UNDP – Legal Barriers to Access for Key Populations Clifton Cortez
Rights in ActionDecember 4, 2015Washington, DC
Why Legal Issues Are Important
Changes in the legal and policy environment, along with other interventions, could lower new adult HIV infections to an estimated 1.2 million by 2031, compared to 2.1 million if current efforts continue without these structural changes to the legal environments.
-The Global Commission on HIV and the Law (2012)
Addressing Law as a Structural Barrier
More Information: www.hivlawcommission.org
Legal Environment AssesmentsUNDP Legal Environment Assessment for HIV: Operational Manual http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/HIV-AIDS/Governance%20of%20HIV%20Responses/UNDP%20Practical%20Manual%20LEA%20FINAL%20web.pdf
Hosted on UNDP website http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/hiv-aids/legal-environment-assessments.html
And Global Commission on HIV and the Law web site
http://www.hivlawcommission.org/index.php/implementation-of-report/legal-environment-assessments
UNDP/LINKAGES Gender-Based Violence Study
• Goal: Understand experiences of violence among female sex workers, gay men and other MSM, and trans women in El Salvador, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, and Haiti
• Key population-led process • Definition of research questions and methods• Data collection • Interpretation and prioritization of findings • Direction for findings, packaging and dissemination