Re: HIV Workplace policies

[Guest guest]

Greeting from Child In Need Institute

This is in reference to the query posted in AIDS India Group.

Child In Need Institute-CINI, a national level NGO, acknowledge the seriousness

of the pandemic of HIV & AIDS in India and its significant impact on the

workplace. It shares the understanding of AIDS as a chronic, manageable disease

with socio-economic and human rights implications.

CINI adopted the HIV/AIDs workplace policy in the year 2006.The objectives of

CINI's Work place policy are: -

Ø Address the need for HIV & AIDS awareness and prevention in the workplace.

Ø Ensure that staff living with HIV has the same rights and obligations as

other staff i.e. to avoid discrimination and prejudice based on HIV status.

Ø Promote a non-discriminatory environment within the organization in which

employees living with HIV are able to be open about their status (to the

committee dealing with HR issues) without fear of stigma or rejection.

Ø Maintain the confidentiality and dignity of employees living with HIV.

Ø Take steps to enhance the health of all employees, including those who

are living with the virus

As a part of internal mainstreaming we have a training manual and every newly

recruited staff is capacitated on HIV/AIDS and a refreshers training is

conducted in regular intervals for all staffs during the paid working hours

attendance by all staffs including the management.

As a part of external mainstreaming we are capacitating the Panchayati Raj

Institutions, Self Help Group Members, Religious Leaders, Auxillary Nurse

Midwife and Anganwadi Workers.

Thus CINI has the requisite expertise to provide trainings to other local NGO's

for the development of HIV/AIDS work place policy their organization and we

would like to take this forward.

Our HIV/AIDS workplace Policy and related documents are available in our website

(www.cini-india.org).

For further details you may contact the undersigned.

Regards,

Dr Rumeli Das

Assistant Director

CINI-Bandhan(HIV/AIDS Unit)

e-mail: <whd@...>

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Re: /message/11209

Population Services International (India) is implementing Project Connect

(<http://www.psi.org.in/connect/> http://www.psi.org.in/connect/)

with a focus of fostering public private partnerships in HIV and TB in India.

One of the core areas of Connect is strengthening the systems of employee and

employer organizations as well as companies (both public and private sector) to

mainstream HIV and TB in the world of work through v workplace policies.

Connect is also implementing workplace HIV prevention interventions among formal

and informal sector workforces in India with ILO.

You may contact Ravi Subbiah, Director - Systems Strengthening, Connect

(ravi@...) for further information

Regards,

Benoy

Manager Research, Connect, PSI India

e-mail: <benoy@...>