News and Updates

ASAP attends the Global Fund Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative Learning Event, February 2018

In November 2016, the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening the voices of communities in Global Fund processes by renewing the Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Special Initiative which was implemented 2014-2016. This new phase, now called the CRG Strategic Initiative, will be implemented during...

ASAP Approved as a TA Provider for the CRG Dept of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

October 2017 – ASAP has been named a pre-qualified technical assistance (TA) provider for the Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Department of the Global Fund. ASAP joins 25 national, regional and global HIV, TB and malaria organizations approved to support a range of TA requests from civil society organizations to help strengthen engagement in Global Fund...

Upcoming Leadership Changes at Women4GlobalFund (W4GF)

We are writing to share news about upcoming leadership changes at Women4GlobalFund (W4GF). From 1st September 2016, Ms Rachel Ong will step down from her role as W4GF Global Coordinator to focus on her positions as the Communications Focal Point of the Communities Delegation to the Global Fund Board, and Special Advisor of Global Fund...

ASAP supports ITPC-WA Global Fund concept note

In May 2016, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, awarded the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition – West Africa (ITPC-WA) a grant of up to US$5 million. The grant will enable ITPC to extend its community-based monitoring of HIV treatment to eleven countries in West Africa, from January 2017 to December 2019. As...

ASAP participates in the Global Fund Partners Meeting of the Community, Rights and Gender Special Initiative, 18-20 August 2015

From 18-20 August 2015, four members of our global ASAP family – Sue Perez (ASAP Director), Martina Clark (ASAP Senior Associate) and Rachel Ong (W4GF Global Coordinator) – traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to participate in the Global Fund Partners Meeting: Engaged Communities, Effective Grants. In addition, our long-time ASAP Senior Associate, Edwige Fortier, brilliantly took...

CALL FOR ACTION: Global Network of Sex Work Projects (NSWP) Statement of Support for Amnesty International and online petition

NSWP has issued a Statement of Support for Amnesty International, and launched an online petition on change.org to gather support for their resolution and draft policy calling for the decriminalisation of sex work. The NSWP Statement of support and online petition can be found here. http://www.nswp.org/news/nswp-issues-statement-support-amnesty-international-and-launches-online-petition