New fund to be launched to support meaningful engagement of adolescent girls and young women in Global Fund and national processes
aidspan.org - "The HER Voice Fund will focus on 13 countries in Southern and Eastern Africa. The Global Fund will invest $500,000 over the next year to bolster meaningful engagement of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) groups and networks in Global Fund–related processes and in national processes in 13 focus countries.
The funding will be made available to countries via a new venture, the HER Voice Fund, which is set to be launched later this month. The HER Voice Fund will be administered by SHRH Africa Trust (SAT) and Eastern Africa National Networks of AIDS Service Organizations (EANNASO).
The 13 focus countries are in Southern and Eastern Africa where HIV infection is disproportionately higher among AGYW as compared to males of the same age group. The countries are: Botswana, Cameroon, Lesotho, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Zambia. These countries have both higher HIV incidence rates and a higher number of new HIV infections among 15-24-year-old females as compared to their male peers."