Salamander Associates

About Salamander Associates

Set up in August 2009, Salamander Associates is an umbrella for highly experienced consultants providing services including research, writing and training on HIV, gender, sexual and reproductive rights and GIPA.

We believe that working collectively brings enormous advantages to any consultancy project. Working through a team approach, we are able to tap into a wealth of different experiences, knowledge, skills and expertise. Our Associates and contacts have a wide international geographical and linguistic coverage. We are able to work in English, French and Spanish fluently.

Salamander Associates strongly supports the principle of GIPA (Greater Involvement of People living with HIV and AIDS). We ensure that for each project, the team includes HIV positive and HIV negative consultants working together on an equal basis. We are also firmly committed to mentoring as a part of our work, and aim to include new activists and consultants wherever possible.

For further information, please contact:

Fiona Hale, Consultancies Coordinator
fionahale at salamandertrust dot net
Skype: fionahale
Tel. +44 (0)7815 071918

Completed projects:

Ethical Considerations for an integral response to human rights, HIV and violence against women in Central America. Paper commissioned by the Organization of American States and the Inter-American Commission of Women. Written by Marijo Vazquez and Fiona Hale. 2011. Project Coordinated by Dinys Luciano Ferdinand, Development Connections. This report was originally published in Spanish.

Violence against women living with HIV: A background paper. Paper commissioned by Development Connections as background to the three modules of an international online discussion forum on violence against women living with HIV, co-hosted by Development Connections, UNWomen and the International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS. Fiona Hale and MariJo Vazquez (Published March 2011).
This paper is also now available in Spanish.

Violence against women living with HIV: Definitions and data . Recorded presentation introducing the first module of an online discussion forum on violence against women living with HIV, co-hosted by Development Connections, UNIFEM and the International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS. Fiona Hale (October 2010).

Violence against women living with HIV: Projects and programmes. Recorded presentation introducing the second module of an online discussion forum on violence against women living with HIV, co-hosted by Development Connections, UNIFEM and the International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS. MariJo Vazquez (October 2010).

Violence against women living with HIV: Strategic issues. Recorded presentation introducing the third module of an online discussion forum on violence against women living with HIV, co-hosted by Development Connections, UNIFEM and the International Community of Women living with HIV/AIDS. Alice Welbourn (October 2010). To read the text of this spoken presentation you can also click here.

Women's Networking Zone, Vienna, International AIDS Conference 2010: joint coordination of the Women's Networking Zone within the Global Village at Vienna 2010. Luisa Orza (February - July, 2010).

Beyond the evidence base: Rights and Justice for Women – will the Vienna AIDS Conference make a difference for women? Coordination of a Town Hall Session and panel discussion at the Women’s Networking Zone, XVIII International AIDS Conference 2010, Vienna. Panellists: Alice Welbourn, Ida Susser, Shirin Heidari, Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Jill Gay, Laura Ferguson. Fiona Hale (July 2010).

Women, stigma and HIV: A review of the published literature 2005-2010. Commissioned by the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Fiona Hale, MariJo Vazquez, Alice Welbourn, Emma Bell (February – June 2010). To read more about this work and the published report, click here.

Developing an Accountability Framework for Civil Society representatives to the Global Fund, UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, UNITAID, International Health Partnership + and the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations. Commissioned by International Civil Society Support (ICSS). MariJo Vazquez and Fiona Hale. (September 2009 – February 2010). Click here to hear this work referenced at the International AIDS Conference, Vienna 2010 (1h19 into the video).

Progress on Women and HIV since Beijing. Discussion piece commissioned by the World Health Organization for the online forum and report for Beijing +15 on the Platform for Action on Women’s Rights (see: www.un.org/womenwatch/beijing15/WHOOnlineDiscussionReport_280210.pdf). Alice Welbourn and Fiona Hale (December 2009).

Violence against women as an obstacle to HIV treatment, care and support. Commissioned by UNIFEM/Development Connections. Moderation of a module of the online course on “HIV, violence and empowerment of women” with over 100 participants around the world. Included production of a reading list, introductory paper, online recorded lecture, and daily moderation of participant discussions. Belinda Tima and Fiona Hale (August – September 2009). Download powerpoint here.

Other services:

In addition to providing external consultancy services, Salamander Associates also provide support to the Salamander Trust and associated projects.

This includes:

    * Document searches,
    * Literature reviews,
    * Policy and research analysis,
    * Editing services, including editing, design and layout of the Sophia Forum Newsletter, issue 3 and issue 4.