan on women, girls, gender equality and HIV.
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Following the consultation, UNAIDS called for the establishment of a Global Task Force on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV, informed by 3 working groups following the 3 action areas of UNAIDS women’s and girls’ framework. The Women’s Campaign Coordinator was invited by UNAIDS to chair the working group on assisting countries to ensure that national HIV and development strategies, operational plans and associated budgets address the needs of women and girls in the context of HIV. A working groups meeting was held 16-18 September in Montreux. The Montreux meeting was convened to develop a draft operational plan on women, girls, gender equality and HIV, stemming from UNAIDS framework on women and girls and in response to the decision-point of the PCB which requests an operational plan. The 3 working groups came together, each focusing on one area of the framework and discussed concrete, time-bound, priority recommendations.
Further Activities The Women’s Campaign coordinator contributed to the development of the AIDS Accountability International (AAI) scorecard on women (2009), as member of the gender development team. The process was useful for identifying and mapping out the gaps in data and how governments are doing in relation to women. In October, the Women’s Campaign coordinator also participated in the Latin American and Caribbean International Conference on Population and Development (LAC ICPD+15) meeting to review progress made in the region and challenges going forward.
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The Youth Programme
To support the work of young people campaigning for Universal Access and to strengthen the linkages among youth constituencies, the World AIDS Campaign established a youth programme at the beginning of 2008. Through nearly two years of working in close collaboration and dialogue with youth partners, the Youth Programme has established a platform for youth and youth organisations at the international, regional and national levels to dialogue and build partnerships; developed a series of resources with various topics for youth campaigns; was involved in different key events and influenced policy and decision making process in partnership with youth led and youth serving organisations.
Development of resources To provide advocacy tools for youth led and youth serving organisations at national, regional and international level, the youth constituency programme maintains communication platforms and develops advocacy tools for youth led and youth serving organisations conducting advocacy and campaigns at different levels.
Youth Consultation List Serve The World AIDS Campaign has hosted and facilitated a list serve for youth activists since January 2008 (youthconsultation@ worldaidscampaign.org). The list serve aims to provide a safe space for youth activists from around the world to dialogue, strategise for key events and opportunities and generally share information to work in greater coordination and partnership.
Youth Partnership Alert The Youth Partnerships Alert is an electronic youth newsletter which is released four times a year. The alerts highlight events where youth organisations will be participating, opportunities for collaboration, and possibilities for joint fundraising.
Factsheet & Briefing Paper As resource gaps and information needs are identified by our youth partners, the World AIDS Campaign works in partnership to develop resources that will respond to these needs. As such, a joint fact sheet on young women, HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) was developed, in partnership with the Girls Empowerment Network and the World YWCA. A briefing paper on young people living with HIV (YPLHIV) was also developed. It outlines several key issues, considerations, challenges and recommendations for policy-makers, NGOs, young people, people living with HIV and other actors in the response to HIV to help us all build a supportive and enabling environment for young people living with HIV to realise their rights.
Youth Mobilisation Toolkit The World AIDS Campaign developed a youth mobilisation tool kit, guided by a steering committee with representatives of Youth RISE, the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA), Advocates for Youth (AFY), MTV Staying Alive, International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC), and Taking IT Global (TIG). The youth mobilisation tool kit is an online resource, which provides practical information, youth-friendly resources and inspiring stories to young activists in the HIV and AIDS field to conduct advocacy and campaigns toward achieving Universal Access.
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Youth Public Service Announcement
Following the recommendations from the youth consultation organised by the World AIDS Campaign, in 2009 the World AIDS Campaign produced a youth public service announcement focusing on the issues of HIV, human rights and “young people as leaders”, which seeks to highlight the linkages between these issues. A consultant was hired to shoot the film at the aids2031 Second Young Leaders Summit in Oslo10, June 23-25, 2009, which focused on HIV related stigma and discrimination. By attending the summit, the consultant had the unique opportunity to meet with young leaders from different regions and backgrounds, including young people living with HIV, and engage them in speaking about their understanding and experiences on the linkages between HIV, human rights and young people’s leadership. During the Youth Summit, 12 young leaders from Ghana, Madagascar, Sierra Leone, Brazil, the United States, Australia, Turkmenistan, Thailand, Japan and Morocco were interviewed.
Key events 1. World AIDS Day campaign The youth programme worked closely at country level with partner organisations from different regions to organise the World AIDS Day campaigns, highlighting the themes of Human Rights and Universal Access in their country context. WAC’s partners were • Medical Students Association of Kenya • Turkish Medical Students’ International Committee • Youth Against AIDS Network, Gambia • Waray-Waray Youth Advocates, Philippines • Youth Vision Zambia • Centro de atencion e incidencia para la salud y los derechos sexuales, Mexico. 2. UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Meeting Two of the nine World AIDS Campaign’s supported observers were from the youth constituency, from Zimbabwe and the Philippines. For both youth observers, it was the first time participating in a PCB meeting and provided a great learning opportunity, as well as the possibility to voice youth perspectives on the issues being discussed. 3. The 9th International Congress on HIV/AIDS in Asia and Pacific (ICA AP) The World AIDS Campaign constituency team attended the 9th ICAAP held from 7-13 August 2009 in Bali, Indonesia. The youth programme was significantly involved in a number of activities focused on strengthening the meaningful participation of young people and building rights-based messaging and knowledge, as detailed below. 4. Bali Youth Force11 In March 2009, the Youth Campaign Coordinator joined the Bali Youth Force to be co-chair of the advocacy sub-committee, tasked with preparing the advocacy sessions and activities prior and during the congress. From May to July, she took the lead to develop and conduct an e-consultation among young people in Asia and Pacific region, which aims to collect 10 For more information, please see http://www.aids2031.org/related-news?articleid=78 11 For more information about Bali Youth Force, please visit: http://www.baliyouthforce2009.org/.
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information about HIV among young people in Asia and Pacific region, as well as HIV related education, information, services and policy for young people. 5. Global Fund and Young People session In partnership with the Global Fund and Bali Youth Force, the World AIDS Campaign organized a knowledge building session on the Global Fund for youth participants during ICAAP youth pre-conference. The youth pre-conference provided an opportunity to present the youth mobilisation tool kit to young people from Asia and Pacific region and receive feedback regarding its dissemination. 6. Delivering key youth messages at the ICA AP plenary session The Youth Campaign Coordinator was invited to be one of the plenary speakers on the first day of ICAAP. This was the first time in ICAAP that there was a young person speaking at the plenary. The plenary provided a great opportunity to highlight key youth messages, namely: the importance of HIV prevention for all young people – recognising the diversity of young people, and the human rights for all young people including marginalised youth, through comprehensive sexuality education and services for young people in and out of school; the need to strengthen meaningful youth participation; and the need for
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sustainable funding for youth-led organisations in order to effectively contribute to the response to HIV.
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7. Berlin ICPD Forum As previously noted, both the Women’s and Youth Campaign Coordinator participated in this event. One day before the NGO Forum, a Youth Symposium was organised by Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights. The World AIDS Campaign contributed in the preparation of the Youth Symposium, and attended the youth symposium with other youth participants. 8. International AIDS Conference In 2009 the Youth Campaign Coordinator was asked to be a member of the Leadership and Accountability Programme Committee for the International AIDS Conference to be held in Vienna in July 2010. As such, she attended the first joint programme committee in May in Vienna, and pushed the rights based language throughout the whole meeting with support from the World AIDS Campaign team. 9. aids2031 Youth Leadership Summit At the start of 2009, the former Youth Campaign Coordinator of the World AIDS Campaign was invited to be one of the partners in the Planning Committee to convene the 2nd Young Leaders Summit, which was held in Oslo, Norway 23-25 June 2009, hosted by aids 2031, the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNAIDS Special Ambassador HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit. The new Youth Campaign Coordinator attended the Youth Summit to share experiences about HIV related stigma and discriminations, and identify the current challenges and solutions from different perspectives: media, policy, funding and leaderships. 10. People who use drugs Programme (PUD) The People who use drugs Programme (PUD) campaign was set up in March 2009 to support networks of drug users on campaigning on the key issues that affect their communities, such as human rights abuses, access to harm reduction services and Hepatitis C treatment. To ensure that the drug user networks are kept consulted and informed of emerging issues at the international level regarding prevention of HIV among injecting drug users, harm reduction and legislation, creating a relationship built on mutual trust and understanding has been a critical part of the approach taken by the World AIDS Campaign. 11. Development of resources PUD face many challenges in campaigning. One of them is to build a network of people around an issue that is often criminalized. To support this partnership building among communities of people who use drugs, World AIDS Campaign provided ongoing support to the International Network of People who Use Drug (INPUD) on their documentation and reporting of their organisational development and key events. This report includes accounts of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, and UNGASS sessions in Vienna in March 2009 and outcomes of Bangkok IHRA 2009 conference. There was a request for the report for INPUD to be translated for EEHRN but the plan is to summarise to save costs. It was scheduled to be shared at the International Harm Reduction Association and at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna in June 2010.
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Universal Access Voices Documentation
In partnership with Health Development Networks, ITPC, APN+ and AHRN this activity involved developing a collection of community stories on issues relating to Universal Access, in particular stories that bring the voices of key affected populations to the front to identify some of the successes and barriers to achieving Universal Access at a country level.
Key Events 1. UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Meeting At the PCB meeting of June 2009, the coordinator of INPUD, Mat Southwell, and the INPUD communications focal person, Erin O‘Mara attended as Observers. They maintained a daily weblog of the proceedings for their membership. To improve communications on the PCB within the PUD network (INPUD) there was specific follow up directly with the representatives of INPUD on a number of agenda items as they relate to drug users, such as harm reduction and Hepatitis co-infection. INPUD provided input and reviewed the position paper for the 2010 PCB meeting on access to Hepatitis C (HCV) treatment. 2. ICA AP The Campaign Coordinator co-organised a satellite session at ICAAP in Bali on the role of Civil Society in documenting and reporting on UNGASS indicators in partnership with the UNAIDS regional support team in Asia Pacific to assess their role and that of the broader Civil Society in Universal Access country target settings. 3. World AIDS Day The campaign coordinator for the People who use drugs programme supported the World AIDS Day activities of PT Foundation, one of the participant organisations for the World AIDS Day carnival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Regional interpretation of the global World AIDS Day campaign postcards and posters were developed for use in the region in collaboration with the Asian Red Cross Task Force. The Red Cross in Vietnam and Thailand produced and distributed these items in collaboration with IFRC TRC and the World AIDS Campaign. 4. Other events The Campaign Coordinator attended the Harm Reduction Conference of the International Harm Reduction Association from 20th to 23rd April. The Campaign Coordinator attended the Asia Pacific Regional Treatment Access Summit which was hosted by the Asia Pacific Network of PLWHA APN+ and UNDP in Bangkok. An invitation to be an observer on the ANPUD working group and a commitment from the PUD programme to support strategic planning and work plan development of the network resulted from attendance of this meeting.
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Campaigning Support Espolea Mexico Youth Harm Reduction Campaign The PUD programme provides ongoing technical support to the Mexican organisation Espolea12 that has developed a programme that looks at the issues of young people and drug use in Mexico. The PUD programme specifically supported the Espolea coordinator with developing internal governance procedures for the organisation and provided technical assistance during the process of setting up their advisory committee.
More specific goals included: • Generating discussion of drug policy and what harm reduction means in Mexico • Promoting harm reduction programmes • Observing and following-up on federal attention centers “Centros Nueva Vida” • Studying the relationship between HIV and non injecting drug use among youths Outcomes of this activity have yet to be fully measured as the programme is still ongoing however the feedback and relationship between PUD programme and Espolea has been very positive. Espolea plan to also play a large role at the International AIDS Conference Vienna 2010 and to share the outcomes of their project during the conference. Further plans for the PUD programme include greater collaboration with the International Consortium on drug policy ICDP13 and harm reduction networks. A non abstract driven session on the CND and drug use is being developed with ICDP and AHRN for submission to Vienna 2010 IAC. Membership of ICDP is also being discussed as an option for WAC.
12 http://www.espolea.org/ 13 http://www.idpc.net/
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Media and Communications
2009 saw the appointment of a Head of Communications – a former senior Reuters International news journalist - based in Cape Town, to run a newly-formed Media and Communications Group. The benefits were immediate. A productive meeting with the UN Secretary General was widely reported as were a string of public events leading up to World AIDS Day. A much-needed and ongoing upgrade to the core WAC website and micro sites, plus enhanced searchability via Google, and a growing presence on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter were among other successes. Key 2009 statistics include • More than 750,000 visits to the WAC website • More than 4,000 media organisations and journalists on the news alert database • More than 50,000 World Aids Day information packs delivered with UNAIDS • More than 50,000 versions of the above delivered digitally • More than 3,000 WAC supporters on Facebook - and growing fast But the Media and Communications Group plays a much bigger role than raising WAC’s profile. The Media and Communications Group plays a pivotal part in WAC’s mission to connect and engage all regional, national, and international decision-makers committed to meeting HIV/AIDS-related Millennium Development Goals - and more. An understanding of how local and international media operate in the digital age, combined with an understanding of the most effective internal and external communications practices in diverse environments, enhances our mission to drive participation, empowerment and good governance in a coordinated fight against AIDS on all fronts. WAC respects the fact that there are many -often conflicting- cultural, religious and ideological approaches to the fight against AIDS. We advocate a free and pluralistic media that can reflect different views, while scrutinising and holding accountable the authorities who have committed to the cause. To that end, and reflecting the United Nations General Assembly Resolution on “Communications for Development”, WAC has worked with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, providing training courses to help other NGOs and actors as far apart as the Caribbean and China refine their ability to communicate their specific messages to journalists and the public, while encouraging journalists to hold authorities accountable to the pledges they have made.
Key Events 1. “I am...” In August the “I am…” campaign materials were launched online - resulting in 45,000 downloads. Additionally, 58,000 toolkits (including four posters and four postcards) were printed and distributed between the months of September and November to over 100 countries. The materials, which featured four unique designs, were of striking black and white photos and a series of slogans around the motifs of “I am” and “Right to…” all of which highlighted the relevancy of human rights concerns to HIV and AIDS related issues, emphasising the ‘human’ aspect - ‘people’, not just ‘statistics’.
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Printed materials were produced in English, French, Spanish, and Russian, while additional languages, including Arabic, Hindi, Mandarin, and Portuguese were made available online. Translations were also made in Dutch, Hebrew, Thai, Bemba, Kiswahili, Nyanja, Sizo- li, and Xhosa. There were many productive collaborations with other international organisations adopting and adapting the theme. The International Labour Organisation developed a series of posters entitled ‘I am working’ in Russian, Spanish, English, and French. The Thai Red Cross worked closely with WAC to localise the materials for the Thai context. UNICEF also created materials for use in Afghanistan and Central Asia. Cooperation with UNDP saw a further 1500 Arabic packs sent to Beirut for regional distribution. 2. World Aids Day Theme Launch On 16 June 2009, the United Nations Secretary General joined the World AIDS Campaign and UNAIDS in New York to officially launch the World AIDS Day theme of Universal Access and human rights. The theme was chosen to address the critical need to protect human rights and to attain access for all to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. It also acted as a call to countries to remove laws that discriminate against people living with HIV. Countries were urged to realise the many commitments they have made to protect human rights in the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (2001) and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (2006). Speaking ahead of the announcement at the United Nations in New York, Michel Sidibé Executive Director of UNAIDS said, “Achieving Universal Access to prevention, treatment, care and support is a human rights imperative. It is essential that the global response to the AIDS epidemic is grounded in human rights and that discrimination and punitive laws against those most affected by HIV are removed.” Many countries still have laws and policies that impede access to HIV services and criminalize those most vulnerable to HIV. These include laws that criminalize men who have sex with men, transgendered people and lesbians; laws that criminalize sex workers; and laws criminalizing people who use drugs and the harm reduction measures and substitution therapy they need. Ahead of the meeting, WAC also organized a sign-on letter calling for the Secretary General to keep pressure on donor governments to meet their commitments to ensure Universal Access. Over 200 organisations signed on. This was presented to the Secretary General at the meeting. 3. World AIDS Day For the 21st year, World AIDS Day was commemorated around the globe, and WAC registered 320 events on its international events calendar in some 45 countries including, for the first time, WAC co-sponsorship and organisation of events in Cape Town and New York. On World AIDS Day 2009, WAC coordinated a special World Aids Day event in the Samora Machel settlement. The event brought together parliamentarians, ‘teen superstars’, 2000 learners, a street march, and some powerful messages from Cape Town’s young people about the impact of HIV on their communities. For the first time World AIDS Campaign also
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embarked on a project with a hundred learners from ten different high schools in the Cape Flats, in preparation for the day. These learners received human rights, HIV and photography training. They were then asked to capture photo images of HIV as they perceive it. In coordination with these activities, WAC launched an online campaign via MXit, a free mobile Instant Messaging Service, which was identified as a strategic channel through which to reach out to young people in South Africa. A trial campaign was launched on World AIDS Day on MXit using its Bsmrt (‘Be Smart’) platform. A promotional message was posted on Bsmrt’s main menu page to drive users to the WAC content. This included a direct link to a ‘Living Your Rights’ campaign main page, featuring wallpapers and ‘skins’ for download. MXit reported that on the 1st December, there were 1,471,386 visiting the Living Your Rights page, with a total of 17,296 downloads over the first week of December. 4. Lights for Rights In New York City on World AIDS Day, World AIDS Campaign joined UNAIDS, amfAR and Broadway Cares for the launch of the global ‘Light for Rights’ Campaign. The key aspects of the theme -Universal Access and Human Rights- were highlighted in speeches made by special guests UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Susan Sarandon, Cheyenne Jackson, Kenneth Cole, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Naomi Watts, New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, AIDS activist Tembeni Fazo, and Dr Paul DeLay, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS. The lighting on prominent New York landmarks was briefly dimmed- calling for a moment of reflection- before being turned back up to full illumination to symbolise the shining light of Human Rights.
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5. Organisational Website www.worldaidscampaign.org was redesigned to reflect the theme of the World AIDS Day materials. This redesign process included developing web banners, graphic holding devices and colour schemes to reflect the look and feel of the materials. In addition, the website was streamlined to ensure that WAC’s information and resources are more easily accessible and usable. This redesign process brought a substantial increase in traffic to the website (as measured via Google analytics) with month on month growth. 6. Outreach Through Social media Since June 2009, World AIDS Campaign has had a sizeable presence on Facebook. The social networking site has been used to share information about WAC’s projects generally and to share news, information and developments in the field of AIDS and HIV. Using the Facebook Causes application (www.causes.com/worldaidscampaign) membership has grown rapidly, with a healthy level of traffic, link sharing and discussion. In the run up to World AIDS Day, World AIDS Campaign’s Facebook following doubled in just one week and, in coordination with UNAIDS and the Red Ribbon Army, raised awareness about HIV by encouraging users to change their profile pictures to a red ribbon. 7. Action alerts and Newsletters The quarterly Universal Access Campaigners newsletter was disseminated via the Universal Access Campaigners e-list, which goes to over 4000 members and includes media contacts and partner organisations. Newsletters are sent out quarterly and Action Alerts, which update campaigners on urgent actions and key events, were sent throughout the year.
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Communications and Consultation Facility (PCB)
The Communications Facility (CF) is a completely new programme designed to independently support Civil Society participation in the governing body of UNAIDS (called the Programme Coordinating Board or PCB). The CF was put in place in April 2008, following an evaluation of Civil Society’s participation in the UNAIDS board, to increase communications, consultation and accountability between the Civil Society delegates on the board and their constituents. The CF has been hosted by the World AIDS Campaign (WAC) since its inception in 2008. The programmes and aims of the WAC address many of the same issues of policy and accountability central to the work of the Civil Society Delegates and the policy decisions of UNAIDS. WAC’s reach across multiple constituencies made it an ideal host for this new work. As this is the first time that an independent facility has been put in place to support Civil Society participation, the CF team within WAC has spent the last year developing synergies between its own work and the work of the Delegates. The Programme Coordinating Board is the first United Nations body to formally include Civil Society in its decision making. The PCB is made up of 22 voting member states, the ten co-sponsors that make up the UNAIDS programme, and ten representatives of NGOs to represent Civil Society’s views and needs. The NGO Delegation is a volunteer delegation
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made up of two delegates from each of five regions worldwide - Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, North America, and
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Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to the establishment of the CF, the Delegates relied on UNAIDS to coordinate their communications and support their work. The review of Civil Society participation showed that an independent body based within Civil Society would better enable the delegates to fulfil their roles as board members. The work of the CF rests on two pillars: one part focused on internal structures and communications and the other part focused on external relations with Civil Society, fellow board members and the UNAIDS Secretariat. The internal ways of working were developed during the first year and now the work is focused on improving outreach. To this end, the CF has developed a public website, created an internet mailing group consisting of more than 400 individuals, and participated in joint work with other Civil Society delegations in global health forums in order to improve advocacy and consulted more widely to gather grassroots input on the agenda items of the UNAIDS board meetings which are held twice each year. Specific support has been provided to the NGO Delegation: • In carrying out consultations and writing reports to the UNAIDS board, including one report on meaningful Civil Society participation in the board as well as their 2009 annual report; • in facilitating and rapporteuring meetings held before and during board meetings, including in Chiang Mai in April 2008, Geneva in October 2008, December 2008 and June 2009; • in preparing and reporting on the accountability sessions at the International AIDS Conference held in Mexico in August 2008; • in developing a consultative group to guide the Delegates on key issues; • in working on joint strategy retreats with other Civil Society delegations working on health issues internationally; • in carrying out the annual recruitment and orientations of new NGO Delegates; • in developing and sharing information on the work of the Delegation (via WAC lists, the creation of an NGO Delegation website, regular communiqués after PCB meetings, etc).
The CF has drawn on the WAC constituencies programme to involve Civil Society, specifically from the women’s, youth and persons who use drugs networks, in relevant PCB agenda items and meetings. The June 2009 PCB meeting was one example of how the CF was able to function within the WAC overall programme to influence policy by engaging relevant constituents. WAC funded nine Observers from more than 500 applications to attend and participate in the board meeting in Geneva. Beyond learning firsthand how the UNAIDS’ board works, these Observers have reported back to their own communities on the process and issues to follow in order to hold UNAIDS to account for its work. By involving more and more Civil Society partners in the work of UNAIDS, the CF hopes to support the NGO Delegation in making UNAIDS policy more relevant and applicable to persons living with and affected by HIV.
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OPERATIONS
The exponential growth that WAC experienced in 2009, in terms of commitments made to donors, more focused in-country work and the increased staff complement has necessitated a focus on its operational and system aspects including internal communication and programme cohesion. This is crucial to allow the organisation to remain accountable to donors, partners and to itself at all times. In 2010 there will be a continued commitment to concerted time and effort being spent on the internal operations and systems of WAC, to strengthen the gains made in 2009.
Legal Structure The World AIDS Campaign is one of the only global organisations with a fully functional base operating from the Global South. The organisation is registered as the Foundation: Stichting World AIDS Campaign (Kamer van koophandel 34212532). The registered office of the Foundation is in Amsterdam, but the Foundation may have offices elsewhere as well as other branches in the Netherlands and abroad. The organisation has a second registered office in South Africa namely World AIDS Campaign International with the Registration S21 2008/003190/08. The South Africa office is audited separately and a consolidated audited report with the Netherlands office is conducted by the South Africa auditors in collaboration with the Amsterdam auditors.
Internal Structure The organisation is structured around five areas; a global programme (located and financed in the global south, namely South Africa) constituencies programme, a media & communications programme, communications facility and operations which includes the Executive Directors office.
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Staffing The total staff complement of the organisation in 2009 was 24 and is made up of 13 females, 11 males. Of this 17 staff is financed through the Amsterdam office and 7 through the Cape Town office. It should be noted that 3 of the staff financed from Amsterdam are based in the Cape Town office. If funding allows, WAC is hoping to add two new staff positions and several short-term consultancy positions in 2010. The following is a breakdown of staff locations. Amsterdam Office
Cape Town Office
Work Across the Organisation
1. Office Administrator
1. Africa Regional Coordinator
1. Executive Director
2. Executive Assistant
2. Africa Road Map Coordinator
2. Organisation Manager
3. Finance Officer
3. Finance Officer
3. Head of Media and
4. Chief Producer - Communications
4. Global Programme Manager
5. Senior producer - Communications
5. Global Programme Officer
4. Operations Officer
6. Communications Facility
6. Global Programme
5. Part-time Finance Controller
Programme Manager - PCB
7. Communications Facility
Communications
Communications Coordinator
7. Senior Officer Administrator
Programme Assistant - PCB
8. Constituencies Programme
Manager
9. Constituencies Programme
Officer
10. Key Constituencies Programme
Coordinator
11. Youth Programme Coordinator 12. Women Programme Coordinator The organisation implements a 360 degree staff appraisal process, which includes an appraisal of the Executive Director by the Global Steering Committee and his peers. The organisation is committed to the development and wellness of its staff; to this a staff development plan will be developed and considered in 2010.
Policy Development A Human Resource Policy was developed through a fully consultative process that began in 2009 and was finalised at the beginning of 2010. The aim of the policy is to ensure that human resources within the organisation are properly allocated and managed. The policy focuses on, amongst others, staff development and wellness and seeks to put the GIPA principle into practice within the organisation.
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A Finance Policy was developed and is in draft form, also detailing how finances will be managed and the internal arrangements necessary to ensure the proper management and use of organisational funds. The policy goes further to look at how the organisation can ensure its financial sustainability. Key to proper financial management is the implementation of a viable financial system that ensures seamless finance processes are implemented and understood throughout the organisation. WAC achieved this through the implementation, in 2009, of a finance software package in both its offices. An Information, Communication and Technology policy has also been developed and is in draft form being finalised in 2010. More systems and processes are being developed and strengthened to ensure the proper implementation of the policies and the smooth running of the organisation.
Donor Relations and Fundraising The financial resources of the Foundation are generated through: • (government) grants and subsidies; • donations; • fundraising activities; We are grateful to be working with the following list of donors: Dutch Ministry, DFID – UK, Ford Foundation, OxfamNovib, UNAIDS, OSI, UNFPA. In 2009 WAC drafted a fundraising strategy; to be implemented in 2010 as the organisation geared toward the consortium application to the Dutch Ministry for funding 2011 – 2015. This strategy and subsequent action plan focus on the sustainability of the organisation in the long term, while ensuring that there are enough funds to deliver on the organisation’s objectives in the short to medium term. The strategy not only details how we will work together internally to ensure more collaboration between programmes, but also how we will work with partners to ensure sustained funding for the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Governance The work of the organisation is supported by a Global Steering Committee that provides overall governance and oversight of the strategy implementation. The Global Steering Committee consisted of 12 members by the end of 2009. As a part of the Global Steering Committee, 5 of its members form the Executive Committee dealing with the day to day communication between the organisation and the board, and guiding the board in its decision making. In February 2010 an Audit Committee was set up as part of the Global Steering Committee.
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From January 2009 – June 2009 Allyson Leacock (Chair) Excom
Media
Global Media AIDS Initiative
Linda Hartke Excom
Faith
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
Mabel Bianco Excom
Women
International AIDS Women's Caucus (IAWC)
Deborah Williams Excom
PLWHA Networks
Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Cheryl Bauerle Excom (ex-officio)
UNAIDS
UNAIDS
Nadine France
NGO
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Vacant
Youth
Global Youth Action Network
Vacant
PLWHA Networks
International Committee of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
Patricia Mugambi Ndegwa
Business
Global Business Coalition on AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC)
Asif Altaf
Labour
Global Unions AIDS Programme
Mick Matthews (ex-officio)
Global Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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From July 2009 – December 2009 Allyson Leacock (Chair) Excom
Media
Global Media AIDS Initiative
Linda Hartke Excom
Faith
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
Mabel Bianco Excom
Women
International AIDS Women's Caucus (IAWC)
Deborah Williams Excom
PLWHA Networks
Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Cheryl Bauerle Excom (ex-officio)
UNAIDS
UNAIDS
Patricia Mugambi Ndegwa
Business
Global Business Coalition on AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC)
Beri Hull
PLWHA Networks
International Committee of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
Asif Altaf
Labour
Global Unions AIDS Programme
Aditya Bondyopadhyay
Key populations MSM
Global Forum on MSM and HIV
Jane Waterman
NGO
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Reshma Pattni
Youth
Global Youth Action Network
Mick Matthews (ex-officio)
Global Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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From January 2010 – June 2010 Allyson Leacock (Chair) Excom
Media
Global Media AIDS Initiative
Rachel Ong Excom
PLWHA Networks
Chair GNP+ Board C/O Action for AIDS, Singapore
Asif Altaf Excom
Labour
Global Unions AIDS Programme
George Ayala Excom
Key populations MSM
Global Forum on MSM and HIV
Ethel Irene Hamman (Ex officio) Excom
Chair of Finance & Auditing committee
Peter Prove
Faith
Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
Mabel Bianco
Women
International AIDS Women's Caucus (IAWC)
Patricia Mugambi Ndegwa
Business
Global Business Coalition on AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC)
Beri Hull
PLWHA Networks
International Committee of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
Jane Waterman
NGO
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Reshma Pattni
Youth
Global Youth Action Network
Andrew Hunter
Key populations Sexworkers
Network of Sex Work Projects NSWP
Jude Byrne
Key populations People who use drugs
International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD)
Kate Thomson (ex-officio)
UNAIDS
UNAIDS
Mick Matthews (ex-officio)
Global Fund
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Financial Statements for WAC and WACI
STICHTING WORLD AIDS CAMPAIGN BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December
2009 Euro
2008 Euro
ASSETS Fixed Assets
34,302.00
33,067.00
19,430.00
19,876.00
Furniture
7,256.00
13,191.00
Office Renovations Capitalised
7,615.00
-
1,469,134.00
936,670.00
348,565.00
741,418.00
1,043,032.00
133,544.00
77,537.00
61,708.00
1,503,436.00
969,737.00
Current Liabilities
1,464,912.00
933,359.00
Creditors
73,922.00
107,919.00
Taxes and social security
30,498.00
32,115.00
Intercompany account WACI
68,113.00
-
1,113,905.00
781,711.00
178,474.00
11,614.00
38,524.00
36,378.00
38,524.00
36,378.00
36,379.00
11,366.00
2,145.00
25,012.00
38,524.00
36,378.00
Computer Equipment and Software
Current Assets Cash on Hand Current Assets Other Assets
TOTAL ASSETS
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Grants to be expensed Other payables and accruals
NET ASSETS
Foundation’s equity and reserves Total Equity Opening Balance Equity
Unrestricted Net Assets Unrestricted Net Assets
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY
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STICHTING WORLD AIDS CAMPAIGN INCOME STATEMENT for the year ending
2009 Euro
2008 Euro
Ordinary Income/Expense Total Income
1,456,628.00
1,260,352.00
Grant Income
1,454,483.00
1,260,352.00
Other Income
2,145.00
-
1,456,628.00
1,260,352.00
1,454,483.00
1,241,385.00
712,297.00
486,341.00
Accounting Fees
34,485.00
4,810.00
Bank Charges
16,782.00
-
Gross Profit
Expense Staff Cost
Outside Consultant Services
233,307.00
148,565.00
Contract Services/Prof. Fees
57,205.00
52,755.00
Facilities and Equipment
16,680.00
59,572.00
Depreciation Fixed Assets
11,323.00
8,520.00
8,126.00
8,373.00
615.00
5,393.00
Insurance premiums Postage, Mailing Service Payroll Administration
4,518.00
5,214.00
Cleaning Fees
4,291.00
4,484.00
76,938.00
55,853.00
9,689.00
-
Printing and Copying Supplies Telecommunications
16,322.00
30,799.00
Meeting Costs
88,534.00
-
Conference, Convention, Meeting
15,182.00
-
Travel
65,983.00
127,541.00
182.00
4,939.00
Other Expenses Business Expenses
0.00
3,706.00
577.00
3,242.00
Rental
16,204.00
-
Other programme related expenditure
65,244.00
231,278.00
2,145.00
18,967.00
Other Changes in Net Assets
-
-
Exchange Gains or Losses
-
Legal Fees
Net Ordinary Income
Net Surplus Other Income/Expenses
Financial Result
Total Net Surplus
6,045.00
2,145.00
2,200.00 25,012.00
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WORLD AIDS CAMPAIGN INTERNATIONAL BALANCE SHEET as at 31 December
2009 Euro
ASSETS Fixed Assets
Computer Equipment and Software
23,941.00
8,341.00
Furniture
7,765.00
Office Renovations Capitalised
7,835.00
Current Assets
Cash on Hand Current Assets Other Assets Loans to related parties
TOTAL ASSETS
188,944.00
111,396.00 9,623.00 67,924.00
212,884.00
LIABILITIES & EQUITY Current Liabilities
90,428.00
Creditors
-
Taxes and Social Securities (Payroll liabillities)
-
Inter company Accounts
-
Grands to be Expected
-
Other Payables and Accruals Accounts Payable
NET ASSETS
90,428.00 -
90,428.00
Foundation’s equity and reserves Total Equity
122,456.00
Opening Balance Equity
-
Retained Income
-
Unrestricted Net Assets Net Income
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY
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122,456.00 -
212,884.00
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WORLD AIDS CAMPAIGN INTERNATIONAL INCOME STATEMENT for the year ending
2009 Euro
Ordinary Income/Expense Total Income
1,051,913.00
Grant Income
1,041,075.00
Other Income
10,838.00
Interest Received Other Income Incentive
Gross Profit
10,837.87 -
1,051,913.00
Expense
Staff Cost Accounting Fees
824,384.00
234,905.00 145.00
Bank Charges
3,786.00
Outside Consultant Services
1,063.00
Contract Services/Prof. Fees
280,184.00
Facilities and Equipment
3,732.00
Depreciation Fixed Assets
3,125.00
Insurance premiums
4,674.00
Postage, Mailing Service
4,431.00
Payroll Administration Cleaning Fees Printing and Copying
700.00 3,417.00 14,564.00
Supplies
2,736.00
Telecommunications
9,283.00
Conference, Convention, Meeting
109,872.00
Travel
123,660.00
Other Expenses
348.00
Legal Fees
877.00
Rental
22 882
Business Registration Fees
257.00
Computer expenses
6,816.00
Staff Recruitment Costs
14,589.00
Exchange Gain or Loss
92,624.00
Net Ordinary Income
227,529.00
** The organisation does not make use of any financial instruments.
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