Posted: Friday, 2 April 2010
Welcome to the Toolkit
Thank you for your interest in our Canadian “Days of Action” campaign! This toolkit is designed in order to help you kick-start your activities; there are no hard and fast rules of planning an “Action” – just enthusiasm and creativity! So please, build on these suggestions and share your ideas.
But first, here are some facts about our campaign.
The Campaign
The 2010 Muskoka G8 Summit was meant to be the year that the G8 celebrated achieving its life saving promise to provide Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support by 2010. Yet, globally, prevention services only reach 20% of people in need and even less among groups who are most vulnerable – including women and children. For every two people starting treatment, another five become infected with the virus.
HIV undermines workers health, productivity and financial security throughout the world. The vast majority of people living with HIV & AIDS are of working age which makes HIV & AIDS a workplace issue affecting workers, their families, the enterprises and agencies where they work, and the delivery of public services that we all depend on.
As long as the promise to achieve Universal Access remains broken, millions of people will suffer, despite knowing what can be done to prevent and treat HIV & AIDS.
That is why the Canadian Labour Congress and its affiliate trade unions, in solidarity with Canadian civil society has declared a Canada-wide “Days of Action” campaign, commencing March 21 and continuing until the end of April. The lobby will target Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Canadian Members of Parliament.
G8/G20 “Days of Action” Toolkit