Monday, August 27, 2007

EAC TO MAINSTREAM GENDER, HIV AND AIDS INTERVENTIONS IN ITS PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES

EAC Headquarters, Arusha, Saturday 25 August 2007: The East African Community Secretariat in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the World Bank have organized an EAC regional workshop on mainstreaming Gender, HIV and Aids interventions into the various regional development sectors and strategic plans in the Partner States, to run from 27 to 29 August 2007 at the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania.

The workshop is to be attended by 70 participants from the Partner States and to be drawn from agriculture, education and youth, transport, industry, gender, labor and social welfare, fishing, public works/road construction, finance and planning, health sectors and the National Aids Commissions. Participants also expected from the National HIV and AIDS Focal Points, UNDP, UNAIDS, UNICEF and UNFPA. read more

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