Final Program [International Conference on AIDS (14th: 2002: Barcelona, Spain)]

Skills Building Workshops

Wednesday July 1o

Maximum Impact Coalition Building:
SB38 HIV and Violence against Women and Girls
Venue: Room 2A
Time: o10:3o0- 13:3o0
Language: English
Target Audience: People working in HIV, child safety, violence
against women, sex trafficking, teen
pregnancy, prostitution, gender parity, rape
crisis, domestic violence, men's health
This workshop will demonstrate how to build on the powerful
work already being done in HIV, violence against women and
related fields such as human rights, child protection, sex
trafficking, public health, economic parity, etc., to develop
multi-disciplinary nationwide coalitions on a scale never before
attempted. The workshop will use pilot projects in South
Africa, India and New Mexico, United States to train
participants to bring these coalitions to their country.
Facilitators: S Fisher, Intersect HIV Violence against Women
and Girls Project, United States; R Gupta, Apne Ap, India
Media and HIV/AIDS Prevention: a Key Alliance to
SB391 Promote Healthy Behaviors and to Stop the Epidemic
Venue: Room 2B
Time: o10:3o - 13:3o0
Language: Spanish
Target Audience: Journalists, publishers, editors, media
representatives
The workshop will focus on key information related to
HIV/AIDS such as national and worldwide statistics, economic
and social impact of the epidemic, national legal frameworks,
sexual and reproductive health rights and the issue of
vulnerability. We will also focus on how to define media
strategies to promote behavior changes and to strengthen the
population's capacity to better confront the epidemic.
Facilitators: M Madina, Proyecto Accidn Sida Centro Amdrica,
Spain
Women Speaking Up: Female Leadership
SB401 and Advocacy Skills
Venue: Room 2C
Time: -o:3o - 13:3o0
Language: English
Target Audience: HIV+ women working in NGOs, CBOs and HIV
community work
Many women who are at risk or infected with HIV can improve
their health and quality of life by advocating for themselves
and others. In this workshop participants will learn techniques
for HIV+ women around empowerment and self-advocacy, to
be used in both personal relationships and community
activism. As HIV transmission rates increase in women there is
a greater need for women centered services and feminine
leadership styles in the planning and provision of HIV/AIDS
services. This workshop will devote time and space to
recounting our successes and exploring ways of defining
gender-based power and influence.
Facilitators: B Hull, I Coleman, AIDS Alliance for Children Youth
and Families, United States

Empowering Migrant Workers against HIV/AIDS:
Implementation of the Generic Manual on PreSB41 IDeparture, Post-Arrival and Reintegration Programs
Venue: Room 2D
Time: lo:3o - 13:3o
Language: English
Target Audience: NGOs, CBOs working with migrant workers
and their families
The workshop will focus on equipping CBOs and NGOs with
regards to content, methodology and skills to organize and
facilitate a participatory, rights based and gender sensitive
pre-departure, post-arrival and reintegration program for
migrant and mobile populations within the populations they
work with. The workshop will build skills to implement a
Generic Manual developed to reduce HIV vulnerability in
migrant workers.
Facilitators: S Verghis, CARAM Asia, Malaysia
Developing Guidelines for Action on HIV Care Rooted
in Communities: a Latin American and Caribbean
SB421 Approach
Venue: Room 2E
Time: 1o:3o - 13:3o
Language: Spanish
Target Audience: Community leaders, people involved in CBOs
specifically working in Latin America and the
Caribbean
The workshop will address the necessary steps for the
development of a "Community Care Guide" as a tool to
improve the effectiveness and quality of PLWHA care.
Participants will assess specific community needs to care for
PLWHAs. The workshop will provide tools to maximize human
and resource capacities according to the needs expressed by
participants.
Facilitators: R Mazin, OPS/VHO, Mexico; C Rius; P Ramdn,
OPS/VHO, Spain
Capacity-Building Tools and Models for Working
with Faith-Based Organizations to Address HIV
SB431 throughout the African Diaspora
Venue: Room 5:5A
Time: o10:3o - 13:3o
Language: English
Target Audience: Persons who presently work with, or desire
to work with faith communities
This workshop will provide proven strategies, methods and
tools for engaging faith communities in a continuous process
of becoming effective partners in fighting the AIDS pandemic.
We will highlight successful faith-based youth programs and
voluntary counseling and testing programs.
Facilitators: P Seele, M Franklin, Rev E Mugarura,
Rev A Ware, The Balm in Gilead Inc., United States

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