Organization

Intersect worldwide

INTERSECT was originally designed to explore the relationship between HIV/AIDS and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAW&G) and then to create Intersect Coalitions to confront these co-epidemics in unique collaborations that build on the brilliant work already being done in these areas and provide the perfect base from which to organize in order to meet the urgency and challenge of the current situation.

The intersection of HIV and VAW turned out to be painfully clear, both in the United States, and around the world. Women and Girls from every walk of life, of every culture, ethnicity, race, education, and background share a common vulnerability to violence, one that also renders us vulnerable to HIV infection. Intersect is committed to bringing these two areas of concern together. INTERSECT is committed to facing these co-pandemics with ingenuity, creativity and integrity, building upon the already powerful work being done to arrest the progress of both HIV/AIDS and Violence.

Intersect in India

Intersect has begun to work with many exciting NGOs and grass roots organizations tits work in India with the establishment of three Intersect Coalitions, each developing and implementing doing innovative and passion driven work actions, projects and campaigns. There are currently Intersect Coalitions in India in the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and West Bengal.

In Rajasthan

A meeting of NGOs working in the fileld of HIV/AIDS and violence against women and girls was organized by Gram Bharat Samiti (GBS) a well known NGO, under the audience of Sally Fisher, the Founder and Chairperson of Intersect .on September 21-22, 2004 in Amber (Jaipur) in Rajasthan.

58 delegates of 27 NGOs/CBOs from 13 districts of Rajasthan participated in the meeting and after 2 day long deliberations unanimously decided to form Intersect Coalition in Rajasthan. Presently there are 23 NGO members in 13 district of the state.

Now in 14 states of India

After 2 year long discussions and communication among the interested NGOs 3 workshops were organized in Guwahati (Assam), Patna (Bihar) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat) where 140 local NGOs participated in the year 2006. Thus Intersect came into existence in other 13 states of India namely Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat.

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