Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV and AIDS Bandari Street, House No.34 Near Saint Mary's Teachers College, P.O. Box 77
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ACTIVITY: TRAINING WORKSHOP TO WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV FROM LAKE ZONE THEME: STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF NETWORKS OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV ON ISSUES,RELATING TO HARMFUL PRACTICES AND BARRIER WHICH AFFECT THEIRABILITY TOPROTECT AGAINST NEW HIV INFECTIONS, ACCESS TO HIV TESTING, TREATMENT AND CARE VENUE: GOLD CREST HOTEL, MWANZA DURATION: 28TH OCTOBER – 2nd NOVEMBER, 2019 Report prepared by Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV and AIDS Bandari Street, House No.34 near Saint Mary’s Teachers College, P.O. Box 77704, Dar es Salaam. Phone: +255 755761905. Email:[email protected]. Website: tzpositivewomen.net. 1 Contents LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYM. .......................................................................................................................4 BACKGROUND INFROMATION ........................................................................................................................................5 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES .......................................................................................................................................................5 INRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................6 PREPARATIONS: ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 OPENING REMARKS: .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 THEDESIREDEXPECTEDOUTPUT FROM PARTICIPANTS: ..................................................................................................... 7 TRAINING NORMS: ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 PARTICIPANTSEXPECTATIONS: ........................................................................................................................................... 7 METHODOLOGY USED: ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 TOOL USED: ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8 SESSION ONE: GLOBAL NATIONAL RESPONSE & OTHER MECHANISMS ON HIV/AIDS RESPONSE. ............................................................ 9 People living with HIV accessing antiretroviral therapy ................................................................................................ 9 90–90–90 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Women .......................................................................................................................................................................... 9 GROUP DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION ................................................................................................................................... 10 DAY 2 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 SESSION TWO: GENDER INEQUALITIES THAT CAUSE GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, NEGATIVE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL NORMS AND HARM PRACTICES THAT ARE FUEL HIV TO WOMEN. .............................................................................................................................................. 16 PHYSICAL VIOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................................... 16 SEXUAL VIOLENCE.................................................................................................................................................................. 17 PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 ECONOMIC VIOLENCE ............................................................................................................................................................. 17 SESSION THREE: ROLE PLAY .................................................................................................................................................... 20 DAY 3: ........................................................................................................................................................................... 21 SESSION ONE: RECAP. ........................................................................................................................................................... 21 SESSION TWO: SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK ............................................................................................................................... 21 SESSION THREE: TYPES OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................... 23 SESSION FOUR: ROLE PLAY ..................................................................................................................................................... 23 The 2nd Role play .......................................................................................................................................................... 23 SESSION FOUR: BENEFIT OF SOCIAL SUPPORT NETWORK .............................................................................................................. 24 SESSION FIVE: THE TREE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT ............................................................................................................................. 25 SESSION SIX: BARRIER TO SOCIAL SUPPORT ................................................................................................................................ 25 WE ADJOURNED DAY 3........................................................................................................................................................... 26 DAY 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 26 SESSION ONE: RECAP ............................................................................................................................................................ 26 SESSION TWO: STRENGTHENING NETWORK OF WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN REGIONS AROUND LAKE ZONE. ......................................... 26 DAY 5 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 28 SESSION ONE: RECAP ............................................................................................................................................................ 28 2 SESSION TWO: DEVELOPMENT OF WORK PLAN AND EVALUATION .................................................................................................. 28 a) Development of Work Plan ................................................................................................................................. 28 B) TRAINING EVALUATION FOR WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV TRAINING ......................................................................................... 29 C) PRE AND POSTTEST RESULTS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 CLOSING REMARKS………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 APPENDICES 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ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 3 List of Abbreviations and acronym. AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ARV Antiretroviral STI Sexual Transmitted Infections OIs Opportunistic infections NCD Non Communicable Diseases CHAC Council HIV and AIDS Coordinator CHW Community Health Worker HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus GBV Gender Based Violence MoHCDEC Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children PLHIV People living with HIV RTC Regional TACAIDS Coordinator TNW+ Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV and AIDS TACAIDS Tanzania Commission for AIDS UNWOMEN United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and empowerment of women. WLHIV Women living with HIV 4 BACKGROUND INFROMATION Gender inequality contributes to the spread of HIV, increases infection rates and at the same time reducing the ability of women and girls to cope with the epidemic. UNWomen has strategize to empower women and girls and guaranteeing their rights so that they can protect themselves from infection, overcome stigma, gain greater access to treatment, care, support at the same time amplify voice of women living with HIV. UN-Women in collaboration with Tanzania Commission for AIDS (TACAIDS) and Tanzania Network of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (TNW+) organized training to 40 women living with HIV from 5 regions namely Mwanza, Shinyanga, Mara, Geita and Kagera. The ultimate goal for the training was to strengthen the capacity of networks of women living with HIV on issues relating to harmful practices and barrier which affect their ability to protect against