About HIV-APCoP
The Asia Pacific Community of Practice on HIV, Gender and Human Rights [HIV-APCoP]
The Asia Pacific Community of Practice on HIV, Gender and Human Rights [HIVAPCoP] is an interactive and dynamic knowledge network jointly established by UNDP, UNAIDS, UNIFEM, UNOHCHR, and APN+ in response to the challenges faced by the Asia Pacific countries on HIV, gender and human rights.
This network is open to a broad range of actors working on these issues, including all relevant UN family partners, networks of people living with HIV, national and local governments, key civil society organizations, and academic and research institutions.
Drawing upon member’s knowledge, competencies and experiences, this virtual forum provides the following services:
- An online resource centre for publications, tools, human resources and other materials
- Database of emerging and good practices across the region
- A technical group that reviews studies and provides guidance to resources under development
- Technical advice on specific queries on HIV, gender and human rights from the countries of the region
Joint Message from the Regional Directors of UNDP, UNIFEM, UNAIDS, UNOHCHR and APN+
We are pleased to introduce a Joint Community of Practice, which focuses on the intersections between HIV, human rights and gender in the Asia Pacific region. The community of practice was designed based on the feedback provided from an online survey and more than 50 development practitioners who participated in the joint UNDP, UNAIDS, UNIFEM, OHCHR Regional Consultation on HIV, Human Rights and Gender held in May 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand. This interactive and dynamic moderated knowledge network is open to all UN family partners working on these issues, as well as national and local governments, key civil society organizations, academic and research institutions and networks of people living with HIV.
The launch of the Community of Practice was followed by an electronic discussion on a priority issue highlighted via the needs assessment survey and the feedback given by participants at the consultation held recently. The inaugural discussion topic is titled “Women, HIV, and Intimate Partner Transmission” and was moderated via the workspace by Dr. Nafis Sadik, the UN Special Envoy on HIV and AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. This booklet presents the consolidated response from this electronic discussion and will also feed into some of the key sessions organized at ICAAP’09 (the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific). We encourage you to contribute your knowledge, insights and experience with the community
and welcome your feedback and advice to make it a success.
The Community of Practice on HIV, Human Rights and Gender (HIV-APCOP) serves two basic functions to achieve the goal of knowledge networking and capacity building: to connect and collect. It connects those working for and with UNDP, UNIFEM, UNAIDS and UNOHCHR with development practitioners, civil society and government partners in the region to advocate and address the issues of HIV, Human Rights, and Gender. The HIV-APCOP also collects and serves as a regional clearinghouse for resources, experiences, training tools and methods around the themes of HIV, Gender and Human Rights in Asia and the Pacific.
We look forward to your active involvement and participation in this important joint Community of Practice on HIV, Human Rights and Gender
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Dr. Ajay Chhibber Assistant UN Secretary General & Director UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific |
Ms. Socorro L. Reyes Chief Asia-Pacific and Arab States UNIFEM |
Mr. JVR Prasada Rao Director UNAIDS Regional Support Team in Asia and the Pacific |
Mr. Homayoun Alizadeh Regional Representative for South East Asia UNOHCH |
Mr. Shiba Phurailatpam Regional Coordinator and Director APN |
United Nations Development Programme
UNDP is the UN's global development network, an organization advocating for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. Working with 166 countries on their own solutions to global and national development challenges, UNDP is committed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to help countries build and share solutions to the challenges of democratic governance, poverty reduction, crisis prevention and recovery, and HIV/AIDS.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family, bringing together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations, namely UNHCR, UNICEF, WEP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO, and the World Bank, in the AIDS response to help the world prevent new HIV infections, care for people living with HIV, and mitigate the impact of the epidemic, engaging the efforts of many sectors and partners from government and civil society.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights represents the world's commitment to universal ideals of human dignity. The High Commissioner for Human Rights is the principal human rights official of the United Nations. The High Commissioner heads OHCHR and spearheads the United Nations' human rights efforts to offer leadership, work objectively, educate and take action to empower individuals and assist States in upholding human rights. The Office's priorities include greater country engagement, working closely with civil society and United Nations agencies at the country and local levels, in order to ensure that international human rights standards are implemented on the ground.
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In doing so, UN Member States took an historic step in accelerating the Organization’s goals on gender equality and the empowerment of women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system, which focused exclusively on gender equality and women’s empowerment:
- Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)
- International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)
- Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI)
- United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
The main roles of UN Women are:
- To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms.
- To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to provide suitable technical and financial support to those countries that request it, and to forge effective partnerships with civil society.
- To hold the UN system accountable for its own commitments on gender equality, including regular monitoring of system-wide progress.
APN+ is the network of PLHIV living in Asia Pacific region. It was established in 1994 at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur by 42 PLHIV from eight countries. It was established in response to the need for a collective voice for PLHIV in the region.
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