Nominations Open For The Red Ribbon Award To Honour And Promote Community Leadership And Action On AIDS
On this year’s World AIDS Day, UNAIDS and civil society partners, in collaboration with the organizers of the 21st International AIDS Conference, jointly announce a global call for nominations for the 2016 Red Ribbon Award.
The award, which will be presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference, to be held in July 2016 in Durban, South Africa, honours community-based organizations for their contributions to the response to AIDS.
A press release issued by the UNAIDS indicates that the biennial award is given to 10 organizations that have shown outstanding community leadership and action on HIV. The five award categories are:
- Good health and well-being (Sustainable Development Goal 3).
- Reduced inequalities (Sustainable Development Goal 10).
- Gender equality (Sustainable Development Goal 5).
- Just, peaceful and inclusive societies (Sustainable Development Goal 16).
- Global partnerships (Sustainable Development Goal 17)
* Please note that only community-based organizations with an annual operating budget below US$ 200 000 should be nominated, and that organizations should have been established for more than one year at the time of nomination.
For more information, please visit www.redribbonaward.org.