During each IAC, the EAA prioritizes issues for its own advocacy. In 2010, these were improving access to treatment and eliminating stigma and discrimination. The EAA’s advocacy at the IAC can be divided into two types:
Advocacy materials at the IAC
Download the one-pagers on HIV and Food, the Patent Pool, HIV-related Travel Restrictions and Vertical Transmission written for AIDS2010 advocacy:
- Advocacy Sheet 1: Vertical Transmission
- Advocacy Sheet 2: Travel Restrictions
- Advocacy Sheet 3: Food and HIV
- Advocacy Sheet 4: Patent Pool
Advocacy Events at the IAC
The Multi-Faith Networking Zone was a focus for several advocacy events at AIDS 2010. For example, visitors could meet and talk with faith leaders about overcoming stigma and discrimination and play the EAA’s ‘Around the World with HIV’ game to learn more about travel restrictions and how to advocate for their elimination. Visitors were also asekd to sign a letter calling upon world leaders to integrate nutrition and livelihood support for people living with HIV’. You too can still sign the letter by emailing your name, orgnaization and email to rfoley@e-alliance.ch
A Multi-Faith Prayer Gathering was held at the Votivkirche on 20 July at 1830. The prayer gathering was organized by local Austrian faith communities. Following the gathering, faith-based representatives took part in a march for human rights in the streets of Vienna. Go to http://www.hivhumanrightsnow.org/march_and_rally for more information about the march. Download the flyer for the Multi-Faith Prayer Gathering here.
Over the course of the IAC, a small ecumenical delegation met with representatives of pharmaceutical companies to discuss the advocacy asks contained in the above one-pagers, particularly those related to the Patent Pool. To find out more about these meetings and their findings, contact rfoley@e-alliance.ch
On July 22nd, a Non-Abstract Driven Session on the topic of ’Human rights: What’s faith got to do with it?’ was held as part of the main IAC program. You can watch the full session here.
