LEAHN and UNODC to host Professional Development Workshop at AIDS 2014 Conference, Melbourne

Not to be missed! LEAHN will be hosting a Professional Development Workshop at the 20th International AIDS Conference to be held in Melbourne in July, 2014. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Nick Thomson (UNODC, Bangkok, Thailand) and former police officer and LEAHN Co-ordinator, Mr Greg Denham (Centre for Law Enforcement and Public Health). The title of the workshop is:

THE critical partnership for HIV prevention: building positive relationships with police to support civil society and HIV programmes.

Link to information on Professional Development Workshops at the 20th International AIDS Conference 2014, Melbourne, Australia

Workshop summary:

Police are the major and critical determinant of the risk environment for many people living with or vulnerable to HIV. While police behavior detrimental to HIV prevention and care programmes, and to the rights of key affected populations, has been extensively documented, until recently there has been little knowledge of how to work with police to change this – to move police from barriers to human rights and effective responses to facilitators, working in partnership with civil society and HIV programmes.

The Professional Development Workshop will address the question: How can we engage police in effective partnerships in the HIV response?

Learning objectives:

An increasing body of knowledge and experience exists about how to build better relationships, including recent workshops between police and civil society which we have jointly run in ten countries, and this workshop will capitalize on this growing experience to build capacity among civil society organizations and HIV programmes.

The workshop will provide an understanding of effective approaches which community, civil society and AIDS organizations can use in their local setting to improve relations with police and build ongoing, effective partnerships.

Make sure you come along and meet the LEAHN team!