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UNAIDS, WHO, Frontline AIDS and ARASA will co-host a high-level panel of thought leaders, experts and activists to provide insights and share reflections on the theme of addressing racism, racial discrimination and decolonizing the AIDS response towards ending inequalities both within organizational cultures and in ending AIDS. Leveraging the current momentum, lessons learned from four decades of HIV and /AIDS activism and the AIDS 2022 platform, the session will bring to the fore experiences, challenges, gaps and opportunities for addressing the specific needs of people of colour and other minority groups, including the inclusion and engagement of people of colour and minority groups in academia, development and public health sectors. Topics to be covered will include: 1. Diversity, equity and inclusion of people of colour and minority groups in academia, development and public health sectors, specifically at the leadership and policy making levels – recruitment and career pathways. 2. Diversity, equity and inclusion strategies for research on HIV and AIDS, including in collection and intersectional analyses of disaggregated data on race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and HIV status. 3. Ensuring resourced action (programmes) for ending inequalities related to intersecting identities of race, ethnicity, geography, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and HIV status. 4. Monitoring, measuring impact and accountability for implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion strategies, policies and programmes towards ending racial and intersectional inequalities.

08:00
5 min
Introduction
Steve LETSIKE, Access Chapter 2, South Africa
08:05
5 min
Opening Remarks
Winnie BYANYIMA, UNAIDS, Switzerland
08:10
5 min
Racism – the impact on global health: COVID-19 and the vaccine apartheid
Ayoade ALAKIJA, AU’s African Vaccine Delivery Alliance, Nigeria
08:15
5 min
Racism and Decolonizing the AIDS Response
Vuyiseka DUBULA MAJOLA, Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management, South Africa
08:20
5 min
Racism as a pathology
Madhukar PAI, McGill University, Canada
08:25
5 min
Intersectional Feminism - Racism and women's movement
Lazenya WEEKES-RICHMOND, NHS, United Kingdom
08:30
5 min
Decolonizing organizations
Christine STEGLING, United Kingdom
08:35
5 min
Anti-racist and Intersectional Feminist Organization development
Timothy MARTINEAU, UNAIDS, United Kingdom
08:40
15 min
Q&A
Vuyiseka DUBULA MAJOLA, Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management, South Africa
Ayoade ALAKIJA, AU’s African Vaccine Delivery Alliance, Nigeria
Madhukar PAI, McGill University, Canada
08:55
5 min
Concluding remarks
Steve LETSIKE, Access Chapter 2, South Africa