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The international nonprofit organization, AVAC is calling for applications for the 2010-2011 HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Fellowship. The fellowship “pairs emerging leaders in advocacy and activism with existing organizations to develop and execute creative, context-specific projects focused on HIV prevention research.”
The overall goal of the fellowship is “to expand the capacity of civil society advocates and organizations to monitor, support, and help shape biomedical HIV prevention research worldwide. The Advocacy Fellowship is guided by the beleif that effective, sustainable advocacy grows out of work that reflects organizational and individual interests and priorities.”
“Advocacy refers to a process that seeks to transform values, attitudes, policies and/or behaviorus at a community, national or global level. Advocacy Fellows are expected to develop projects that identify a change that is needed and lays out a set of activities that aim to effect that change. Some examples including engaging, critiquing, and improving research process; participating in research and programmatic agendas at various levels; bringing in under-represented voices of individuals and communities most at risk of HIV to the forefront of discussions and debates; raising critical issues in context of access, acceptability, and roll-out of new prevention technologies; and targeting national policies, laws or guidelines so as to ensure that they respect the rights of the people and they are responsive to their needs.
Emerging or mid-career community leaders and advocates involved or interested in HIV prevention research advocacy and individuals with some experience or education in the areas of HIV and AIDS, public health, medicine, international development, women’s rights, communications or advocacy. They should be based developing countries where biomedical HIV prevention clinical research is planned or ongoing or medical male circumcision for HIV prevention is being introduced.
The deadline to submit applications is 19 July 2010. For more information, visit this link.
