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GYCA Launches 10 National Youth Shadow Reports!
Youth Country Teams Assess their Governments' Progress on Youth and HIV
Globally, 1.7 billion young people aged 10-24 make up one quarter of
the world's population. Approximately 40% of all new HIV infections
occur among young people between 15-24 years of age, and there are 5.4
million young people living with HIV. Young people are the face of
HIV. We are at higher risk of HIV infection because we lack access to
the crucial information, education, and services to protect
ourselves. However, our needs are often ignored when data is
collected and strategies on HIV and AIDS are drafted, policies
developed, and budgets allocated.
With only two years left to achieve the UNGASS goals and targets,
young people are actively participating in the tracking and reporting
of UNGASS commitments. In 2008, these young people have produced 10
UNGASS Youth Shadow Reports to present at the UNGASS, in its
seven-year review. Their research, findings and analysis will set the
tone for needs and priorities that must be taken into account during
the UNGASS High Level Meetings next week at the UN Secretariat in New
York.
In just two years, the world will evaluate ten years of work toward
"Universal Access by 2010" to HIV and AIDS prevention, care and
treatment. While progress has been made in several areas of the AIDS
response, the targets laid out so ambitiously for youth in the 2001
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (DoC) will be unmet by drastic
margins; indeed, 7 years later, few governments even bother to collect
data specifically on youth.
The DoC states that by 2005, at least 90 per cent, and by 2010 at
least 95 per cent of young men and women aged 15 to 24 will have
access to the information, education, skills and services to protect
themselves from HIV infection. However, as of 2007, only 40% of young
men and 36% of young women had accurate HIV knowledge on transmission
and prevention.
Find out what young people have to say about the HIV situation in
their countries:
Egypt National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/egypt.pdf
India National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/india.pdf
Jamaica National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/jamaica.pdf
Kenya National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/kenya.pdf
Nepal National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/nepal.pdf
Nigeria National Youth Shadow Report
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/nigeria.pdf
Senegal National Youth Shadow Report
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/senegal.pdf
United States of America National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/usa.pdf
Viet Nam National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/vietnam.pdf
Zimbabwe National Youth Shadow Report 2008
http://www.youthaidscoalition.org/docs/zimbabwe.pdf
View previous years' (2005 and 2006) reports from the Democratic
Republic of Congo, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya and Pakistan.
For inquiries or to contact the authors, please write to Naomi Sorkin,
Advocacy Liaison,
naomi (at) youthaidscoalition.org
The Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS is a youth-led, UNFPA and
UNAIDS supported global network of over 4,000 young leaders and adult
allies working to end the spread of HIV/AIDS in 150 countries
worldwide. Get involved at http://www.youthaidscoalition.org, or write
to info (at) youthaidscoalition.org for more information.
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