Mexico 2008
The 2008 International AIDS Conference was held in Mexico City from the 3rd to the 8th of August. World AIDS Campaign and its partners organised and supported many events that promoted the themes of accountability and leadership. Please check back for updates on the outcomes.
Within this section your will find some of the highlighted events taking place at the conference organised by the WAC and its partners. For the official conference website please click here.
Below you can download an agenda of some of the events that World AIDS Campaign and its partners are supporting and organising during the conference.
To download maps, transportation schedules and other key information at the conference, please the Caucus for Evidence-Based Prevention's website.
Red Ribbon Award
The red ribbon is a global symbol in the movement to address AIDS. The Red Ribbon Award, launched on World AIDS Day, will honor and celebrate twenty-five outstanding community organisations, that demonstrate leadership and action in curtailing the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS in the following five categories:
Presenting the Mexico City Youth Partnerships Initiative!
Throughout the upcoming 2008 International AIDS Conference, the World AIDS Campaign and the Mexico Youth Force, will implement the Mexico City Youth Partnership Initiative (YPI). The YPI will pair youth leaders with established leaders of a wide-range of constituencies, in order for youth to develop practical leadership skills experientially, as well as for the constituencies to learn from youth leaders and develop partnerships with youth as a constituency. Through the two-way learning process, the YPI will promote mutual understanding, facilitate networking, and enable a transfer of knowledge and skills between participants.
Youth-Adult Commitments Desk - Time to keep your promise
At AIDS 2006, Toronto YouthForce (TYF) and the AIDS 2006 Youth Programme hosted a Youth-Adult
Commitments Desk in front of the Youth Pavilion in the Global Village, as part of a new initiative to give delegates of the XVI Toronto International AIDS Conference to make concrete commitments to young people and youth AIDS issues.
Over the past year, GYCA staff, Regional Focal Points and members followed up on the 344 commitments made at the Youth-Adult Commitments Desk. Below you will find a report that details the challenges and successes in holding adults accountable for their commitments to youth and youth AIDS issues, as well as containing recommendations to improve the process in years to come.
Regional AIDS Conferences
Within this section you will find information about AIDS conferences taking place in regions across the world.
No Youth No Change
Untitled from Francisco Pereira on Vimeo
This video highlights recommendations from young leaders attending the youth pre-conference at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City and was shown at the NO YOUTH NO CHANGE Dutch Satellite Session. Visit our youth section to learn more about issues important to youth.
Delegates Guides: Mexico 2008
Below you will find links to human rights, women, faith and community involvement guides that will be useful to delegates attending the conference in Mexico City.
Stop AIDS Leadership Pledge Videos Now Online!
The World AIDS Campaign pledge team was so happy to meet the thousands of people who visited us at our leadership stand in the exhibition hall of the International AIDS Conference. People from all over world made inspiring written and video pledges which are now being posted on the website. Click here to see them.
