Youth Programme

1
Youth Programme

• Colleen Patterson, Chief Youth Rapporteur
• Suzanne Fournier, Youth Rapporteur
• Kathleen Kenny, Youth Rapporteur

2
Successes

• The Youth Pavilion was a huge success!
• "I know more about the YouthForce than anything
  else at the Conference"-Dr. Peter Piot, Executive
  Director UNAIDS

3
Youth-Adults Commitment Desk

• Thank you to our 350 Adult Partners who put your
  commitments in writing!
• For AIDS 2008 in Mexico, I commit to double the
  number of young people The Honorable Dr.
  Frenk, Minister of Health (Mexico)

4
Marginalized Groups

• There need to be more representation of youth
  from marginalized groups including HIV youth
• Street-involved youth
• Indigenous, Asian and African youth from the US
  pacific islanders
• GLBT, CSW, IDU
• Youth with Disabilities
• Mobile and Migrant

5
Action

• More funding for youth programs
• Youth as equal participants in program and policy
• Education and Understanding of how politics
  collide with epidemic

6
ACTION

• Accurate, useable prevention education so Youth
  can make safer decisions for themselves
• Messaging needs to be youth-friendly, context
  appropriate and void of stigma discrimination

7
Closing

• We are all in the fortunate position of making a
  positive change! It is time for leadership.
• -HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway