3) Donors should increase support and funding for careand support services. They must increase funding toremunerate, train and supervise secondary careproviders and to support <strong>the</strong> delivery of communityand home-based care that reduces <strong>the</strong> burden ofcare on women and girls. This should includefunding programmes to involve men in deliveringcommunity and home-based care.Multilateral organisations1) The WHO should lead multilateral organisations,donors and governments in recognising nonvolunteersecondary care providers as workers witha right to a fair wage. To do so, <strong>the</strong>y have to startby revising <strong>the</strong> current classification of healthworkers to include all secondary care providers.2) The WHO must revise its Care Guidelines 216 todirectly support <strong>the</strong> remuneration of all nonvolunteercare providers and provide clearguidelines for CBOs and NGOs on how to developsuch policies.3) The UN must ensure that care and support, and<strong>the</strong> role of women and girls in providing care andsupport, is recognised fully in internationalstatements and that future declarations on universalaccess address this issue.Developing country governments1) Governments should increase <strong>the</strong> provision ofsocial protection mechanisms to support womenand girls living with HIV and AIDS and primary careproviders with rent, children’s education, nutritionalsupport, clo<strong>the</strong>s and o<strong>the</strong>r costs. Governmentsshould also provide accessible information onavailable assistance such as disability grants, childsupport and pensions, and remove customary orcivil laws that prohibit women from accessingbanks, loans, companies, land or credit.2) Governments should develop and fund accessiblelegal support and advice services, including drop-incentres and legal advice clinics, open at timeswhen women can access <strong>the</strong>m and providinginformation in accessible ways. This must includelegal aid for women and girls, and training for legalofficers and for national legislatures on women’slegal rights around property, inheritance and familylaw, not only on <strong>the</strong> law itself, but also around <strong>the</strong>duty to respect and uphold laws in situations wherewomen’s rights have been violated.3) Governments should increase investment in careand support services, and ensure <strong>the</strong>re are propersystems of referral between community homebasedcare (CHBC) programmes and <strong>the</strong> publichealth system; <strong>the</strong>y must ensure that CHBCprogrammes are incorporated into district healthservice plans and National AIDS Plans; and <strong>the</strong>ymust make sure that Standard of Care Guidelinesare introduced or revised within National HealthPlans to reduce <strong>the</strong> burden of care.Civil society organisations1) Civil society must create and/or streng<strong>the</strong>n local,national and regional community and home-basedcare alliances, to allow care providers to shareknowledge, skills and resources.2) All community and home-based care organisations,and <strong>the</strong> NGOs that support <strong>the</strong>m, must developcomprehensive policies that recognise and protectcare providers' rights and ensure appropriate payfor non volunteer care providers.3) Home-based care organisations must ensureregular training for all secondary care providers byan accredited trainer on home-based care, with fullaccess to information on vertical transmission,post-exposure prophylaxis, adherence andtreatment literacy. This training should also betargeted at primary care providers directly, buildingon secondary care providers' skills to provideoutreach training.48 <strong>Walking</strong> <strong>the</strong> talk putting women's rights at <strong>the</strong> heart of <strong>the</strong> HIV and AIDS response
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