Leadership Programme for Women

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum Members,

Sub:     Leadership Development programme for women and girls living with HIV

in India.

 

As we look forward to the HIV / AIDS prevention and control programme from the

communities’ perspective, it becomes extremely important for the development

of more and more leaders from the community who can lead people towards their

rights and also who could join hand with NACO / SACS of their respective states

and strengthen their efforts towards better results.

 

At Positive Women Network (PWN+), we are striving hard to strengthen communities

that are oppressed due to their infection status and also who are stigmatized

and discriminated for decades due to this infection.

To strengthen our initiatives PWN+ with support from UNDP is planning to develop

a team of leaders from the women and girls infected with HIV. They will be

selected from the following states of India:

 

Andhra Pradesh

Delhi

Gujrath

Karnataka

Kerala

Manipur

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

  Tamil Nadu

  Uttar Pradesh

These leaders will be provided professional leadership training by PWN+ and

UNDP.  This training will be done in two phases of five days each, with specific

assignments between those two.  The first training will be in December 2010 and

the second training in Feb / March 2011. 

 

This leadership training programme is designed with women and girls living with

HIV at its centre, and the full involvement of other key stakeholders including

government, civil society, the private sector and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Participants will be encouraged to focus their breakthrough initiatives / action

learning project in the following key areas:

 

a. economic security and livelihood opportunities and removing barriers

to women’s equal economic empowerment

b. Support the creation and enforcement of enabling laws and policies

c.  Advocate for integrated services defined for, by and with women that are

accessible, of high quality and delivered with dignity

d.  Stopping violence against women and girls, create safe spaces for them in

their families, communities, organizations and country and foster mobility that

is safe, dignified and equitable

e.  Challenge harmful gender norms and stereotypes and create positive icons for

change particularly in Media and Faith Based Organizations

f.  Enhance effective social protection for women and girls coping with the

impact of HIV

g.  Advocate for increased resource for women and girls and gender equality in

the context of HIV

h.  Deepen the understanding of linkages between HIV, gender, human rights and

the achievement of the MDGs.

 

PWN + welcomes applications from women and girls living with HIV who wants to

make a difference in the lives of their peers.  The eligibility criterion

includes:

 

Out of total participants 25 would be women and girls infected or affected by

HIV

May include members of HIV Positive Network, womens’ NGOs and representatives

from affected population.

15 participants from key stakeholders that can support systemic and sustainable

change, that may include leaders from Government, private sector, media,

religious institutions, service providers

The criterion for selecting the participants for this “leadership workshopâ€

would include the following:

She should be a woman living with HIV in the age group of 20 – 40 years old

She should be part of a women network at the District / State / National level

She should have formal education upto 10th standard

Should have very good communication skills in their local / regional language

Have previous experience in collectivizing women infected and affected by

HIV/AIDS

Have previously worked in HIV Prevention / Care & Support programme for their

respective district / state

Show a positive attitude towards shouldering responsibilities

 

Women and girls who would like to make a difference by becoming part of this

training may kindly apply in the attached format to the following ID:

womenhivleader@...

 

You can also send your applications to the following address:

 

Positive Women Network (PWN+)

No.29/13, Kumbalamman Koil Street,

Tailors Road, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010.

Ph: 044 – 26472126 / 27

 

Applications should be submitted in the prescribed format within 5 pm of 19th

November 2010.

 

For further details you can contact PWN+ through Phone: 044 26472126 / 27

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P. Kousalya

PWN+

poswonet@...

Www.pwnplus.org

www.sociallight.in

e-mail: <pkousalya@...>

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