Unit 7: Questions
Please answer each of the following questions. If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.
- What tools do parliamentarians have to their disposal to conduct legislative public outreach?
- What are the advantages of the various types of outreach, i.e. institutional, committee/issue-based, party group, or individual member outreach, and when is the respective type most appropriate?
- How can parliamentarians build effective dialogue and work with civil society organizations and the media to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS?
- In what ways can parliamentarians advocate for an increased and more effective response to HIV/AIDS in his or her constituency?
- Prepare a communication strategy, including a message box, on a pertinent HIV/AIDS issue in your constituency.
- Identify key civil society organizations and other stakeholders in your
constituency working on HIV/AIDS related issues.
Select Bibliography:
Aids and Electoral Democracy - Insights into impacts on Africa’s democratic institutions, 2005
An examination of the role of parliament, parliamentary committees and individual MPs in the response to HIV/AIDS in Kenya, by Urbanus M. Kioko and Thomas M. Maina, 2005, case study from Examining the Role of African Parliaments in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS, commissioned by the Parliamentary Centre, in conjunction with IDASA
Legislative Public Outreach on Poverty Issues – Strengthening Parliamentary Involvement in the Millennium Development Goals and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Process, NDI and UNDP, 2004
Legislatures and Civil Society: Potential Partners in Poverty Reduction, NDI, 2004
Parliament and the Media – Professional Development Program for Parliamentarians and Staff, World Bank Institute, 2007
Parliamentary HIV/AIDS Communication Toolkit, developed by Parliamentary Standing Committee on HIV/AIDS and the Office for Parliamentary Professional Development, 2004
Public Participation in Canada – The Role of Parliament, Speaking Notes by Amelita A. Armit, Parliamentary Centre, Canada-China Governance Workshop, September 10, 2007
Taking Action Against HIV - A handbook for parliamentarians, IPU, UNAIDS and UNDP, 2007
What Parliamentarians Can Do About HIV/AIDS – Action for Children and Young People, UNICEF, 2003
Internet Resources:
Civil Society Meets Parliament, Telling Our Story, Case Study, USAID (http://www.usaid.gov/stories/tanzania/cs_tz_parliament.html)
East African Initiative (OSIEA), Open Society Institute
www.soros.org/initiatives/osiea/focus_areas/governance
Gender Committee deepens Parliament’s role on HIV/AIDS
http://parlcomm.org.gh/news/1-latest-news/93-gender-committee-deepens-parliament-role-on-hiv-aids
NLM Gateway
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102250622.html
The Parliamentarians’ Forum on HIV/AIDS
www.pfaindia.in
Suggestions for further reading:
HIV/AIDS Communication in selected African Countries – Interventions, responses and possibilities, CADRA and SIDA, 2007
HIV and AIDS and Municipalities, Education and Training Unit (ETU), 2007 (www.etu.org.za/toolbox/aids.html)
How to run prevention and education programs and campaigns, Education and Training Unit (ETU), 2007
How to run HIV/AIDS projects – A guide to setting up community-based projects, Education and Training Unit (ETU), 2007
Report of the Planning Meeting on Strategic Options for HIV/AIDS Advocacy in Africa, UNAIDS and UNFPA, 2001
Report on the 5th HIV/AIDS Civil Society Forum, European Commission Health & Consumer Protection Directorate-General, AIDS Action Europe and the European AIDS Treatment Group, 2007
The Legislature and Constituency Relations, World Bank, 2004 (http://info.worldbank.org/etools/library/latestversion.asp?108355)
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