Addressing Inequalities

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The faith sector challenges inequalities and key drivers of the HIV epidemic in support of the 10-10-10 targets, internationally and locally by challenging gender-based violence and inequalities at all levels of the HIV response:

• through capacity building in FBOs (managed care structure, religious leaders and faith communities)

• by documenting the contributions of faith-based partners in addressing gender-based violence and inequalities

• by implementing FBOs promising interventions, including in emergency and humanitarian settings.

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Faith communities and faith-based organisations challenge HIV-related stigma and discrimination at global, national and local levels:

• through capacity building in FBOs (managed care structure, religious leaders, and faith communities)

• by documenting the contributions of faith-based partners in addressing stigma and discrimination

• implementing promising interventions for FBOs stigma reduction, including in emergency and humanitarian settings.- by imp

 

Faith communities challenge punitive laws and policies that place people at higher risk of HIV infection and hamper access to HIV services and coordinate interfaith advocacy and activities with national and international partners to influence global HIV policies

Some of the activities Interfaith Health Platform members do together include:

• Capacity-building and awareness-raising webinars on HIV-related gender-based violence and inequalities, stigma

• Analysis of FBOs interventions to address stigma, gender-based violence and inequalities in the HIV response

• Support the implementation of the Framework for Dialogue

• Stigma Index Study for faith communities in collaboration with the country network of people living with HIV

• Ensure coordinated participation of FBOs in conferences such as ICASA to advance a unified agenda on ending all stigma and discrimination, including towards key populations.

• Capacitating and mobilizing Faith Champions for policy change against punitive laws and policies that place people at higher risk of HIV infection and hamper access to HIV services.