Dear forum members, I would like to thank GF for participation in commenting on Draft of the Gender Equity Strategy of the GF Country Coordinating Mechanism 1-How can CCMs be encouraged to ensure meaningful representation of women with skills and voice amongst membership and leadership, including those...

This is my first post in this forum and I am gratified to know that there are so many knowledgeable and concerned people around the world on this issue. I gives me renewed hope that we will defeat HIV/AIDS. Second, let me just say how much respect that I have for the Global Fund. Seldom will you see...

Dear e-forum members I agree with most of the ideas shared by members, particularly on having a comprehensive gender strategy for both sexes, however with specific strategy for girls. The strategy focusing on the social , cultural and economic issues affecting women and girls accessibility to treatment...

Etant donné que la majorité de personnes sous traitement antirétroviral sont des femmes (56 % à la fin de 2007 *), la stratégie sur l'égalité des sexes du Fonds mondial devrait-elle se concentrer davantage sur les hommes plutôt que sur les femmes et les filles...

I am so pleased to read that the GF is working on a "gender equity strategy". This is so important as women are incresingly becoming infected and affected by HIV and AIDS and there is so little is being done in addressing women vulnerabilities to HIV at the community level. For this initiative...

With the majority of people on antiretroviral treatment being women (56% at the end of 2007*), should the Global Fund’s gender strategy focus more on men rather than concentrating on women and girls? (This question is also available in: Español - Français - Русский ) In April, this e...

We invite you to post your contributions directly to the forums. Dear members, Please find below the contribution from C. Ravichandran from India. Thank you for your contribution! Alastair e-Forum Facilitator Background: Over the past 2 decades, HIV/AIDS/TB has emerged as one of the biggest killer disease...

We invite you to post your contributions directly to the forums. Dear members, Find below the contribution from LKM from India Thank you for your contribution! Alastair e-Forum Facilitator The surveillance of women, girls and sexual minorities by the NGOs with all stakeholders as a pre-requisite for...

We invite you to post your contributions directly to the forums. Dear members, Find below the contribution from Dickson Omandi from Kenya. Thank you for your contribution! Alastair e-Forum Facilitator -Responding to the needs and rights of especially and included and neglected groups, such as women and...

Data disaggregated by both sex and age are essential in order to get a more concrete sense of the differing impacts of interventions on women and men, girls and boys. However, it is important to go beyond sex- and age-disaggregation to identify indicators that improve the lives of women (or men for that...