EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY THE INEQUALITIES FOCUS OF THE GLOBAL AIDS STRATEGY AND POLITICAL DECLARATION ON ENDING AIDS BY 2030 FOR THE HIV RESPONSE IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
Author: Alna Dall
Roe vs Wade overturned: The impact on SRHR in Africa
Roe vs Wade overturned: The impact on SRHR in Africa The impact of USA Supreme Court overturning the 1973 Roe vs. Wade legal ruling has far-reaching consequences for the rest of the world, especially Africa, carrying disastrous effects on our efforts to promote and ensure bodily autonomy and integrity (BAI) in the region. If we… Continue reading Roe vs Wade overturned: The impact on SRHR in Africa
Day of the African Child: Promoting bodily autonomy and integrity to end harmful practices against children
Day of the African Child: Promoting bodily autonomy and integrity to end harmful practices against children In line with this year’s theme for the Day of the African Child (DAC), ‘Eliminating Harmful Practices Affecting Children: Progress on Policy and Practice since 2013,’ the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA) calls upon Member States… Continue reading Day of the African Child: Promoting bodily autonomy and integrity to end harmful practices against children
Together: Resisting, supporting, healing!
Together: Resisting, supporting, healing! International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia 2021 – “Together: Resisting, Supporting, Healing!” 17 May 2021, This International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT), which is commemorated annually on 17 May, the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) acknowledges the ever-growing need to address stigma and… Continue reading Together: Resisting, supporting, healing!
Challenging HIV Criminalization in the East African Community: A Brief for Parliamentarians
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Sex workers-led advocacy during Covid-19 in Malawi
Case Study: Sex workers-led advocacy during Covid-19 in Malawi
Using communities’ creativity to change the cultural practices that violate bodily autonomy and integrity
Case Study: Using communities’ creativity to change the cultural practices that violate bodily autonomy and integrity
Capacity and solidarity: The growing influence of the TaLP network
Case Study: Capacity and solidarity: The growing influence of the TaLP network
Fighting pushback against bodily autonomy, choices and rights in Namibia
Case Study: Fighting pushback against bodily autonomy, choices and rights in Namibia
The consequences of Covid-19: Protecting LGBTQI people from violations of bodily autonomy and integrity
Case Study: The consequences of Covid-19: Protecting LGBTQI people from violations of bodily autonomy and integrity