Advancing Women’s Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action

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Applications are invited for

Advancing Women’s Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action

Asia regional workshop:

Women's Leadership in HIV/AIDS

March 16-April 3, 2009

Location in Asia to be announced

The Advancing Women’s Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action initiative is aimed at achieving greater and more meaningful participation of women—particularly women living with HIV/AIDS—in decision-making at all levels to ensure programs, policies and funding respond to the unique impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls.

The initiative consists of two complementary components—the training component implemented by CEDPA and its partners, the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, the International Center for Research on Women, and the National Minority AIDS Council—and the small grants program implemented through The Global Coalition on Women and AIDS/UNAIDS.

The training component will equip and empower a cadre of confident, knowledgeable and skilled women leaders to 1) advocate at all levels for effective HIV/AIDS policies and increased funding to address the unique and devastating impact of AIDS on women and girls, and 2) prevent the spread and mitigate the effects of AIDS through high quality, gender sensitive, community-based HIV/AIDS programs and services.

Major activities carried out under the training component include:

· Training needs assessment on women’s leadership, management, advocacy and HIV/AIDS technical knowledge and skills.

· Planning and Design Workshop for Master Trainers that developed regional training teams to implement a series of regional and country-level workshops.

· Global, regional and country-level women’s leadership in HIV/AIDS workshops to enhance the leadership, management and technical skills of women living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

Eligibility: The Asia Regional Workshop is designed for women working in HIV/AIDS in Asia who meet the “applicant profile” on page 3 of the application. Please note that applicants not living and working in Asia will not be eligible for selection.Women Living with HIV/AIDS in Asia are encouraged to apply for this programme.

You can download the application form from www.cedpa.org. The application should be sent to AsiaAIDS@...

Please submit your complete application to:

Lanteigne

Capacity Building Division

CEDPA

1133 21st Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

Tel. 202-332-4496

Fax: 202-667-2043

Email: AsiaAIDS@...

A complete application consists of:

§ Application Form(signed by the applicant)

§ Applicant Essay (2 pages)

§ Supervisor Form (signed by the supervisor)

§ Curriculum Vitae

Deadline: October 3, 2008

Important: Your application will only be reviewed upon receiving all four documents. All forms, including the Supervisor Form, must be received by October 3, 2008 to be considered for review and selection. If selected, all costs related to participation in the workshop will be covered by CEDPA. Applicants will be notified of the selection committee’s decision by November 24, 2008.

Anandi Yuvaraj

ICW-Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator

Bangkok

Tel: +662 2591908-9 Ext: 102

anandi@...

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