Naz Foundation International

Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-
being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, a well as the possibility
of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. For sexual health to be attained and maintained, the sexual rights of all persons must be respected, Protected and fulfilled.
World Health Organisation, draft working definition, October 2002.

You can be assured of the support of the United Nations family in your common endeavour to win the battle against HIV among the MSM and transgender communities. If nobody else is there for you – we are here!
Dr. Nafis Sadiq, Special Advisor to the United Nations Sectretary General and Special Envoy for HIV and AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
Opening Address to the Risks and Responsibilities: Male Sexual Health and HIV in Asia and the Pacific International Consultation Meeting, New Delhi , India , 23-26 September 2006.

The Naz Foundation International (NFI) is an international non-governmental organisation, thats primary aim is to improve the sexual health and human rights of marginalised males who have sex with males, their partners and families in South Asia and else where. Know more...

Why we must work with MSM and HIV prevention, care and support

It’s the right thing to do on humanitarian grounds
It’s the right thing to do epidemiologically
It’s the right thing to do from a public health perspective

Males who have sex with males (MSM), whether their self-identity is linked to their same sex behaviour or not, have the right to be free from violence and harassment; the right to be treated with dignity and respect; the right to be treated as full citizens in their country; the right to be free from HIV/AIDS; and MSM who are infected with HIV have the right to access appropriate care and treatment equally with everyone else, regardless of how the virus was transmitted to them.

Please support our work

NFI needs your support in its programme work supporting assisting MSM groups, organisations and networks developing their own HIV services, and advocating on their behalf on increasing investment, scaling up service coverage, bridging knowledge gaps, and challenging stigma, discrimination and social exclusion.

A small amount of money can go a long way in providing knowledge, skills and resources to those most at risk of HIV infection, enabling them to develop space spaces for affected and infected MSM to meet and support those most in need.
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Current Issues

Redefining AIDS in Asia

The Independent Commission on AIDS in Asia calls for countries to craft new responses. The report, launched on 26 March at the UN in New York states that while recognizing that epidemics vary considerably from country to country across Asia, the report highlights certain shared characteristics. Epidemics centre mainly around behaviours of unprotected paid sex, use of contaminated needles and syringes by people who inject drugs, and unprotected sex between men. The Commission observes that the current classification of the epidemic as “low, concentrated and generalised” is inducing a sense of complacency among Asian Governments. The Commission urges UNAIDS and WHO to recommend a new classification based on the risk factors and burden of disease for low and concentrated epidemic countries.

To download the report go to

http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008/20080326_report_Commission_aids_en.pdf

Pukaar

The latest edition of Pukaar (July 2008, Issue No 62) the NFI’s quarterly journal focusing on Asia male sexualities and wellbeing available here

Contents include:

The Independent Commission on AIDS in Asia report
Briefing for donors on the Commission’s report
Redefining AIDS in Asia
Out of the closet onto the screen
Great leap forward for Nepal’s gays
Ignore at your own risk, Malaysia
Speaking up for their gender
Recognising same-sex relationships
Homosexuality and the India
The wisdom of whores
Men who have sex with men in low- and middle-income countries have significantly increased risk of HIV

To download click here…….

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