In partnership with UNIFEM, Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, Church World Service and Women Won’t Wait, the World YWCA has organised the side event to advocate for more accessible funding for women and HIV and AIDS.

“This session will bring urgent attention to the fact that women's organisations continue to be under resourced. We know that organisations say that they need twice their budget to do what they did in 2006,” says Sophie Dilmitis, World YWCA HIV and AIDS Co-ordinator.

The High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS will review progress of countries who signed to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS and the World YWCA will lobby to ensure governments prioritise women and girls in their national plans for HIV and AIDS. “Without financial security, women's empowerment may never become a reality. As women are more affected by HIV in 4 out of 7 regions in the world, it is clear that as we work towards achieving Universal Access by 2010, women's security is an integral part of the AIDS response, “ says Dilmitis.

Financing and Resourcing Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment In the Context of HIV and AIDS

High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS, United Nations, New York
Dag Hammarskjöld Auditorium
June 9 2008
14:00-16:00

Panellists

Welcome Remarks : Ms. Joanne Sandler, Deputy Executive Director, UNIFEM and Rev. John L McCullough, Executive Director, Church World Service

Community experiences and challenges in accessing resources : Ms. Elizabeth Mataka, UNAIDS Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS in Africa

Innovative approaches to financing women's empowerment: Ms. Terry McGovern, Program Officer, HIV and AIDS Human Rights Unit, Ford Foundation

Country level experience in applying gender budgeting approaches in the AIDS response: Hon Mr. Nchabi Kamwi, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Namibian Government (TBC)

Aid effectiveness and implications for financing gender and HIV and AIDS:Mr. Robert Carr, UNIFEM and Senior Lecturer/Head, Graduate Programmes Unit, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication, University of the West Indies

Summary of event and key recommendations: Ms. Gcebile Ndlovu, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa, International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS, (ICW) and Women Won't Wait

Facilitator :Ms. Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, General Secretary, World YWCA

Hosted by World YWCA, UNIFEM, Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, Church World Service, and Women Won’t Wait

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World YWCA advocates for more accessible funding for women and HIV and AIDS