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Lesbian Visibility Week: Ending HIV. Ending Inequalities. Safeguarding Dignity.

26th April 2024 The 22nd of April to the 28th of April marks lesbian visibility week. Lesbian Visibility Week is observed annually and aims to celebrate lesbians, in all their diversity, and increase awareness about the experiences of lesbians. Across the world, lesbians are vulnerable to and experience discrimination, stigma, and violence based on their […]

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Women’s Rights Caucus (WRC) Statement On The CSW68 Agreed Conclusions

27 March 2024 The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the mainintergovernmental body dedicated to gender equality, came to a close on Friday, 22 March2024.The Women’s Rights Caucus (WRC)—a global intersectional feminist coalition of more than 400organizations, networks, and individuals that advocates for gender equality at the UnitedNations—welcomes

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Call for Applications: #WhatGirlsWant Program Country Focal Points

ATHENA Network is pleased to announce a call for applications for our #WhatGirlsWant Program Country Focal Points from Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon. We are a feminist organization working at the intersection of HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights, gender-based violence, and gender equality. We are also dedicated to promoting

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Ending Period Poverty. Reducing Gender Inequality

Millions of girls, women, and gender-diverse people worldwide struggle with period poverty, which makes it a severe problem. According to Irise International, period poverty affects more than 500 million girls, women, and gender-diverse people.  Period poverty, also called menstrual poverty, is the lack of access to period products; sanitary facilities; healthcare services; and information about periods.

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Transforming Education: Who Do We Invest In? Whose Education Do We Prioritise?

The 24th of January was International Day of Education. It is a moment to acknowledge that accessible and equitable education is a human right, providing it is a public responsibility. It is a call to raise awareness about how it contributes to sustainable development, ending inequalities, peace, and development. The 2023 theme was ‘to invest

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Call for Expressions of Interest: Consultancy to Develop, Design, and Layout of a Toolkit on Advocacy and Movement Building on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) For Adolescent Girls, Young Women and Young Gender-Diverse People

BACKGROUND The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) was established in 2002 to galvanize a movement of progressive civil society actors to advance a human rights-based response to HIV in southern Africa. The implementation of ARASA’s Strategy for 2019-22 was anchored in the core principle of respect for and protection of the rights

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ATHENA Network Is Hiring: Program Manager

ATHENA was created to advance gender equity and human rights at the intersection of HIV, women’s rights, SRHR, and GBV. Formally launched in 2005, ATHENA plays a policy formulation, capacity-building and network-convening role, working with partners at the national and regional level.  ATHENA recognises that only when women and girls in all their diversity can know,

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International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Increasing Access. Increasing Care. Improving Our Feminist Politics.

Globally, on the 3rd of December, we observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The day aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. Girls, young women (AGYW) and young gender-diverse people aged between 15 and 24 are three times more

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Ending Inequalities, Ending HIV To Protect Adolescent Girls, Young Women And Young Gender-Diverse People

Globally, the 1st of December is observed as World AIDS Day. It’s an opportunity for people to unite globally in the fight against HIV, show support for people living with HIV, and commemorate the lives of those who have passed away from an AIDS-related illness.Adolescent girls, young women (AGYW) and young gender-diverse people in Eastern

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Promoting Girls Rights By Changing What We Teach Boys

As we commemorate the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl. This year’s theme is “Our time is now—our rights, our future”. And a loud reminder that protecting girls’ rights is important for creating a better future and achieving gender equality globally. Feminists, women and girls’ rights activists and other human rights defenders

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