Red Ribbon award for NZ Māori HIV/AIDS
Red Ribbon award for NZ Māori HIV/AIDS
In
appreciation of the vital work done at the grass-roots level
by community based organizations, the XXI International AIDS
Conference devoted a Special Session to the Red Ribbon Award
Winners for 2016. Participants in AIDS2016 came to the award
ceremony held at 1:00 p.m. on 19 July 2016 to celebrate the
RRA Winners for 2016 and their important work in their
communities.
Speakers at this one-hour Special
Session were:
•HRH Princess Mabel van Oranje of the
Netherlands
•HRH Princess Tessy of
Luxembourg
•Former President of the Republic of Fiji,
H.E. Epeli Nailatikau,
•UNAIDS Deputy Executive
Director, Jan Beagle,
•Minister of Health and Child
Welfare of Zimbabwe, David Parirenyatwa
•Moderator:
Mary Ann Torres, Executive Director, ICASO
In addition, the RRA Winners spoke about their work and commitment to the response to AIDS at the community level.
RRA Winners shine a light on the best that the response to AIDS has to offer!
On Monday, 18 July, the names of the Red Ribbon Award Winners for 2016 were announced to the audience of the First Plenary Session of the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. The announcement was carried via live Web-feed worldwide.
The RRA Winners for 2016 are in the award
categories below (click on their name for more info):
1)
Good health and well-being (SDG3) •The Collaborative
Network for Persons Living with HIV (C-NET+)
(Belize)
•Colectivo Seres, A.C. (Mexico)
•Réseau
National des jeunes vivant avec le VIH (RNJ+) (Burundi)
2) Reduced inequalities (SDG10) •Kenya Sex Workers
Alliance (KESWA) (Kenya)
•Positive Action for Treatment
Access (PATA) (Nigeria)
3) Gender equality (SDG5)
•Chitwan Sakriya Women’s Foundation (Nepal)
•Tehran
Positive Club (Iran)
4) Just, peaceful & inclusive
societies (SDG16) •YouthRISE (Nigeria)
•Red Nacional
De Pueblos Originarios en Respuesta Al VIH/Sida (RENPO) (The
National Network of Indigenous Communities in the HIV
Response) (Chile)
5) Global partnership (SDG17) •INA Foundation (New Zealand)
These Winners
were chosen from almost 1000 nominees from around the world
via an international selection process led by civil society.
Congratulations to the Winners!! You are an inspiration to
the community-based response to AIDS around the world!!
Together, we are stepping up the pace to end
AIDS!
Rawiri Evans Board Co chairperson INA
board
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