GNP+ is strengthening the position of youth within the networks through
a programme which is currently being set up. The Youth Programme aims
to address the gaps in the HIV response, one being that in the highly
active youth movement, youth living with HIV are not represented, and
in the HIV positive community youth are not represented.
GNP+ will work to support and broaden networking and collaboration
amongst stakeholders to facilitate an enabling environment within GNP+
and the regional people living with HIV networks for youth living with
HIV. This initiative is driven by youth living with HIV through an
interim reference group of youth living with HIV and GNP+.
An estimated 33.2 million people are living with HIV, of whom 5.4 million are young people. 40% of new infections are amongst 15-24 year olds, most of them female. However, in the global response to HIV there is a massive gap in the support and the meaningful and engaged participation of youth living with HIV (YPLHIV).
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HIV Young Leaders Fund to Launch in 2010 |
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Friday, 08 January 2010 |
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Networks for young people living with HIV announced the HIV Young Leaders Fund: a new partnership effort between youth networks and donors. The HIV Young Leaders Fund is an innovative funding mechanism driven by a broad range of organizations, including international and country-level youth-led networks. The mission of the HIV Young Leaders Fund is to enable and develop new leadership in the AIDS response among young people most-affected by HIV.
“Peer-based programming is highly effective yet chronically underfunded and youth-led programs often lack support for core resources,” said Liping Mian, World AIDS Campaign Youth Campaign Coordinator and HIV Young Leaders Fund Interim Steering Committee member.
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Young Positives: Living their Rights! |
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Friday, 11 December 2009 |
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GNP+, Young Positives, Hope’s Voice International, Positive Youth Outreach and the World AIDS Campaign have jointly developed Young Positives: Living their Rights! - a briefing paper on young people living with HIV.
The paper outlines key issues, considerations, challenges and recommendations for policy-makers, NGOs, young people, people living with HIV and other actors in the response to HIV to build a supportive and enabling environment for young people living with HIV to realise their rights. You can download the document below. Translations in Mandarin, Spanish, French, Russian, Hindi, Arabic and Portuguese are to follow and will be published under this link .
2009 Young Positives Living their Rights 295.84 Kb
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GNP+ setting up youth programme |
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Friday, 16 October 2009 |
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GNP+ will shortly be strengthened by an Youth Officer to support and broaden networking and collaboration amongst stakeholders to facilitate an enabling environment within GNP+ and the regional people living with HIV networks for young people living with HIV. The Youth Officer will work to mobilize, advocate and support meaningful engagement of young people living with HIV toward the development and strengthening of a network of young people living with HIV within GNP+. Applications have closed and the recuitement process is progressing.
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