Red Ribbon Award

Celebrating Community Leadership and Action On AIDS

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"The Red Ribbon Winners are wonderfully courageous and motivated; they are an example to us all on how to act with dignity in the face of adversity."

UN Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon

"We didn't have a space to speak about the stigma and discrimination of transgenders; We now feel proud of our work and know that we are taken seriously."

Jessica Bear Blass,
Fortaleciendo la Diversidad, Mexico

"The Estonian network unites the voices of people living with HIV to be heard as one power."

Latsin Alijev,
The Estonian Network of PLWH

"It is a shared responsibility of us all to end this epidemic and together we can do it."

UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Jan Beagle, at ICASA, 4-8 December 2011

"We've learned that a community based approach to the epidemic is much stronger if centered on human rights and human dignity."

Mary Robinson,
former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

"Sankalp responds to the needs of people who were never reached before."

Eldred Tellis,
Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust – India

"POZ is changing perceptions about HIV one person at a time and with each change of attitude POZ gains another dedicated leader in the response to AIDS."

Eddy Genece,
Promoteurs Objectifs Zero Sid – Haiti

"The red ribbon award brings the community voice on HIV to the world stage."

UNDP

"Power positive is actively preventing the kind of situations that in the past left many widows and orphans homeless."

Hannie Ondaye,
Power Positive Support Community Based Organization - Kenya

"Rather than looking at orphaned children as a burden, we see that children can share experiences and solutions to be the next generation of informed leaders."

Alfred Chapomba,
Consol Homes, Malawi

The 2012 Round for The Red Ribbon Award is open

IT'S HERE ! THE 2012 ROUND FOR THE RED RIBBON AWARD IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS!

1 December 2011–– On this year’s World AIDS Day, UN and civil society partners jointly announce a global call for nominations for the 2012 Red Ribbon Award. The award, which will be presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC in July 2012, will be given to ten organizations that have shown outstanding community leadership and action on AIDS.

The five award categories are:

Prevention of sexual transmission
Prevention among people who use drugs
Treatment, care and support
Advocacy and human rights
Stopping new HIV infections in children and keeping mothers alive; women's health.

The selected community organizations will benefit from international visibility and an invitation to participate in the XIX International AIDS Conference. Additionally, each recipient of the award will receive a US$10,000 grant.

We call out to civil society partners around the world to spread the word that the RRA 2012 Round is now open and that their nominations of exceptional community-based organizations would be welcome. Additional information regarding the Red Ribbon Award, the categories and criteria for selection, as well as the on-line nomination facility may be found online on the Red Ribbon Award website.

Shine a light on the best that the response to AIDS can offer!

Nominate NOW !

Featured Award Winners

	Association Pénitentiaire Africaine - Burkina Faso IntroductionThe Association Pénitentiaire Africaine (APA/Burkina) works to defend the rights of prisoners in Burkina Faso. The organisation offers voluntary HIV testing and counselling, HIV-prevention education, and support and care services as well as legal assistance Read more...
	Positive Women's Network (PWN) - South Africa Introduction Positive Women’s Network (PWN) is a grassroots organisation founded by 60 women who came together in 1996 in search of a safe place where they could share their feelings about their HIV status and design creative projects for the empowerment of Read more...

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