{"id":2329,"date":"2012-06-27T09:38:46","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T09:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2015-08-12T13:49:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T13:49:26","slug":"positive-womens-network-pwn-is-aids-2012-and-aids-2016-civil-society-partner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/positive-womens-network-pwn-is-aids-2012-and-aids-2016-civil-society-partner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"POSITIVE WOMEN\u2019S NETWORK (PWN) is AIDS 2012 AND AIDS 2016 Civil Society Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prudence Mabele, Founder Positive Women’s Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\nIn May this year, one of our longterm grantee organisations \u2013 PWN \u2013 was awarded the position of Civil Society Partner for AIDS 2014 and 2016 by the International Aids Society. From 2004 till date, with a grant amounts totalling US$230,000, AWDF has worked with PWN to improve the lives and rights of people living with HIV\/AIDS, and we have seen how much of a difference she has made in their lives. \u00a0We send hearty congratulations to Prudence Mabele and her team at PWN!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0ANNOUNCEMENT<\/span><\/p>\n

New Civil Society Partner for AIDS 2014 and AIDS 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Positive Women\u2019s Network, South Africa \u2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On behalf of the International AIDS Conference permanent partners, the International AIDS<\/span><\/p>\n

Society (IAS) would like to welcome Positive Women\u2019s Network, South Africa to be the new civil<\/span><\/p>\n

society partner for AIDS 2014 and AIDS 2016. The Positive Women\u2019s Network will replace the<\/span><\/p>\n

existing partner, the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition (CVC), who has held the<\/span><\/p>\n

position for AIDS 2010 and AIDS 2012. Other civil society partners for AIDS 2014 are the Global<\/span><\/p>\n

Network of People Living with HIV\/AIDS (GNP+), International Community of Women living with<\/span><\/p>\n

HIV\/AIDS (ICW), the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) and<\/span><\/p>\n

Sidaction.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Positive Women\u2019s Network, South Africa, established in 1996, is a non-government organization<\/span><\/p>\n

committed to create an environment in which people living with HIV\/AIDS are free from<\/span><\/p>\n

stigmatization and discrimination because of their HIV status. The network recognizes that<\/span><\/p>\n

people living with and\/or affected by HIV\/AIDS should share the lead and the responsibility in<\/span><\/p>\n

responding to the pandemic, while encouraging the society to create the space for them to play<\/span><\/p>\n

this crucial role. The organization works to set up and manage care and support programmes,<\/span><\/p>\n

harness and build resources, build capacity, support and monitor developmental initiatives to<\/span><\/p>\n

improve the quality of life of women and children infected and affected by HIV\/AIDS throughout<\/span><\/p>\n

Africa. The network won a Red Ribbon Award in Vienna (AIDS 2010) for its work. The<\/span><\/p>\n

organization has nominated Ms. Prudence Mabele to represent them on the Conference<\/span><\/p>\n

Coordinating Committees (CCCs). Ms. Mabele is the founder of the network in South Africa and<\/span><\/p>\n

is a founding member of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), as well as the National<\/span><\/p>\n

Association of People Living with HIV and AIDS of South Africa (NAPWA) and the South African<\/span><\/p>\n

National AIDS Council. She has been living positively with HIV for 22 years and has been a<\/span><\/p>\n

prominent South African activist and an expert in the field of HIV and AIDS since 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Positive Women\u2019s Network, South Africa will fill a rotating seat on the CCCs which is occupied<\/span><\/p>\n

by a civil society organization based in a resource-limited country that is working in several<\/span><\/p>\n

countries or on a whole continent with HIV and AIDS as a major activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The call for interested organizations was distributed widely with eleven applications received.<\/span><\/p>\n

The selection committee, made up of representatives of all the international permanent partners<\/span><\/p>\n

of the International AIDS Conference, gave consideration to the regional, issue-based, and<\/span><\/p>\n

constituency representation within the civil society members of the CCC. The set of criteria<\/span><\/p>\n

included consideration of the organization\u2019s proven commitment to:<\/span><\/p>\n