The International Community of Women Living with HIV Eastern Africa (ICWEA) and The International Community of Women Living with HIV (ICW) – Burundi Chapter are scheduled to implement a two –Year (from 2021 to 2023) project with financial support from ViiV Healthcare (Positive Action) titled Building Self-Resilience among AGYW Living with HIV to fight Self-Stigma. The project Goal is to contribute to efforts for ending HIV related self-stigma among adolescent young women and girls living with HIV in Burundi and Uganda to enhance attainment of 95x95x95 UNAIDS targets. The Project specific objectives are (i) Strengthen the engagement capacity of AGYW living with HIV in addressing HIV related self-stigma by end of 2022; (II) Strengthen safe spaces for knowledge sharing among networks and groups of AGYW living with HIV through the exchange of best and innovative ways to fight self-stigma by 2022; and (iii) To build advocacy and leadership capacity among AYWG to gain self-resilience and challenge structural barriers that cause HIV self-related stigma by end 2022.
ICWEA is seeking services of a consultant to carry out Baseline survey on Self-stigma among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) Living with HIV and its impact on access to HIV & Sexual Reproductive Health & Rights Services in Uganda
This will be the first survey in Uganda to measure and document self-stigma related experiences and also to describe self-stigma as perceived by AGYW living with HIV. The survey will be important in that findings will support evidence-based advocacy, policy reform and delivery of friendly HIV services to AGYW living with HIV. The findings will also influence dialogues and potential development of anti-self-stigma policy for AGYW living with HIV, development of local ordinances and by-laws on self-stigma in Uganda. Additionally, the baseline survey results will broaden the understanding of the extent and forms of self-stigma which will enable stakeholders/implementers develop responsive interventions and strategies towards self-stigma.
