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Sustaining HIV & Human Rights Programming in Challenging Contexts: Continued Criminalization of Key Populations and Shrinking Resources

Funding for HIV-related human rights work by civil society is insufficient and may be threatened even further. Research from UNAIDS, with the support of the Ford Foundation, indicates that, at present, less than 1% of annual funding for the global AIDS response supports human rights programming. Furthermore, funding appears to be dropping as donors move to new priorities, many countries move to middle income status and have reduced eligibility for external aid, and domestic funding fails to support human rights work.

In order to explore appropriate donor responses to human rights challenges, discuss the funding landscape for civil society organizations and articulate a shared commitment among donors to sustain human rights work related to HIV, UNAIDS and Funders Concerned About AIDS convened a meeting on 11 and 12 June in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Meeting report: Sustaining HIV and Human Rights Programming Meeting Report