A longstanding alliance
AECID has been substantial to PAHO’s work for over 20 years, and is one of the major supporters of issues involving ethnicity and gender, acknowledged as a strategic partner in PAHO’s annual and multiannual plans over time.
For the last 10 years, AECID’s donations to PAHO reached up to €2 million and have been supporting initiatives on interculturality and diversity in health such as consultations, workshops, meetings with the participation of the civil society, and expert meetings to prepare for high-level intergovernmental meetings and decision making bodies. The Regional Conference on Women (from which resulted the Gender Equality Observatory of Latin America and the Caribbean), the publication of documents such as the Health Plan for Indigenous Youth in Latin America and the Caribbean, and the development and update of the Virtual Course on Gender and Health are good examples of remarkable projects supported by AECID.
The work developed by PAHO with AECID’s assistance has contributed to strengthen awareness on gender equality and increase governmental commitment to address intercultural and multiethnic needs, with the effective inclusion of indigenous and other diverse ethnic groups in health policies in the region.
