MISOZI ZULU, Zambia

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• MISOZI ZULU, Zambia
• Mexico Youth Force
• mixulu_at_hotmail.com

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Meaningful participation

• A youths perspective ?
• Full involvement of young people in programme
  planning, designing, implementation, monitoring
  and evaluation decision making processes.
• Most often, young people are used for tokenism.

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Barriers to meaningful participation
Cultural Practices Negative cultural
practices Children become victims of negative
cultural practices on account of disregard and
lack of consultation with them Lack of
capacity building Young people fail to
effectively participate because they lack the
necessary skills and information to enable them
make positive contribution
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Some Examples..
Negative cultural practices and norms
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What can be done to involve more young people in
the fight against HIVAIDS

• VOICES of children and young people must be
  heard in national HIV and AIDS policy
  formulations
• Capacity building among young people should be
  increased to enable them effectively contribute
  to the fight against HIV and AIDS
• Government should include HIV and AIDS courses in
  the primary and secondary school curricula

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Positive achievements

• Influencing policy makers
• As a spokes-child for the Global Movement for
  Children (GMC), I have engaged with subsequent
  ministers of health to discuss availability of
  pediatric ART and how it can be easily accessible
  and engaged with police for better law
  enforcement
• Engagement with the Minister of Local Government
  to seriously consider banning minors from
  visiting night clubs and ban construction of
  bars next to schools

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Cont..

• Awareness creation
• Production of a newsletter on HIV/AIDS related
  challenges affecting young people
• Community sensitisation on HIV/AIDS, sexuality,
  reproductive health and sexual violence
• Design, implement, monitor and evaluate own
  programmes

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Some Examples..
Engagement of policy makers and National leaders
for policy influence
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Some Examples..

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Thank You! Gracias! Zikomo!