Executive Director Job Description Background ATHENA Network is seeking to recruit an Executive Director to lead the network into the next chapter. ATHENA’s aim is to advance gender equality and human rights through global health to realize a world where women in all of their diversity have the power, choice, and agency to make and […]
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The Women’s Networking Zone (WNZ) at the 22nd International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23-27 July 2018 created space for women’s parallel organizing, with a full programme of presentations, discussions, and events platforming women’s voices and entering women’s experiences. Find the report here. In this report, we share voices from the WNZ, an overview of the
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We are delighted to share with you our article, published in the journal Agenda: Empowering women for gender equality. The article explores accountability mechanisms and presents our #WhatWomenWant work to promote new tools and methods for achieving accountability. View the full article here.
Journal Article Announcement – #WhatWomenWant: A new accountability paradigm Read More »
As a network, we are excited to announce the ATHENA’s adolescent girls and young women’s governance board. We firmly believe that adolescent girls and young women are experts on their own lives, and therefore, their active participation should be at the center of our work and governance as we work towards fashioning sustainable changes to ensure that
Living in a patriarchal world with deep-rooted gender inequalities, girls and young women in the Eastern and Southern Africa Region face barriers to enjoying their sexual and reproductive health and rights, accessing quality healthcare, and remain vulnerable to HIV, sexually transmitted infections, unplanned and unsafe pregnancies. In a world where sex is weaponised, against girls,
The 26th of September was World Contraception Day. Each year on this day the aim is to raise awareness of all contraceptive methods available and to support adolescent girls, young women and gender-diverse people with the information that they need to practice their agency and make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health. When
Nine Ways To Practise Our Agency And Take Control Of Our Sexual And Reproductive Health Read More »
Onwards and Upwards Dear Friends, From advocacy, intensive programming and a robust strategic planning process, this quarter has been extremely busy and exciting for the ATHENA team. The last 3 months have been jam-packed with activities. Driven by renewed commitment for gender equality and guided by the pursuit of a new strategic direction for the
ATHENA Network August 2020 Update Read More »
Our Collective Vision for #FeministFuturesHIV.
Young Feminist Declaration-Drafted by the ATHENA Network Read More »
Now, more than any other time in human existence we must focus on the health and well-being of Adolescent girls and Young Women (AGYW). AGYW constitute the world’s biggest population group and continue to disproportionately be affected by HIV in comparison to other populations. Adolescent girls and young women in the African region where I am
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ATHENA co-convened a fantastic Women’s Networking Zone at the first-ever AIDS2020 VIRTUAL Conference under the theme Celebrating Feminist Wins and Co-Creating New Feminist Futures. Feminist activists and women in their diversity have been powering the Women’s Networking Zone since 2006, and we are proud to add WNZ2020 onto our dynamic, powerful and collective herstory. The WNZ at AIDS2020 Virtual
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Dear sisters, allies, friends, and partners, We recognize that 2020 has taken a rough turn in the past months. For this, we want to recognize the power of community. We hope that you are staying safe, taking care of yourselves, spreading love, finding safe spaces, solidarity in community and healing in these tough and uncertain
ATHENA Network June 2020 Update Read More »
Today, ATHENA is pleased to announce a new project in Zimbabwe, in partnership with the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and Zimbabwe Young Positives. READY to Lead is an exciting young women’s leadership project in Zimbabwe, funded by Comic Relief. Through READY to Lead, young women will hone their leadership skills via training and mentorship. They will learn how
READY to Lead: young women living with HIV lead the way in new Zimbabwe initiative Read More »
Dear sisters, allies, friends and partners, In 2019, together we (ATHENA Network core team members, collaborators, members, allies and partners) worked towards important feminist wins in the HIV response; collectively advocated for systemic change for a gendered and gender trans-formative HIV response; and committed ourselves to bring forward as well as create space for the
ATHENA Network December 2019 Update Read More »
