HIV 2020: An alternative to the International AIDS Conference in the U.S. that is safe for sex workers and their allies to participate in

An alliance of global key population-led networks and other key actors are organizing an international community-led event as an alternative to the International AIDS Conference that is planned to take place in the U.S. in 2020. Immigration policies and legal travel restrictions on sex workers, people who use drugs, and transgender people have made it difficult if not impossible for members of these communities to enter the U.S. Additionally, human rights conditions in the U.S. continue to worsen for immigrants, people of color, people who use drugs, LGBTI people, and sex workers. Activists in the U.S. are therefore requesting that the conference organizers refrain from organizing the AIDS Conference in the country.

The alternative community-led HIV convening is titled: HIV2020: Community Reclaiming the Global Response and will take place in Mexico City, 5 - 7 July 2020.

The organisers of HIV2020 are calling for funders to stand in solidarity with HIV2020 through their funding, submitting session ideas, using contacts with celebrities and others to gain attention for HIV2020, and by promoting HIV2020 and its messages and showing solidarity through their own communications and dissemination channels.

For more info, please visit https://www.hiv2020.org/

Funders Concerned About AIDS organised an information session about both convenings for funders. You can access the slides of that webinar here: https://www.fcaaids.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/How-Can-Philanthropy-Engage-at-AIDS2020-and-HIV2020.pdf