Jane you reported the following challenges # 1. Opposition to the change by the conservative traditionalists. # 2. Education to be graded according to the enlightenment levels of the different classes of the community. # 3. Appropriate language for communication well understood by the people. # 4. The...

Ashish, Its so delightful to read from all of you and the wonderful contributions you are making. Its comprehensive and practical and I support you to translate this into a policy strategy.

This is excellent and well thought off and a implementable and workable strategy that needs not to be ignored

This is exactly what I have been talking about for the past 10 days or so. The GF is put to the test to actually do something about this immediately before he goes on a mass execution. Gambia is Muslim state and is known to have a gay population for a very long time. Gambia and Kenya are notorius for...

Right on the money Florence

Your institutions and the powers that be are the main obstacles to a successfull initiative. They have a warped worldview. For that reason basic human rights is trampled upon and legislation doesn't respect basic human rights. This is getting progressively worse in East Africa and also Africa as...

May Farag, I enjoyed reading your quite informative submission. In the Eastern Mediterenean we see strong forces such as "social disapproval, legally prohibtion and criminalization "of those we need to protect and be inclusive of. That should not deter us to provide services. We need to provide...

Mahadeo, I am so happy you are continuing your participation. I want to encourage you to do this any time you have internet accessibility. A survey to establish disease prevalence is an excellent idea and should be the basis for doing what we do. May I add that this is very cost intensive and needs...

Ali, this is so great to hear from you. All these perspectives coming from different parts of the world have highlighted the challenges faced and are coming up with creative solutions that must be enacted by various stakeholders. All contributors have really shed more light on the complexities of the...

This is excellent Ragupathy. I hope The GF has been taken note of this dialogue. Acceptance of people that are "different" than us requires worldview transformation for any initiatives to be sustained on a long-term basis. This applies to all stakeholders. Fenna E. Bacchus