Youth
In the following section you will find information on campaigning and advocacy activities from youth led and youth serving organisations at an international, regional and national level.In the following section you will find information on campaigning activities from youth groups at an international, regional and national level.
The World AIDS Campaign is committed to supporting youth leadership in the response to HIV and AIDS. On the 30 and 31 of January 2008, the World AIDS Campaign facilitated a youth consultation, with the aim of providing a space for youth organisations to set their own priorities in working towards universal access. At the consultation, participants noted 6 key areas of work, which the World AIDS Campaign is supporting the development of throughout 2008:
- Ensuring the sustainability of youth participation
- Examining the impact of provider-initiated testing on young people and the role youth can play
- Examining what international organisations can do to affect change at the national level
- Making universal access messages more youth friendly
- Looking at how are young people working towards the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action and linking HIV and AIDS with sexual and reproductive health
- Strengthening partnerships towards universal access 2010
Why should young people lead?
With more than 12 million young people living with HIV and AIDS, constituting more than half of all people living with HIV and AIDS worldwide, it is clear that youth must be leaders in the response to the pandemic and of all efforts to halt and reverse its spread. It is crucial for local, national and international decision-makers to follow through on their commitments made to young people on the issue of HIV and AIDS. In order to ensure such accountability, young people need to continue to play an active role in challenging them.
You too can join the efforts to support and strengthen youth leadership in the response to HIV and AIDS! Click on the links throughout this section to read articles, reports, key messages from youth, and more
Youth Partnership Alert
The Youth Partnership Alerts are released prior to specific key events such as UNGASS, Mexico IAC and World AIDS Day, to highlight where youth organisations will be participating, opportunities for collaboration and possibilities for joint fundraising. The alerts aims to provide information on who is doing what and where, including guidance on how to get involved in different initiatives at key youth specific moments throughout the year.
WAC and Youth
WAC is committed to strengthening, catalysing and facilitating stronger and more youth connected movement to address universal access targets as well as other key HIV and AIDS related commitments. In collaboration with youth partners, WAC has developed resources to help youth campaigning efforts towards universal access.
Announcements
In this section you'll find press releases, statements and announcements from youth organisations.
Resources
Within this section you will find youth resources including reports, manuals, and fact sheets created by youth organisations for youth campaigns. If you have resources you would like to share, please let us know.
