MSMGF Releases Strategic Plan for 2016-2021: Community Action, Sexual Health and Rights

Immediately following, an all-day meeting to discuss the future strategic direction of the organization, MSMGF's (the Global Forum on MSM & HIV) International Steering Committee and Board of Directors released their new Strategic Plan for 2016-2021 titled: Community Action, Sexual Health & Rights.

Over the past 10 years, MSMGF has worked closely with partners from around the world to develop a suite of advocacy and capacity building programs designed to address a range of inter-related health and human rights challenges faced globally by gay and bisexual men.  MSMGF now finds itself in an increasingly crowded field where a range of HIV responders are engaged in work on behalf of men who have sex with men and claiming expertise. The global landscape is also in the midst of dramatic changes. This includes:

MSMGF's new Strategic Plan outlines how MSMGF proposes to position itself within this context over the next five years. It is grounded in the understanding and insight gained through dozens of interviews, surveys, and a large group, 2-day scenario planning exercise that asked participants to imagine the HIV section 40 years from now.  As such, the strategic directions articulated by MSMGF's Strategic Plan were developed with a view towards longer-term impact.  For 2016-2021, the following three Strategic Direction with guide MSMGF's work:

  1. Forging the Way: Nurturing and mobilizing leadership for community action in HIV, sexual health, and human rights;
  2. Breaking Barriers: Promoting equitable access to comprehensive and holistic HIV and sexual health services for gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men; and
  3. Leading Together on Human Rights: Gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men working in broad-based coalitions towards social justice.

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MSMGF has worked since 2006 to encourage targeted, tailored, better resourced, and rights- based sexual health services for gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) worldwide through its advocacy and technical support work. As a global network, MSMGF has successfully influenced HIV responses at the local level through shifts in global-level policies and has effectively utilized public health as an entry point for advancing the human rights of LGBT people. MSMGF currently supports programs in 15 countries.

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