This week on the e-Forum 2008 we begin the final discussions and we would like to invite you to share your thoughts and experience.
This week's question is (click on the question to participate): With the majority of people on antiretroviral treatment being women (56% at the end of 2007), should the Global Fund's gender strategy focus more on men rather than concentrating on women and girls?
In April, this e-Forum started with discussions on the topic of "gender". At the time, the Global Fund was preparing to develop a Gender Strategy and, in a linked process, a Strategy on Sexual Minorities, that would guide how the Global Fund addresses gender inequalities in country programming and in the technical review of proposals.
The comments made by you, the e-Forum participants, have provided valuable input into this strategy process. Other consultations have taken place between April and now, involving a broad range of stakeholders at the country and global levels. As a result, a first draft of the "Gender Equity Strategy" will be available shortly. It will be reviewed by the Policy and Strategy Committee of the Global Fund Board in September, and discussed by the Board itself in November.
Next week, we will share this draft with you, the e-Forum participants who were among the first group of stakeholders to contribute to its development, and ask you for your comments, before finalizing the document for submission to the Global Fund decision-making bodies.
Before that, though, we would like to ask you the above question that stems from comments heard at the recent International AIDS Conference in Mexico City.
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