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Re: [GYCA-AsiaPacific] [sea-aids] ICAAP 2009: Connecting children and youth through the 9th ICAAP
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Dear Friends,
I am happy with the progress you guys have made in Bali, I am starting a
Magazine called Poro Stret meaning True Friend in Pidgin English mainly
spoken in my country and other Pacific island.
I would like to invite people who might be interested to be interviewed on
any issue they feel passionate about. please send your interest to me on
ephraim.david (at) gmail.com or porostret (at) gmail.com
upon receiving your email of interest I will send you an standard copy of
interview in which you will be required to answer few questions.
thank you
David Ephraim
Papua New Guinea
On 8/13/09, Toma wrote:
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> Dear Friends,
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> FYI...
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> Ishwarchandra Haobam is former RFP for South Asia.
> Thanks and best,
> Toma
>
>
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> From: SEA-AIDS
> Date: Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 1:59 PM
> Subject: [sea-aids] ICAAP 2009: Connecting children and youth through
> the 9th ICAAP
> To: SEA-AIDS
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> ICAAP 2009: Connecting children and youth through the 9th ICAAP
> Ishwarchandra Haobam, Key Correspondent
> ********************************************
>
> [On HealthDev.net]: The issues of children infected and affected by
> HIV/AIDS have long been neglected. Promises and commitments to support
> and care for children have always remained in the paper. Turning them
> into action seems to be difficult for governments and stakeholders. We
> all know that children are the vital assets of our society; they are
> the one who can bring glory and pride to our society in the future.
> Neglecting their issues will have a long term negative impact in all
> aspect of lives. Equal priority needs to be given to both affected and
> non affected children because both are equal in the eyes of the law
> and creating a bias between them will be an injustice, especially for
> affected children.
>
> Over twenty-five years into the acquired immune deficiency syndrome
> (AIDS) epidemic, the children in its path remain at grave risk. In
> 2007, it was estimated that 2.1 million children less than 15 years
> old were living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 290,000
> children died of AIDS and 420,000 children were newly infected. Over
> 15 million children under 18 have lost one or both parents to AIDS,
> and millions more have been made vulnerable. Children affected by HIV
> and AIDS may experience poverty, homelessness, school drop-out,
> discrimination, loss of life opportunity, and early death.
>
> HIV and AIDS are brutal escalators of other cruelties which children
> endure. In today's world the majority of people living in poverty are
> women and children. Three quarters of the 24,000 daily deaths (more
> than 8 million every year) related to hunger are among those under the
> age of five (The Hunger Project). One hundred and twenty million
> children between the ages of 5 and 14 work in conditions that are
> hazardous to healthy growth and development (Source: ILO
> (International Labour Organisation)). Estimates suggest that as many
> as 100 million children worldwide are homeless or spend most of their
> time surviving on the streets (UNICEF). Massive populations of
> families with children are displaced and often separated because of
> conflict and natural disasters. According to the United Nations Expert
> Report on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children, more than half of
> the near 60 million people displaced by war are children separated
> from their families. Millions more have been injured, disabled,
> orphaned and died in armed conflict. Children are used as soldiers and
> forced to kill; raped by soldiers or made to watch their mothers and
> sisters being raped and their families murdered. Added to these,
> children are victimized and trafficked as commodities for sale in
> local and global sexual prostitution and pornography industries.
> Estimates are that at any time, as many as one million children are
> involved in the commercial sexual exploitation arena every day.
> (ECPAT, World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of
> Children). Countless others are physically, sexually and
> psychologically abused in what should be the secure confines of their
> homes and neighbourhoods.
>
> The roles that children fill as poor, hungry, exploited and abused
> human beings increase their vulnerability to HIV infection. This can
> occur directly through those activities known to be associated with
> transmission, or indirectly as occurs when earlier harm turns children
> into vulnerable adults. For example those with a history of childhood
> physical or sexual abuse have also been found in adolescence or
> adulthood to be more likely than non-abused peers to engage in
> behaviours that place them at high risk of HIV infection.
>
> It is well and good that at least young people especially over 15
> years of age can raise their voices demanding their fundamental rights
> though the case is not similar for orphans and vulnerable children
> below 15 years of age affected by HIV. They are inexperienced and
> can’t make decisions on their own. Their decision about where to go
> and what they should do are often made by the adult authority. The
> empowerment of children, essential in reversing pervasive inequality
> between adults and children, needs to be balanced with the necessary
> protection and guidance to which children have a right as part of a
> safe and healthy development. However, adult authority can result in
> decisions which are misguided or unrealistic.
>
> Judgments about children based upon adult wishes rather than reality
> can lead to decisions that do not serve a child's best interest. For
> instance, in many societies, prevailing attitudes support the idea
> that children should be "protected" from information pertaining to sex
> in order to preserve "childhood innocence". Such attitudes are
> inconsistent with the realities of life for millions of vulnerable
> children and therefore deprive them of opportunities to understand the
> risks and dangers they may face. One result of this is that children
> are inadequately taught about sexuality and sexually transmitted
> diseases (STD's), including HIV/AIDS, before sexual experiences begin.
> The factors which make it necessary to provide such education is a
> problem many adults prefer to ignore. Children left powerless through
> the denial of sex education are also rendered powerless to protect
> themselves from infection in those situations which they are able to
> control.
>
> The second day of the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and
> the Pacific (ICAAP) talked and discussed almost nothing about
> children's issues. During a symposium about HIV prevention and most at
> Risk young people, speakers and panelists were talking and presenting
> about young people vulnerability to HIV and their needs. What was
> missing in the symposium was discussions and debates on children's
> issues. Panelists discussed about the best practices, sexual and
> reproductive rights, gaps and challenges? of young people. Undeniably
> the rights to participation of young people must be meet at all cost
> but what about the children below 15 years of age who are orphaned by
> HIV/AIDS? Who can they approach and ask for their rights? At this
> point young people can play a critical role to raise the needs of
> children because the judgments made by adult authority often
> contradict with the wishes of children. Connecting the issues of
> children and young people is extremely important and it can be
> possible through youth initiative programmes starting right from this
> ongoing 9th ICAAP.
>
> The problems faced by children are monumental but so is the HIV
> epidemic which weaves through them all. This social context cannot be
> ignored or neglected in efforts to contain the virus. If success in
> prevention, treatment and cure is ever going to reach the majority of
> the population of the world affected by HIV/AIDS, then the elimination
> of conditions which nurture and strengthen their hold on individuals
> and communities and which provide obstacles to prevention and care
> must be zealously sought. Prevention is usually easier than cure and
> recovery not only in matters of physical health but in all ways that
> affect the total well being of persons. Opportunities that foster the
> well being of a person begin in the uterus and depend on long term
> support from others. This dependency and support must exist throughout
> childhood only diminishing as the child approaches adulthood equipped
> with the strengths and skills for independence and self sufficiency.
> The lifelong well being of a person depends on opportunities for the
> development of strengths and skills during childhood.
>
> Ishwarchandra Haobam
> Key Correspondent
>
> Online at: http://healthdev.net/site/post.php?s=5724
>
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