Namibia: New Study Shows Decline in Funding for HIV-Related Human Rights Work
14 December 2020
By Moses Magadza
As the world marked International Human Rights Day on 10 December under the Covid-19 related theme "Recover Better - Stand Up for Human Rights", a study by the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) showed a steady decline in funding for social enablers.
Social enablers include activities that address barriers such as stigma and discrimination, violence, gender inequality and problematic laws and policies, which increase the vulnerability of people to HIV and also impede their access to and retention in services. At the United Nations General Assembly in 2016, world leaders committed to invest at least 6% of all global AIDS resources for social enablers and to ensure that 30% of all service delivery by 2030 is community-led.