Events

• To identify new, emerging and existing vulnerabilities and vulnerable/marginalised people that are critical to sexual health and rights/HIV & AIDS interventions using a sexuality and rights approach.
• To explore how the application of human rights framework to sexuality might provide new insights in developing interventions to reduce the spread of HIV & AIDS and provide a more comprehensive sexual health to all persons.   
• To review and map out new and existing innovative strategies, programming and funding that best addresses the interlinkages between sexuality, sexual health/rights and HIV & AIDS for future SRH and HIV & AIDS interventions.

Expected Outcomes 

1. Established platform for networking amongst activists, professionals and experts who are working in the field of sexuality, sexual health and rights to strengthen linkages and outcomes between HIV & AIDS and sexuality, in terms of programmes, policies, legislation, technological updates and experience sharing
2. Dissemination of relevant international declarations, charters and guidelines to organizations and stakeholders to enhance their role in addressing the application of rights to sexuality especially within the framework of SRH and HIV & AIDS.
3. Enhanced advocacy with governments, regional economic commissions (RECs) and the African Union to support and implement the commitments made on sexual health and HIV & AIDS in the Maputo Plan of Action, ICPD and relevant African country frameworks for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, and in with a sexuality and sexual rights lens.
4. Enhanced skills on new approaches, innovations and strategies on sexuality, sexual health and rights and HIV & AIDS. 
5. Developed media, communications and advocacy strategies to increase dialogue and action on sexuality, sexual health and sexual rights nationally and regionally.
6. Conference technical report/publication and Policy Briefs providing critical analyses of sexuality.