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 Global
edition of the course "Empowerment, HIV and Violence against
Women"
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Participants
The target population includes managers,
decision-makers at national and local levels, service providers and
advocators for people living with HIV and women's rights.
Dates:
Jun 22 - Oct 8, 2009
Coordinators of the
course:
Nazneen Damji (UNIFEM) and
Dinys Luciano (Development Connections)
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Applications: The registration
form must be sent by May 27, 2009.
Fellowships:
25 fellowships are available for candidates that can demonstrate how
they will apply the skills obtained in the course within their
organizations and who will commit to completing the course. Those
individuals interested in applying for a fellowship should submit a
request to info@dvcn.org by May 22, 2009.
For more information on the course please contact:
Dinys Luciano: lucianod@dvcn.org
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HIV and violence against women (VAW) are two pandemics
putting women's health, wellbeing, and lives at risk. Evidence shows
that violence may be a leading factor in the increasing
"feminization" of the AIDS pandemic in many countries, and
HIV can be both a cause and a consequence of VAW. Integrating HIV and
VAW policies and programs, based on an empowerment approach, will
enhance their effectiveness and impact by increasing women's access to
comprehensive services of care and prevention.
Objectives
This course aims to develop competencies of human
resources from governmental and non-governmental organizations to
integrate HIV and VAW in prevention, treatment and care interception as
well as to respond to emerging policy issues regarding both problems.
The specific objectives are:
- To analyze the
empowerment conceptual framework and its operationalization
addressing HIV and VAW.
- To examine the
strategic and practical implications for integrating policies and
programs on HIV and VAW.
- To manage tools for
carrying out processes within organizations and intersectoral
levels directed toward integration of both issues.
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Modules
I. Conceptual framework:
Intersections between HIV and VAW, international commitments and
national legislation, empowerment approach applied to HIV and VAW and
methodological issues regarding scientific evidence on HIV and VAW
II. Prevention:
Prevention strategies from a public health approach, best practices on
HIV and VAW prevention.
III. Care and
treatment: Voluntary counseling and
testing, access to treatment, adherence strategies and VAW,
HIV perinatal transmission and VAW, integrating HIV within VAW services:
screening, care, referral systems, and support groups.
IV.
Considerations for special populations: young girls and
adolescents, indigenous communities, migrants, sex workers, prisoners,
injected drug users, among others.
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Methodology
and learning resources
The course is online and has a total duration of 95 hours. It includes
online activities and workplace field tasks. Depending on the needs and
possibilities in each country, participants may form small groups for
face-to-face sessions with the online support of a tutor. The
learning resources, for use in group discussions, working groups,
virtual forums and assessments within the participants' organizations,
include: cases, databases, glossary, checklists and other assessment
tools, bibliography, and presentations.
The
course will be taught in English.
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Development Connections
1629 K Street NW Suite 300
Washington DC 20006
(202) 466-0978
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