Red Ribbon Award 2010 - CommunityLeadership and Action on AIDS

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

On behalf of the UNAIDS family we are proud to announce the call for

nominations for the biennial Red Ribbon Award: Celebrating Community

Leadership and Action on AIDS. This international award will honour

exceptional grassroots leadership in responding to the AIDS epidemic and will be

presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) to be held in

Vienna, Austria, July 18 - 23, 2010.

Once again, twenty-five community organisations will be selected through a

community-led process for their exceptional contribution in addressing HIV.

The winners will be invited to attend AIDS 2010 where they will have an

opportunity to showcase their work and engage global policy leaders. All 25

community organisations will receive $5,000 each.

Five organisations will receive special recognition and an additional $15,000.

Nomination information and criteria can be found on our new website

www.redribbonaward.org <http://www.redribbonaward.org/> and we encourage all to

participate in the nomination process. The award is a joint effort of the UNAIDS

family and as such this year it will place particular emphasis on the

organisation's newly approved global priority areas of action.

In this context, this year's award will be given to organisations whose work

places particular emphasis on the following categories:

1. Ensuring that people living with HIV receive treatment

2. Supporting HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes for people

who use drugs

3. Removing punitive policies and laws, stigma and discrimination that

block effective AIDS responses and marginalise key populations (men who have sex

with men, transgender people, sex workers and prisoners)

4. Sopping violence against women and girls and promote gender

equality

5. Enhancing social support for those affected by HIV, including

orphans and vulnerable children

In line with the global efforts to support cross-sectoral strategies that

address HIV as well as other Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a special

recognition Award will be presented to an organisation whose cross-cutting

approach jointly addresses AIDS and the MDGs at the community level.

We call for your support in nominating a group you know and extending this call

for nominations through your important networks at country or regional level.

You will be helping us support the pivotal work of many community organisations

around the world whose leadership is paving the way in the response to AIDS.

Warm regards,

O'Malley,

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),

New York.

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A.SANKAR

Executive Director- EMPOWER - Professional Civil Society Organisation

Vice Chairman -Initiatives of HIV/AIDS Net (IHN)

National Convener- National Alliance for Health, Environment and Rights (NAFHER)

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