In this session community representatives and key donors are coming together to discuss challenges & opportunities to better serve, empower and invest in community responses.
Date and Time: Monday 23 July, 2018, 9:00am – 12:00pm
Two Years and Counting: How to reach the most vulnerable children and families
Satellite Symposium co-sponsored by The Coalition for Children affected by AIDS and The Positive Action for Children. Despite commendable progress towards the 2020 targets, many vulnerable children and their families remain out of the reach of HIV testing, treatment and care.
Monday, July 23, 14:45 – 16:45 PM
Global Fund Community Zone
AIDS-related Bereavement
Supporting Those Who Have Lost Someone They Love
This session at the Positive Action’s Global Village Meeting Room aims to highlight the issue of AIDS-related bereavement, its manifestations and its impact, and the importance of its consideration in psychosocial support initiatives.
Time & Date: Tuesday 24th July, 3.30-4.30pm
Faith Building Bridges Networking Zone - Booth 507
Call for Expressions of Interest: RIATT-ESA Strategic Plan Development
The Regional Inter Agency Task Team on Children & AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa (RIATT-ESA) seeks to carry-out a strategic planning exercise to revisit the network’s purpose, structure and performance and inaugurate a new phase in RIATT-ESA’s development. It therefore seeks the services of a highly qualified consultant to guide this process from the beginning to completion.
Call for Health Care Providers Selfies
Pediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA) is collecting selfies from the frontline, depicting the incredible work health care providers do on a daily basis to make HIV services, treatment and care more adolescent and child friendly.
Send your selfie to Tammy- tammy@teampata.org before the 30th of April 2018.
Children & HIV Networking Zone -Booth 516
Urgent action needed to stop child sex work in Kenya
A recent report on All Africa, by Lillian Muendo, highlights the crisis of child sex work in the coastal regions, that are rapidly becoming a popular destination for underage prostitutes.
Nominations for AU-RIATT-ESA Media Award
Nominations Open for AU-RIATT-ESA Media Award on Reporting Child Marriage in Africa: Inviting Entries!
Deadline for submission: 23 March, 2018
Nominations are open for AU-RIATT-ESA reporting on Child Marriage in Africa Awards 2018 that are presented to individual journalists that have significantly contributed to the promotion of the principles espoused by the Campaign to end Child Marriage in Africa through their print articles or electronic reporting. The objective of the Awards is to promote reporting of child marriage issues hence raising public awareness, understanding and action.
Award recipients will be announced at a presentation ceremony, at the 2nd African Girls’ Summit on Ending Child Marriage in May 2018.
Award Information
2 recipients of the AU-RIATT-ESA Media Award on Reporting Child Marriage in Africa will each receive a certificate and a prize of 2,000 US Dollars.
Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates must be a practicing journalist in any country in Africa.
- To be considered for selection, the articles/music must have been published/broadcast in 2017 in any language, but for purposes of this competition, translated into any of the 4 African Union working languages, namely Arabic, English and French and Portuguese
- Up to three entries per individual will be considered
- Only journalists who are African nationals are eligible for the competition.
Categories
Entries should consist of:
- Print Journalism: Features/articles of up to 1,500 words published in newspapers and magazines
- Radio Journalism: Documentary or discussion programmes of between 10 and 20 minutes duration;
- Television Journalism: Documentary or discussion programmes of between 10 and 20 minutes duration;
Selection Criteria
An independent panel will judge the articles for:
- Relevance
- Depth
- Balance
- Clarity
How to Apply
Interested applicants must complete the entry form below.