Diversity Forum was established in 2018 as the apex body for the KP led CSOs in Malawi. Its primary mandate was to bring all the KP Led CSO together enabling them to create a unified voice. The Diversity Forum collaborates closely with the government through NAC and the MOH to advance gains in HIV response within the KP community.
Over the years, the Diversity Forum has become an important instrument to facilitate coordination of Key Populations towards the realization of their health, human rights and socio-economic justice. It plays a key role of being a catalyst of HIV prevention and treatment within the KP spaces in the country by its representation, capacity building and advocacy mandates in various policy fora in the country.
It has also contributed to better coordination, information sharing and improved representation of the Malawian KP community in the important policy spaces in the country. To the Diversity Forum, KP-TNC is an important regional platform that will enable the bridging of experiences and expertise to better local action. Moreover, KP-TNC being at a regional level, could facilitate amplifying of local voices where they are suppressed.
