Established in 2023, the Task Force is driving regional action to achieve the ambitious 10-10-10 Targets set by the UNAIDS Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026. These targets aim to drastically reduce stigma, discrimination, gender-based violence, and punitive laws affecting people living with HIV and key populations by 2025.
Our History & Mission
The Task Force`s history
Discussion on stigma, discrimination and criminalization have started not just now. In 2021, there were two very important documents: the global AIDS strategy approved by UNAIDS and the political declaration on HIV and AIDS approved by the UN high level meeting on HIV needs. Which means that all member states do commit to the 10 10 10 Targets by 2025.
Targets
In March 2021 UNAIDS announced a "Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026 - End Inequalities. End AIDS" (hereinafter referred to as the Global AIDS Strategy), which contains ambitious targets and commitments for 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the 10-10-10 Targets):
Less than
10%
of people living with HIV and key populations experience stigma and discrimination.
Less than
10%
of countries have punitive laws and policies.
Less than
10%
of people living with HIV, women, and girls, and key populations experience gender-based inequalities and violence.
Mission
The Eastern Europe and Central Asia Task Force on the Global AIDS Strategy 10-10-10 Targets (hereinafter referred to as the Task Force) was created in 2023 with the mission to coordinate regional efforts in removing legal barriers, such as criminal laws and other instances of law and practice that undermine the HIV response and leave key populations behind, to reduce the harms associated with criminalization of HIV and key population groups, and to end inequities associated with the HIV epidemic. The framework for the engagement of the Task Force is based on the Global AIDS Strategy 10-10-10 targets.
The Task Force is a community-based and key-populations-driven partnership that upholds transparency, human rights, and meaningful engagement in its work to lead the EECA regional dialogue on and drive country-level achievements of the 10-10-10 targets. The Task Force includes representatives of key populations from EECA countries, including people living with HIV, people who use drugs, sex workers, LGBTQI+ individuals, as well as lawyers, judges, civil and public sector workers, politicians, academics and scientists.
