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Survey purpose, methods and participants In May 2010, the Alliance undertook a survey among its national Linking Organisations and other country partners.22 The survey aimed to: n
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map current Alliance work, capacity, challenges and aspirations around gender and sexuality programming better understand the gender and sexuality context in which partners work.
It included two introductory and 11 open-ended questions (see Annex 2). Some 28 organisations from 19 countries responded (see Table 1).23 This report presents a synthesis of the responses24 and uses the Alliance’s Good Practice HIV Programming Standards as a reference point for analysis. It also uses case studies to highlight partners’ work and provides observations and recommendations for improving future action.
Survey limitations There are a number of limitations to this survey. In particular, the use of open-ended questions means that the results provide a brief overview of partners’ work and issues relating to gender and sexuality, rather than a systematic, quantitative assessment. For example, partners were asked to comment on ‘What gender and sexuality work does your organisation do?’ and not given a list of types of work from which to select. Because of this, although a partner may not have mentioned a type of work, it does not necessarily mean that they are not carrying it out. Another limitation of the survey was that about a third of responses (9 of 28) were from one country (India).
Table 1: Survey participants Region
Countries
Partners
Asia and Eastern Europe
8
16
Africa
8
9
Latin America and Caribbean
3
3
Total
19
28
22. The Alliance works with nationally based Linking Organisations (that develop and support the capacity of community organisations) and other partners, for example those that work with specific populations, such as men who have sex with men. In this report, Linking Organisations and other partners are referred to collectively as ‘partners’. 23. Responses were received from two Alliance partners in Nigeria and nine in India. This is why the number of partners included in the survey is greater than the number of countries. 24. A total of 30 people from the 28 organisations participated in the survey. However, in this report, percentages are taken from the total number of organisations, not individuals that participated.
Approaches to gender and sexuality: responding to HIV