UNAIDS, the organising partners of the 21st International AIDS Conference and civil society partners are jointly announcing a global call for nominations for the 2016 Red Ribbon Award. The award, which will be presented in July 2016 at the International AIDS Conference (AIDS2016) in Durban, South Africa, will be given to ten community based organizations that have shown outstanding community leadership and action on AIDS.

The five award categories, based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are: