Resources, tools and strategic
considerations for funding strategies for
MSM and LGBTI programmes and services
A UNAIDS/UNDP Regional Perspective
Andy Seale, Senior Regional Adviser, UNAIDS Regional Support
Team, Eastern and Southern Africa, Johannesburg
Presentation Overview
…..help identify funding resources for MSM-specific programmes
and services, including tools that LGBT groups and researchers
alike can use when developing funding strategies
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Context
UNAIDS Family
UNAIDS/UNDP collaboration in Eastern and Southern Africa
Homophobia in the regional AIDS industry – an opportunity?
Global Fund
Resources in partnership
Other useful tools and resources
Context
Growing Evidence - Growing Action
Diversity of the region
Legal Frameworks, Religion and Culture
Failure of Anglophone Africa to support UN rights language
– including South Africa
Global-regional-national-community relationships
Pressure on funding from global economic crisis – increased
need to demonstrate effective focused targeting
Southern Africa Context
1. High levels of homophobia and stigma continue to keep
LGBTI people in the closet
2. AIDS service providers harbour high levels of stigma and
homophobia
3. Culture and religion are still a major barrier for people to
accept and tolerate different sexual orientation
4. Many LGBTI Africans, including HIV and AIDS programme
staff, are not yet ‘out of the closet’ because of high levels of
homophobia and stigma
Summary report following 2008 SAFAIDS e-discussion on MSM “Sidelined in
Prevention”
UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
December 2008
“Requests UNAIDS to accelerate its work on … lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders with the meaningful engagement
of those communities as well as people living with HIV”
“Requests UNAIDS to prepare a progress report detailing the
work of the UNAIDS Secretariat and Cosponsors in assisting
countries in… needs assessments for lesbian, gay, bisexual
and transgender communities , separately emphasizing
country level action, as well as follow-up actions, including
the establishment of an inter-agency strategy…”
UNAIDS Family Roles
• UNDP: Lead on MSM and LGBTI within the context of Human
Rights and Gender
• UNAIDS: Coordination, strategic info, M&E and reporting on
MSM
• WHO: Health sector, prevention, treatment for MSM
• UNODC: MSM among IDU and Prison populations
• UNESCO: Education sector and material for MSM and general
population
• UNFPA: Sexual and reproductive health for MSM
• World Bank: Through ASAP (AIDS Strategy and Action Plan)
support AIDS strategies and analyses of epidemiology and
response data with a focus on MSM
• UNICEF, UNHCR, ILO and WFP to support MSM and LGBTI
through their work
UNAIDS/UNDP Regional Collaboration
Joint UN Regional HIV Prevention Team – Johannesburg
HSRC – Vasu Reddy
‘Securing the voice of African MSM within HIV and AIDS Development
Policy and Programming in Eastern and Southern Africa’
Outputs to include:
Two regional dialogues
Publication – including drafts for discussion
Policy Brief for tabling at SADC/EAC meeting
Support for a regional network for African MSM
Capacity Building Plan for NACs, UN technical partners, government
Homophobia in the regional
AIDS industry – an opportunity?
I do agree that there is nothing we can do to stop them (LGBTI people) from
existing but I don’t think that in Zimbabwe we will get to a stage where we
will tolerate them at social, cultural, political and religious spheres. I doubt if
you can teach your child to accept a gay person without fearing that they
might think it’s ok and be gay themselves………How do you propose this issue
to your child?... I will still maintain an anonymous identity to ensure that I air
out my views without hindrance. I shudder to imagine what my gay bosses,
workmates and colleagues in high places would think of me because I have
pretended to tolerate them…
Anonymous AIDS professional taking part in SAFAIDS e-discussion, 2008
Recognition that LGBTI groups and experts need to be harnessed to support
the growing capacity needs of mainstream AIDS organizations
Global Fund
• Board in November 2007 agreed to encourage proposals that address gender
issues, with a particular reference to the vulnerability of women and girls and
sexual minorities
• The TRP is an independent, impartial team of experts which makes funding
recommendations to the Global Fund Board
• The public call for applications for up to five experts in gender and issues
facing sexual minorities launched on 20 March and interested parties have
until 1 April to complete and submit their applications
www.hlsp.org/workingwithus/globalfund
• Classic tension of national ownership/effectiveness and rights similar to many
development projects
• CCM and non CCM routes – including regional proposals
Negotiating Global Fund Processes
http://www.theglobalfund.org
UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO online resource kit providing guidance in
planning and writing strong Global Fund proposals
www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/FeatureStories/archive/200
9/20090128_GFtoolkit.asp
Civil Society Action Team – hosted at ICASO (fact sheets on sexual minorities)
UNAIDS and UNDP regional and country colleagues
http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Countries/default.asp
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bilateral Donor Support
DFID – Robin Gorna
The Netherlands
Irish AID
Sweden
France – political support
UNAIDS Action Framework Universal Access MSM and
Transgender Populations - UNDP
Foundations and Academia
Moves to pool support from a number of smaller progressive
foundations – work in progress
Elton John Foundation
Comic Relief
Ford Foundation?
IDS Sexuality and Development
HSRC etc
Resources in Partnership
Technical and Advocacy
MSM Global Forum
Africa Regional MSM Forum
CSAT (support to Global Fund processes)
IGLHRC
ARASA
UNDP
Mainstream AIDS advocacy
UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa
UNAIDS Special Representatives for Prevention in Africa
President Mogae’s Champions Initiative (Tutu and Cameron)
Other Tools and Resources
SMUG e-list – Paul Semugoma [email protected]
Epprecht, Marc (2008), Heterosexual Africa? The History of an idea from
the Age of Exploration to the Age of AIDS, University of KwaZulu Natal Press
Johnson, Cary (2007), Off the Map: How HIV/AIDS Programming is Failing
Same-Sex Practicing People in Africa www.iglhrc.org
Proposal Writing Online Courses
www.fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
www.mosaica.org/resources.html
www.nmac.org/tech_assistance/Grant_Modules/grant_welcome.asp
UNAIDS Technical Support Facilities (TSF)
www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/TechnicalSupport/TSF
HIV Prevention Database of Consultants – an initiative driven by the TSF for
southern Africa www.hivpreventionexperts.org
Other Tools and Resources
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Global Forum on MSM and HIV www.msmgf.org/index.htm lists the
following:
March 31: Deadline to Apply to Attend: HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting
http://www.hivimplementers.com/default.asp
April 1: Deadline to Submit Papers: Exchange Magazine (focus on
sexuality and gender in developing countries)
http://www.msmandhiv.org/globaltopics/ExchangeMagazine.htm
April 6: Deadline for Proposals: Staying Alive Foundation opens new
round of funding for "projects that are led entirely by young people,"
especially from "organizations that have only been set up recently and
have not received much financial support previously"
http://foundation.staying-alive.org/en/grants/applyjune09
April 15: Deadline to Apply: The Summer Institute on Sexuality, Society
and Culture
http://www.ishss.uva.nl/SummerInstitute/
April 17: Deadline to Apply: International Training on LGBT and Human
Rights
http://www.rfsu.se/lgbt_and_human_rights_africa_2009.asp