Asia Catalyst travels again to Yunnan, China to take part in a training by Korekata AIDS Law Center for 30 sex workers from the Phoenix group. The video is also available at https://www.tudou.com/programs/view/orTkR_PAOE0/
Thanks to Witness for the handy cameras.
[UPDATE] [RESOURCE] Asian AIDS Law Database Launches Online
Asia Catalyst is proud to announce the “public beta” launch of its Asian AIDS Law Database. The database is a free, user-friendly resource, searchable in Chinese and English, to help researchers to find HIV/AIDS-related statutes throughout Asia. It is the first database exclusively dedicated to this purpose. English and Chinese press release (pdf) Visit the database.
[COMMENTARY] Shaping the Future of Grassroots NGOs
By Christina Lem
At times of change, start-up organizations should ask
themselves what they want to become. If you want to remain independent, what is
your future plan? Do you eventually want to be absorbed into a larger organization?
Will you shut down once the need you’re serving is met? NGOs should know how to shape their own
future before others make the decision for them.
[RESOURCE] 10 Steps to Creating a Strategic Plan
by Meg Davis
The strategic plan is the most important document of your organization. It defines who you are and why you do what you do. It ties all your work into your vision for the future. This is how we and the groups we train create a strategic plan. You might want to print out the model we use to look at while you read this (in English here, in Chinese here).*
