Table 3: Strategic objective 3 Promote and protect human rights and gender equality – Sub-objective 3a: Scale-up programs to support women and girls, including programs to advance sexual and reproductive health, and rights. Progress: Thirteen focus countries have been selected for AGYW (adolescent girls and young women) scale-up. Under the CRG Strategic Initiative, TA requests to increase quality of programming and performance frameworks have been received from about half of the countries. Sub-objective 3c: Introduce and scale-up programs that remove human rights barriers to accessing HIV, TB and malaria services. Progress: Standardized tools have been developed to conduct human rights baseline studies in 20 countries. Desk reviews for eight countries (Ghana, Benin, Mozambique, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Indonesia, Sénégal and Cameroon) were scheduled to be submitted by mid-March. Four country missions are planned for the second quarter of 2017. Sub-objective 3e: Support meaningful engagement of Key and Vulnerable Populations and networks in Global Fund–related processes. Progress: The (CALC) has been engaged to provide support on the use of HIV key population implementation tools in program design and planning. In-country TORs were developed for the sex worker and MSM implementation tools. A global meeting on implementation tools was held. The Global Coalition of TB Activists and some malaria consortiums were engaged to provide support to, and strengthen networking and mobilization of, TB- and malaria-affected communities to enable their meaningful engagement in country dialogues. Work plans were developed and regional consultations held on modules for analyzing malaria-related gender and human rights barriers. A regional meeting on malaria was held and support was provided for country dialogues in the Greater Mekong region. Cross-cutting initiatives for Strategic Objective 3 Progress: Stakeholders met in late 2016 to discuss strategy for the AGYW Meaningful Engagement Fund, part of the CRG Strategic Initiative. A roadmap for AGYW engagement in 13 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa is being finalized. An independent review on, and recommendations for, meaningful community engagement during grant-making and grant implementation have been finalized. Strategy Implementation Reporting, Document GF-B37-19, should be available shortly at . _________________________________
Table 3: Strategic objective 3 – Promote and protect human rights and gender equality Sub-objective 3a: Scale-up programs to support women and girls, including programs to advance sexual and reproductive health, and rights. Progress: Thirteen focus countries have been selected for AGYW (adolescent girls and young women) scale-up. Under the CRG Strategic Initiative, TA requests to increase quality of programming and performance frameworks have been received from about half of the countries. Sub-objective 3c: Introduce and scale-up programs that remove human rights barriers to accessing HIV, TB and malaria services. Progress: Standardized tools have been developed to conduct human rights baseline studies in 20 countries. Desk reviews for eight countries (Ghana, Benin, Mozambique, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Indonesia, Sénégal and Cameroon) were scheduled to be submitted by mid-March. Four country missions are planned for the second quarter of 2017. Sub-objective 3e: Support meaningful engagement of Key and Vulnerable Populations and networks in Global Fund–related processes. Progress: The (CALC) has been engaged to provide support on the use of HIV key population implementation tools in program design and planning. In-country TORs were developed for the sex worker and MSM implementation tools. A global meeting on implementation tools was held. The Global Coalition of TB Activists and some malaria consortiums were engaged to provide support to, and strengthen networking and mobilization of, TB- and malaria-affected communities to enable their meaningful engagement in country dialogues. Work plans were developed and regional consultations held on modules for analyzing malaria-related gender and human rights barriers. A regional meeting on malaria was held and support was provided for country dialogues in the Greater Mekong region. Cross-cutting initiatives for Strategic Objective 3 Progress: Stakeholders met in late 2016 to discuss strategy for the AGYW Meaningful Engagement Fund, part of the CRG Strategic Initiative. A roadmap for AGYW engagement in 13 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa is being finalized. An independent review on, and recommendations for, meaningful community engagement during grant-making and grant implementation have been finalized. Strategy Implementation Reporting, Document GF-B37-19, should be available shortly at . _________________________________
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