Anne Githuku-Shongwe

Regional Director

UNAIDS

Ms. Anne Githuku-Shongwe is the Regional Director of the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), East and Southern Africa, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She brings to her role over 30 years of experience as a senior international development professional with the United Nations, as the CEO of a social enterprise, in management consulting and with NGOs on policy and influence. A feminist activist, Anne was Representative for UN Women’s South Africa Multi-Country Office which is responsible for gender equality and women’s empowerment in Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia as well as South Africa.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

DAY 2

19 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
08:30 pm EEST	10:00 pm EEST	Doing Development Differently: addressing inequalities & disrupting power to end AIDS. Side Event Four Points By Sheraton Kigali – Kingi + Kivu	This intergenerational event brings together young people, development practitioners and government partners working in the SRHR and HIV space to share their expertise Read More This intergenerational event brings together young people, development practitioners and government partners working in the SRHR and HIV space to share their expertise in developing, implementing, and monitoring impactful youth-centered programmes in Africa. At the core of the Doing Development Differently (DDD) agenda is the emerging focus on the urgent need to disrupt the development status quo by ethically engaging communities as change agents and experts of their development needs. Our goal is to end this conversation with clarity around the importance of ethically engaging young people in the health and development agenda to end AIDS, inequality and GBV. Organizer: Frontline AIDS Read Less Speakers Maximina Jokonya Interim Executive Director Y Plus Global Tinashe Rufurwadzo Global Communications Manager Prevention Access Campaign Itumeleng Komanyane Lead: Programmes (Adolescents and Young People) Frontline AIDS Remmy Shawa Senior Project Officer- Education for Health and Well-being_x000D_ UNESCO Patricia Humura Her Voice Fund Angel Her Voice Fund Jacqueline U. Nzisabira Regional Policy Specialist UN WOMEN Anne Githuku-Shongwe Regional Director UNAIDS

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	Positive Masculinities in Gender Transformative SRHR: Engaging Men and Boys Concurrent Room MH 2-1	This session will explore, celebrate and critique policy and program interventions from Eastern and Southern Africa that work to promote male engagement as an essential Read More This session will explore, celebrate and critique policy and program interventions from Eastern and Southern Africa that work to promote male engagement as an essential tool in improving and sustaining sexual and reproductive health and gender equality. The session will offer a learning space for participants to discuss and boldly strategize together on the issue of masculinities within SRHR. Panelists and participants will be invited to share their perspectives and expertise on strategies and models that have effectively disrupted the status quo and advanced SRHR and gender justice – contributing to establishing anti-patriarchal masculine identities. Session format: Skills building Organized by Sonke Gender Justice /MenEngage, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UN Women, WHO, Communication for Development Foundation Uganda, Plan International Finland/Uganda, SAfAIDS & Q Initiative Read Less Speakers Jude Thaddues Njikem Regional SRHR Coordinator Sonke Gender Justice Lucy Nyambura Assistant Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning officer Q-Intitiative C.B.O Nankunda Babihuga Executive Director Communication for Development Foundation Uganda (CDFU) Anne Githuku-Shongwe Regional Director UNAIDS Grace Ageno Gender & Inclusion Coordinator Plan International Uganda Rouzeh Eghtessadi Executive Director SAfAIDS Regional

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