ATHENA Network

We stand for and with ALL Women. A network advancing gender equity, human rights and in the global response to HIV/AIDS #WhatWomenWant #WhatGirlsWant

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Challenging Anti-Right Movements: Empowering Young Women Leaders in Africa
A conversation on feminist resistance, youth leadership & protecting hard-won rights.
🕓 28 Jul @ 13:30 - 14:30
📍 Women’s Networking Zone

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The ATHENA Network team is on the ground at #AIDS2026! 💜
We're looking forward to a week of feminist advocacy, movement building, and bold conversations on advancing gender equality, SRHR, and an HIV response rooted in care, justice, and human rights.

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The Women's Networking Zone is opening soon at #AIDS2026!
Join us for the official opening and be part of a vibrant feminist space for networking, strategy, solidarity and collective action.
🕓 Official Opening: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
📍 Global Village | AIDS 2026

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This Non-Binary Awareness Week, we celebrate and stand with the non-binary community. Everyone deserves to be seen, respected, and valued for who they are.
💛🤍💜🖤 #NonBinaryAwarenessWeek #NonBinary #GenderDiversity #Inclusion

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Amplifying the voices of Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) isn't just about being heard it's about ensuring they influence decisions, shape policies, and lead change.
Their voices matter. Their leadership matters. Our support matters.
#AmplifyAGYWVoices #AGYW #WhatGirlsWant

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New episode of #WhatGirlsWant: A Podcast is out!
Lipuo Phori joins us to expose the violence experienced by women living with HIV in healthcare settings, why accountability matters, and what it will take to create safe, respectful, rights-based care.
https://t.co/fTx2Pmh4pX

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NEW EPISODE: What does feminist leadership look like in times of crisis?
We explore how feminist movements are leading with courage, collective care, and solidarity in an increasingly uncertain world.
Listen here https://t.co/ePNtZXVoyb

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Member States have adopted the 2026 Political Declaration on HIV & AIDS, reaffirming a global commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
The declaration sets new targets, aligns with the Global AIDS Strategy 2026–2031, and charts the path forward.
📸 @unaids

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Cate Nyambura will be representing ATHENA Network during the High-Level Meeting on AIDS AT UN Headquarters during Thematic Panel 3, entitled Community Leadership - Driving an Inclusive and Sustainable HIV Response.
#HLM2026 #WhatGirlsWant #WhatWomenWant #FeministFuturesHIV

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The UN High-Level Meeting on AIDS helps shape the global HIV response & the next Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.
Together with AGYW across Africa, ATHENA Network has identified 10 priorities for a global feminist, youth-led, rights-based HIV response.

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The future of the HIV response must be feminist, rights-based & community-led.
Join us on 22 June at #HLM2026 for:
✊ We Won’t Go Back: Feminist Demands for the 2026 HIV Political Declaration
📍 CR11, UN Headquarters
⏰ 1:15–2:30 PM
progress is not inevitable & we won't go back.

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Apply to host a session at the Women’s Networking Zone during #AIDS2026 in Brazil! Join feminists, activists, advocates & community leaders from around the world to spark dialogue & drive change.
Apply by 5th June.
https://t.co/l7kNOXanLZ

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Apply to host a session at the Women’s Networking Zone during #AIDS2026 in Brazil! Join feminists, activists, advocates & community leaders from around the world to spark dialogue & drive change.
Apply by 5th June.
https://t.co/l7kNOXanLZ

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Menstrual health is a right, not a privilege. This #MenstrualHealthDay, let’s end menstrual poverty, break stigma, and ensure everyone can menstruate with dignity.

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Our Director of Programs, @katy_nyambs participated in a panel at the Eastern & Southern Africa Regional Feminist Funding Dialogue hosted by @UN_Women.
The panel, “From Donor Dependency to Public & Collective Power,” explored feminist funding & movement-building across the region

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Our Nigerian & Tanzanian #WhatGirlsWant focal points attended the 20th International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis & Prevention Research in Tanzania
They highlighted the incredible work AGYW are doing to shape feminist HIV responses & champion community-led change.

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Labour keeps the world running but whose labour is valued?

Feminists have long named it: unpaid care work, informal work, and survival labour sustain economies while remaining invisible.

This #InternationalLabourDay, we demand dignity, protection, and justice for ALL workers.

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During our Kampala visit with @GlobalFund, @VIiVVHC & @GSK, we visited @AfricaSexWork’s Lady Mermaid offices home to a drop-in centre for sex workers.
They’re leading work to reduce stigma, train key actors, and improve access to health services.

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We hosted @GlobalFund, @VIiVVHC & @GSK in Kampala 🇺🇬 for a monitoring visit of #WhatGirlsWant (Gender Equality Fund).
We shared our advocacy & movement-building work with the Ugandan cohort and focal point.
A fruitful day of learning & solidarity