Groupes religieux
In the following section you will find information on campaigning activity from faith groups at an international, regional and national level.
Importance du leadership confessionnel
Plus que tout autre type d'organisation peut-être, les organisations confessionnelles se trouvent dans toutes les communautés et touchent la vie quotidienne de milliards de personnes, aux quatre coins du monde. Aux niveaux locaux, nationaux et internationaux, les leaders religieux sont source d'orientation spirituelle, affective et pratique, de soutien et d'espoir. Leur responsabilité est lourde, et ils doivent l'assumer avec humilité mais conviction, avec une volonté de vérité et une vision d'harmonie et de justice pour tous les peuples du monde.
Les exemples ne manquent pas de leaders religieux dont les paroles et les actes influencent des milliers, si pas des millions de fidèles. Beaucoup d'organisations religieuses ont déclaré leur réponse au VIH et au sida, se prononçant fermement contre la discrimination, pour l'accès au traitement et aux soins pour tous, pour le financement durable et suffisant de la réponse mondiale, pour la prévention et pour la résolution des causes fondamentales des vulnérabilités, au niveau des femmes et des enfants surtout.
Beaucoup de leaders religieux, de communautés et de fidèles ont pris des engagements et fait des promesses dont ils reconnaissent l'importance du respect, concernant notamment :
- l'élimination de l'opprobre et de la discrimination, et la promotion de la dignité et des droits des personnes vivant avec le VIH/sida ou affectés par le virus ;
- la promotion d'activités de prévention du VIH et du sida qui s'attaquent aux causes fondamentales de la vulnérabilité, en accordant une attention particulière aux femmes et aux enfants ;
- la mobilisation de ressources financières suffisantes et durables pour atteindre l'accès universel à la prévention, au traitement, aux soins et aux services d'accompagnement ;
- le passage à l'action et la définition de cibles claires et transparentes qui nous permettent de nous tenir responsables les uns les autres dans nos efforts d'arrêt du VIH et d'élimination du sida de notre monde.
Summary of high-level meeting on Declaration of Commitment June, 2008
Summary of the 2008 high-level meeting on the comprehensive review of the progress achieved in realising the Declaration of Commitment on HIV and AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS (United Nations Headquarters, 10-12 June, 2008)
Annoucements
Within this section you will find statements, press releases and annoucements issued by faith-based organisations and networks.
Message for WAD: Youth: Take the Lead - The future is now!
"World AIDS Day is an opportune time for us, as one community of believers, to reflect on how this epidemic has changed life around us and the challenges it has posed." To read more from Archbishop Bernard Moras on World AIDS Day, please see below.
Real Life: Religious leaders and the fight against HIV and AIDS. Working for prevention and against stigma and dscrimination
The following profiles submitted by Alliance participants give snapshots of religious leaders fighting the spread of HIV and AIDS in their community through compassion and prophetic leadership. And they tell the story of how religious leaders themselves learn the facts about the disease, and how they work against stigma and discrimination in communities to bring hope and care to people living with HIV and AIDS and their families.
If you have a story to share - of a religious leader, church or community member - demonstrating compassionate care and working against stigma and discrimination, share it by following this link http://www.e-alliance.ch/bestpractices.jsp
Interfaith pre conference statement at ICAAP+8
Read the pre-conference statement from the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance at the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific which took place August 19-23 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
ACTION ALERT:Support the Global Fund Replenishment Process
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is now engaged in its second replenishment process. A first meeting will be held in Oslo, Norway, 6-7 March 2007, in which the Global Fund and its donors should come to an agreement on the target figure for the replenishment process. A second meeting to be held in Berlin, Germany, on 25-26 September, is intended to receive pledges.
World AIDS Day Statement from Ruth Messinger
NEW YORK, November 30 — In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, has issued a statement about the Jewish imperative to take action in the global battle to fight AIDS. This statement will be included with others from a variety of public figures from around the world featured on the World AIDS Campaign Web site.
Bishop Kevin Dowling of South Africa:The power of healing
A Christian reflection on AIDS and the power of healing from Bishop Kevin Dowling of South Africa
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
The Rev. Mark S. Hanson,Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
"Churches and faith communities are an essential part of the solution because people of faith play a critical and important role in stopping AIDS in this generation. Religious leaders are "keeping the promise" by making public and specific commitments, promises that reflected not only in our leadership, rhetoric, advocacy, and vulnerability, but also in our budgets and priority decisions."
Inaugural winner - Dignity and Right to Health Award
The HIV Initiative of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association is proud to announce that the winner of its inaugural Dignity and Right to Health Award is Dr Biangtung Langkham, who has been involved in early responses to the twin epidemics of drug use and HIV in his hometown of Churachandpur, Manipur, India since the early 1990s. Starting within the Christian community in Manipur, he has gone on to work across tribal and religious boundaries, facilitating local community based responses to HIV and substance misuse. The SHALOM project, as it came to be known, was tackling issues of harm minimisation and community empowerment in HIV prevention a good decade or more before such approaches became commonplace. SHALOM is also involved in providing care for those living with HIV and AIDS. SHALOM continues as a model faith based organisation (FBO) response to AIDS in the region, and continues to work effectively with all communities.