On this year's World AIDS Day, UNAIDS, the organising partners of the
21st International AIDS Conference and civil society partners are
jointly announcing a global call for nominations for the 2016 Red Ribbon
Award. The award, which will be presented in July 2016 at the
International AIDS Conference (AIDS2016) in Durban, South Africa, will
be given to ten community based organizations that have shown
outstanding community leadership and action on AIDS.
The five award categories, based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are:
- a) Good health and well-being (SDG3)
- b) Reduced inequalities (SDG10)
- c) Gender equality (SDG5)
- d) Just, peaceful & inclusive societies (SDG16)
- e) Global partnership (SDG17)
The selected community organizations will benefit from international
visibility and an invitation to participate in AIDS2016. Additionally,
each recipient of the award will receive a US$10,000 grant. We call out
to civil society partners around the world to spread the word that the
Red Ribbon Award 2016 nomination process is now open and that their
nominations of exceptional community-based organizations are welcome.
The Red Ribbon Award 2016 will be given to community groups for
outstanding leadership in responding to AIDS in one or more of the
following categories based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
- a) Good health and well-being (SDG3):
- - Children, adolescents and adults living with HIV can access testing, know their status and are immediately offered and sustained on affordable quality treatment;
- - New HIV infections among children eliminated and their mothers' health and well-being sustained.
- b) Reduced inequalities (SDG10):
- – Young people, especially young women and adolescent girls, can access combination prevention services and are empowered to protect themselves from HIV;
- - Tailored HIV combination prevention services are accessible to key populations, including sex workers, men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, transgender people, and prisoners, as well as migrants.
- c) Gender equality (SDG5):
- – Women and men practice and promote healthy gender norms and work together to end gender-based, sexual and intimate partner violence to mitigate risk and impact of HIV.
- d) Just, peaceful & inclusive societies (SDG16):
- - Punitive laws, policies, practices, stigma and discrimination that block effective responses to HIV are removed.
- e) Global partnership (SDG17):
- - People-centered HIV and health services are integrated in the context of stronger systems for health.
Moreinfo: http://redribbonaward.org
