Webinar invitation: Gender-affirming care as a core component of an effective HIV response
You are invited to a webinar, titled “Gender-affirming care as a core component of an effective HIV response”, organized by IAS – the International AIDS Society – in collaboration with the Social, Health and Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa, Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Botswana University and School of Global Health, Chulalongkorn University.
Date: Tuesday, 2 June, 2026
Time: 14:00 – 15:30 CEST/SAST; 08:00 – 09:30 EDT; 19:00 – 20:30 ICT
The webinar will explore the critical role of gender-affirming, person-centred care in HIV services, bringing together clinical, programmatic and policy perspectives. It will:
- Highlight why gender-affirming care is essential for improving HIV outcomes and strengthening prevention and treatment programmes.
- Examine how the evolving global political landscape affects access to gender-affirming HIV services and identify opportunities for advocacy and policy engagement.
- Explore how to apply human rights principles in clinical practice and address stigma and discrimination, particularly for adolescents and young people.
Event speakers
Moderator:
- Renata Sanders (she, her), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Speakers:
- Nadvadee Aungkawattanapong (she, her), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
- Kellan Baker (he, him), Movement Advancement Project, USA
- Leigh Ann Van Der Merwe, (she, her), Social, Health and Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa, South Africa
- Asa Radix, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, USA
Webinar registration is free. Once you have registered, we will send you a confirmation email, which will explain how to connect.
We look forward to your participation. Please share and promote this invitation across your networks.
