Organization name: Republican Public Organization "Tajik Network of women living with HIV"

Legal address: 506 M.Tursunzade str., Dushanbe

Actual address: 506 M.Tursunzade str., Dushanbe

Contact information: +992 988661900, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Head and position: Takhmina Khaidarova - Head

Legal status of the organization (form of ownership): Republican Public Organization

Date and registration number: IC number 1433 dated December 23, 2011 to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tatarstan

Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN): 040035759

The Republican Public Organization "Tajik Network of Women Living with HIV" was established as an initiative group of women in 2010. On December 23, 2011, she officially registered with the Ministry of Justice.

The mission of the organization:

Support for initiatives and efforts of civil society aimed at promoting the construction of a social and legal state in Tajikistan with special attention to vulnerable segments of the population.

Directions of the organization's work for 2013-2023

According to the charter, the organization works to protect the rights and interests, improve the quality of life of vulnerable groups of the population.

According to the organization's strategy, for 2018-2023, the organization works in three directions:

• Protection of the rights and interests of key groups – decriminalization of HIV in the Republic of Tajikistan, Development of a mechanism for protecting the rights of key groups (Case management), monitoring the fulfillment of Tajikistan's obligations under internationally ratified conventions on the protection of rights.
• Public health-social support for PLHIV, HIV prevention/AIDS among young people, labor migration and migrant health.
  Socio-economic support for vulnerable groups of the population -increasing the level of financial literacy of vulnerable groups, including vulnerable youth, the development of social entrepreneurship among young people with the participation of contributions from private entrepreneurs, government and public organizations.
• The use of ICT in social projects and Automation of services-the development of software to improve access to public services, the development of mobile applications for social support of vulnerable groups of the population and also the development of mobile applications for the introduction of information campaigns among the population.

The main results achieved over the past 3 years

In each of the three areas, the organization has many achievements at the national and international level. Here I will list the most striking achievements of the organization, which have a long-term effect:

In the direction No. 1. Public health:

-In November 2018, the organization prepared a second periodic alternative report to the CEDAW committee on HIV decriminalization in Tajikistan. The CEDAW Committee's recommendation package for Tajikistan includes 7 recommendations from the organization's report;

-The organization is a member of the National Coordinating Committee under the Ministry

In 2019, she conducted research on the topic "Key problems of sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Tajikistan through the prism of human rights" and recommendations on the results of the study were included in the "National HIV Response Plan/AIDS for 2020-2025".

The organization has also been implementing the USAID Flagship HIV Project in Central Asia for the past 4 years.

The purpose of this project is as follows: Contribute to reducing the number of new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths in Central Asia.

The project is being implemented in accordance with the Strategy of UNAIDS 90-90-90:

• By 2020, 90% of all people living with HIV will be aware of their HIV status;
• By 2020, 90% of all people diagnosed with HIV infection will receive stable antiretroviral therapy;
• By 2020, 90% of people receiving antiretroviral therapy will have an undetectable (suppressed) viral load.

In accordance with this goal, the activities of the sub-project are aimed at achieving the following results:

Identification of new HIV cases among partners and the risky environment of PLHIV.

Increasing the coverage of PLHIV with treatment, as part of the implementation of the "Test and Treat" strategy in order to achieve a suppressed viral load.

An established partnership network with medical organizations, other NGOs and projects, as well as a working mechanism for involving representatives of HIV-affected communities in making policy decisions.

Target groups: PWID, PLHIV, their partners and risky environment.

Target territories: (RRP)g. Tursunzade, Hissar and Shakhrinav Republic of Tajikistan. Over the past 4 years, we have achieved the following successes:

The number of vulnerable people we tested is 5882 (LUIN, LUIN partners, PLHIV partners)

Out of the total number of tested, the first test showed a positive status of 160. Of the total number, 135 were diagnosed with HIV.

Out of 135 people, 100 were connected to ART, out of 100 people, 45 people left the program for undetectable viral loads.

In the direction No. 2 Socio-economic support for vulnerable groups of the population:

- From 2016 to 2018, he was one of the first to implement a project aimed at developing social entrepreneurship among vulnerable groups of the population in the EFCA-Tajikistan partnership and USAID financing. Within the framework of the project, 5 social enterprises were opened (in the Sughd region and in areas of Republican subordination of the Republic of Tatarstan) with the direct contribution of three sectors: Government agencies, Private entrepreneurs and the Community of PLHIV. Within the framework of the project, an electronic system for redirecting PLHIV in social services was developed and implemented on the basis of the AIDS Centers Tursnuzade, Gissar and Shakhrinav. An electronic diary of a social worker in tablets was also developed and implemented for social workers of AIDS centers.

In 2018, the "Best Project to improve the quality of life of vulnerable groups" was awarded at the final conference of the USAID program "Initiative in Support of Effective Governance"

In 2019, with the support of the international organization of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Tajikistan, a mobile application "Find out your status" was developed and launched for vulnerable people. At the moment, this application is actively used among vulnerable groups of the population.

- since 2019, to this day, he has been implementing a project on "Activating Mahalla committees in remote jamoats of the city of Hissar" within the framework of the EFCA project "Activating civil society organizations as actors in the field of management, reporting and project implementation for

rural Development", funded by the European Union. The Mahallai Rim Civic Platform has been created as part of the project. A modular center for the activation of Mahalla committees.

- from 2016 to 2018, the organization implemented the project "Improving the quality of life of PLHIV" 2016-2018, the region of coverage of the RCE (Gissar, Shakhrinav and Tursunzade) Sughd region (Kanibadam and Tursunzade), Khatlon region (Bokhtar and Kulyai).

This project was aimed at automating public services for PLHIV and also creating a social enterprise for PLHIV youth.

Within the framework of the project, there was an "Electronic address redirection system" based on AIDS Centers (Gissar, Shakhrinav, Tursunzade, Kanibadam and Isfara), 1,467 people were redirected to receive social, medical and legal services from PLHIV.

The Mobile application "Electronic diary of a social worker" was also developed, which were implemented on the basis of AIDS Centers (Gissar, Shakhrinav and Tursunzade, Kanibadam and Tursunzade, Bokhtar and Kulyayu). The electronic diary covered the social support of more than 1,500 PLHIV.

4 social enterprises were organized: a sewing workshop (in Tursunzade), Rabbit breeding (in Gissar), a Sewing workshop (in Kanibadam) and Handicrafts (in Isfara). 15 young people living with HIV were employed.

40 young PLHIV have completed training courses at the adult education center in various skill courses and received diplomas.

- from 2019 to 2020, the project "Activation of Mahalla committees in remote jamoats of the city of Hissar" is being implemented. The purpose of this project is to activate the Mahalla committees to improve the quality of life of the population, especially young people from among the youth.

Within the framework of this project, the Civil Platform of the Mahalla Committees of the city of Hissar "Mahallai Rim" was created within the framework of this platform, in cooperation with the State Agency for Labor and Employment of the Population of the city of Hissar, 9 training courses on skills were organized on the basis of 9 mahalla committees of the city of Hissar. 180 young people (girls and boys) were involved and trained in these courses. Also, three social enterprises have been created on the basis of the Mahalla Committees, where 15 young people from the mahalla are employed.