3rd African Conference for Research on the Social Aspects of HIV, 10/05

Conference Theme: "Bridging the Gap between Research, Policies and Interventions"

10-14 October, 2005
Meridian President Hotel
Dakar, Senegal

Inscriptions for Exchange Encounters and Capacity Building Workshops

In organizing the Third African Conference for Research on the Social Aspects of HIV, we have planned plenary and parallel sessions, exchange encounters and satellite, capacity-building workshops.

1. EXCHANGE ENCOUNTERS

The exchange encounters will be interactive between people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), non-governmental organizations, civil society, state representatives, researchers, agencies of the United Nations and other international and donor organizations. These encounters will take place after the plenary sessions and abstract presentations (it will not overlap with other meetings or presentations). Each day, a precise theme will be chosen according to the sub themes. The four following themes will be discussed in the exchange encounters are:

• Gender and HIV/AIDS,
• HIV/AIDS and the workplace,
• Acceleration of prevention and access to treatment programs
• Children, sexual and reproductive health.

During the exchange encounters, the specific sub-themes as well as other related topics will be the object of the discussion.

• Gender and HIV/AIDS Sub-themes:
• Why a gendered approach? Gender Theories ? why a gender lens?
• Strategies to address gender in HIV/AIDS policies, gender Based analysis and gender mainstreaming
• Gender and research
• Masculinities and sexual identities
  
  
• HIV/AIDS and the workplace Sub-themes:
• Migration, vulnerability and socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS
• Stigmatization, discrimination and legal questions to the access of prevention, treatment and management of HIV/AIDS
• Responses and evaluations of interventions
  
  
• Acceleration of prevention and access to treatment programs Sub-themes:
• Conceptual questions and methods surrounding the acceleration of prevention and access to treatment
• Conceptual questions and methodologies surrounding the ques- tions of the coordination of interventions
• Leadership and community response
  
  
• Children, Sexual and Reproductive Health Sub-themes:
• Nutrition, stigma and prevention of transmission
• Orphans, vulnerable children and children living with HIV/AIDS
• Synergy between the prevention of HIV/AIDS, care and treatment in maternal and child health programs
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

Each exchange encounter will allow for a larger exchange of views and discussion on the themes and sub-themes give rise to the production of a plenary report and allow the participants to work together and establish a working network for the future. During each exchange encounter, a facilitator and a reporter will be present; the composed documents will be available for participants. The number of places is limited to 50 partici- pants for each encounter.

In order for participation in the exchange encounters, interested participants must submit their profile or that of an organization as well as their activities and the reason(s) why they would like to participate in the exchange encounter in a (two-page maximum) statement.

The above information should be sent to the conference address: 3ème Conférence africaine pour la recherche sur les aspects sociaux du VIH/SIDA, ISE Facultés des Sciences
Université Cheikh Anta Diop
B.P 45716 Dakar, Sénégal
mailto:saharaconf05@sentoo.sn

The deadline for the profile and letter of intent is July 30, 2005; the list of participants will be announced on August 15, 2005.

2. SATELLITE CAPACITY-BUILDING WORKSHOPS

The workshops will be conducted for the reflection and formation of methodological questions. Each workshop will focus on particular problems and will seek to answer specific questions concerning research and the interventions about the social aspects of HIV/AIDS. The topics for the satellite capacity-building workshops are as follows:

Workshop 1

Follow-up and evaluation of interventions Specific Questions:

• How to combine qualitative and quantitative research methods in the evaluation process?
• How to document the process?

Workshop 2

Research on sensitive questions Specific Questions:

• How to work with stigmatisation, MSM and children?
• How to work with and document sensitive questions?

Workshop 3

Operational research and ethical questions Specific Questions:

• How to test a risk reduction model and risky behaviours concerning PLWHA and pregnant women?
• How to integrate ethical questions in research and intervenetions of PLWHA?

Each workshop will call upon people known for their expertise in the concerned field. Handbooks, data-processing software as well as other teaching materials will be placed at the disposal of the participants. For participation in satellite, capacity-building workshops, the candidates will have to present their profile as well as the reason(s) why they would like to participate in the workshop in a (two-page maximum) statement.

The texts should be sent to the following address:

3ème Conférence africaine pour la recherche sur les aspects sociaux du VIH/SIDA, ISE Facultés des Sciences, Université Cheikh Anta Diop B.P 45716 Dakar, Sénégal
mailto:saharaconf05@sentoo.sn

Note

The inscription with exchange encounters and/or the workshops permits the participant to take part in all of the other conference activities. This inscription can be done independently of the abstract submission. Specific badges will be re- served for the participants in encounters and workshops.

For more information, please visit our website at http://www.sahara.org.za/conference
or write directly to:
3ème Conférence africaine pour la recherche sur les aspects sociaux du VIH/SIDA, ISE Facultés des Sciences, Université Cheikh Anta Diop B.P 45716 Dakar, Sénégal
mailto:saharaconf05@sentoo.sn
http://www.sahara.org.za/conference

You can also contact the following people:

Workshop coordinator
Dr Adja Ndiaye
Chargée du suivi évaluation au Conseil National de Lutte contre le SIDA (CNLS)
Tel: B: +221-869-09-09 / Cel: +221-637-93-76

Exchange encounter coordinator
Ms. Bridgette Prince
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Cape Town 69-83 Plein Street, Plein Park Building 14th Floor Cape Town, 8000, South Africa
Tel: +27-21-466-7968 / Cel: +27-82-491-2026

Fax: +27-21-461-0299
mailto:bprince@hsrc.ac.za

Page Editor: Ali B. Ali-Dinar, Ph.D.