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Regional Consultative Workshop to raise awareness Among the Key Advocacy and Policy Influencers on The SADC Declaration on TB In the Mines and Regional Initiatives

Name: Regional Consultative Workshop to raise awareness Among the Key Advocacy and Policy Influencers on The SADC Declaration on TB In the Mines and Regional Initiatives
Start: 2023-05-17T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Zambia

May 17, 2023 - May 19, 2023

SADC secretariat in collaboration with ECSA-HC plans to organize a consultative meeting with key influencers including Members of parliament, Human rights institutions to deliberate on how the region can effectively respond to TB in the mining sector. The workshop shall focus on areas of human rights and gender barriers to accessing services by the key populations, legal and regulatory frameworks on compensation frameworks for TB and other occupational lung diseases, the status of implementation of the declaration, regional collaboration and sustainability.

The Forum shall have 60 participants.

The participants shall include at least 2 Parliamentary Chairpersons for Health, Mines and Labour from each of the SADC countries or Members of Parliament representing constituencies with high mining activities; Justice/Legal Committees; Members of SADC parliamentary Forum; Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM); SADC Human Rights Lawyers or Associations; Representatives from the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI); Representatives of Civil Society Organisations working on TB and human rights; Representatives from the KP such as Southern African Miners Association (SAMA) and Miners Unions; Representatives from Chambers of Mines; Representatives from intergovernmental organizations and agencies working on TB and human rights including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS); and Researchers and experts on TB and human rights.

Details

Start:: May 17, 2023
End:: May 19, 2023

Organizers

: SADC
: ECSA-HC

Venue

Zambia

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