AIDS advocacy Alert
In March 2009, UNAIDS launched the Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators for 2010 Reporting. The Guidelines provide a guide for monitoring progress made towards the goals set on the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on
HIV/AIDS (DoC). The Guidelines also provide guidance for preparing the country progress reports to be submitted to UNAIDS by March 31, 2010.
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UAFC lobby paper
UAFC has developed a profound advocacy strategy in order to achieve acces to female condoms for all. For background on this strategy and to strengthen your own lobby activities you have access to this paper.
Breaking down the barriers!

Ilze Smit of UAFC Joint Programme presented the session Female Condom Programming and Advocacy: Braking down the Barriers! at the NGO Forum ICPD+15.
Trainings in Rwanda

"In our daily work in HIV prevention and even in our sexual and reproductive life sessions with potential users, in trainings and advocay, we talk about female condoms as you can see in these photos. I'm pushing to include FC in our major advocay themes. It recently has been included in the Rwanda National NGO forum on AIDS for the four year strategic plan (2009/2012)," says Fortunée Twiyubahe from ACORD/Oxfam International in Rwanda.

UAFC December newsletter is out
Knowledge base live
Part of our new website is the revolutionary knowledge base. This is a repository of concepts related to the main theme of UAFC, the female condom. This repository is organized according to themes, geographic location and time. We invite you to start exploring our knowledge base.
If you feel you have anything to contribute don't hesitate to contact us.
ACMS Website
In Cameroon the Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing (ACMS) works on making Female Condoms available to a large usersgroup. ACMS has its own website, with which it reaches especially young people.
Interview with Victoria Archibong, SFH
"I believe the introduction of the male condoms was relatively easier. This could be because it was easier to target men as the “dominant” party in relationships and the ones who will wear the condoms. There was also a lot of support from donors and IPs. The female condom is regarded more as a “woman thing”. Some men may feel threatened as the female condom will empower women in demonstrating their sexual and reproductive health rights. For Female condom programming, programmers have to be more creative and strategic."
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