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Saving Lives Now: Female Condoms and the Role of U.S. Foreign Aid
Tuesday, April 22- CHANGE has released a new report Saving Lives Now: Female Condoms and the Role of U.S. Foreign Aid The report documents U.S. investment in global female condom procurement, distribution and programming. Saving Lives Now is a product of CHANGE's Prevention Now! campaign to increase global access to female condoms. To download or purchase bound copies of the report visit www.preventionnow.net.
Press release
CHANGE blog on female condoms
The Lancet: “The female condom: still an underused prevention tool."
The Lancet: “Greater interest and investment in female condoms needed.”
New Resource: Comparison of 2008 U.S. Global AIDS Bills
Tuesday, March 18- CHANGE has released a new Fact Sheet for advocates and policy makers. The resource compares House and Senate versions of bills to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with current U.S. global AIDS law. The Fact Sheet also delineates CHANGE's recommendations to reform U.S. global AIDS policy.
View Comparison of 2008 U.S. Global AIDS Bills
More on PEPFAR
Concession on Global AIDS Bill Compromises Women's Health and Rights
Thursday, March 13- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed its own version of a bill to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The House Committee on Foreign Affiars passed a similar bill last month. CHANGE responded to the news by stating, "We hear all sorts of praise for the bipartisan compromise over PEPFAR, but how can we praise a bill that sidelines sound science and the health and rights of women?" The Senate bill requires an explanation from the Global AIDS Coordinator if funding for programs that promote abstinence and fidelity falls below 50% of prevention spending in countries with generalized AIDS epidemics. It retains the requirement that organizations pledge opposition to prostitution in order to receive U.S. global AIDS funding and fails to provide a comprehensive strategy for addressing the prevention needs of women and girls. The bill also fails to support linkages between HIV/AIDS and family planning services
CHANGE Press Release
Text of Senate bill, S. 2731
Text of House bill, H.R.5501
More on PEPFAR
U.S.-based NGOs highlight Women of Color for International Women's Day
March 11 and 12-CHANGE and ActionAid International USA convened women of color from across the globe on Capitol Hill in order to highlight the intersection of gender-based violence and HIV & AIDS among their populations. Representing an array of backgrounds including faith-based, PLWHA, and grassroots advocates from abroad, the women brought their experiences and insights to Members of Congress. In addition to meetings with individual offices, the women hosted a community roundtable to discuss domestic and international policy issues important to Women of Color. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee co-sponsored the roundtable discussion.
Press Release
HIV&AIDS Programmes and Financial Allocations Continue to Fail Women and Girls
Tuesday, March 4- The Center for Health and Gender Equity joined with members of the Women Won't Wait campaign to mark the one year anniversary of the campaign's launch and express concern that "women’s rights still occupy the margins of
HIV&AIDS strategies and funding." In a press statement the campaign issued in advance of International Women's Day, member groups demanded "that policy makers and donors integrate responses to violence against women in global and national AIDS programmes and allocate resources to these responses."
Campaign Press Release
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