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The Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA) is a UNAIDS and UNFPA-supported network of young leaders (ages 15 - 30) and adult allies working in HIV/AIDS worldwide. GYCA addresses the need of creating a bridge for continued empowerment, networking opportunities and collaboration among youth activists and youth organizations in fighting the epidemic.

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GYCA at ICASA 2011 - Addis Ababa
Over 100 GYCA members across Africa and beyond are representing the coalition at the international Conference of HIV/AIDS and STIs in Africa which has brought together about 8000 delegates from across the world. The 16th ICASA is taking place in Addis Ababa from 4-8 December 2011. It has brought together scientist, governments, community leaders among others to discuss emerging trends in the AIDS response and propose new ways of steming the spread of HIV The youth program started with a three day preconference that saw sessions on capacity building, program planning and development as well as capacity building on SRHR of young people. A call to action developed by the participants of the preconference which brought together about 300 young people from across the world was presented to the Ethiopian Press at a press conference and would be presented to the main conference at the closing ceremony of the conference. The call to Action recognised all the efforts of various youth process that happened in 2010 and 2011 and identified the role young people can play and commit to play without making demands. The Youth Pavilion has been set up at the community village to engage young people at the conference and provide space for discussion of youth related issues. GYCA is adequately represented at the pavilion with postcards and GYCA brochures as well as other branding materials. We would share more updates with you as the days go by

December 5, 2011 | 9:29 AM

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GYCA members at the UN High Level Meeting on Youth
Last week, several GYCA members participated on the first United Nations HLM on Youth in New York. As part of the events of the International Year of Youth many Ministers of Youth and ambassadors participated giving speeches at the General Assembly and being involved on different panels and side events. A declaration was created and can be accessed here: http://social.un.org/youthyear/high-level-meeting.html (Documents section). GYCA co-organized a Youth Caucus on July 24th with other organizations working on SRHR such as Youth Coalition, YouAct, Advocates for Youth, IPPF-WHR and YPEER in order to strategize for the HLM on Youth and beyond, particularly with issues related to what happens after 2015, Rio+20 and the AIDS Conference in 2012. 50 young people from all over the world strengthen the partnership among progressive international youth organizations for the UN activities. During the main meeting, the Regional Focal Point for Souther Africa, Mawethu Zita, participated in a panel about young people on the AIDS response where 7 Ministers of Youth Affairs from Sri Lanka, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Namibia and Botswana spoke as well. The event was co-organized by UNFPA, UNAIDS and GYCA. More information about the side event can be found here: http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2011/july/20110727hlmyoungpeople/ GYCA was also involved on a side-event related to communications on SRHR issues during the IYY. Lindsay Menard-Freeman spoke about the Global Creative Contest that GYCA organized last year: (http://www.unfpa.org/public/op/edit/home/news/pid/807 The winning artwork was displayed in one of the rooms where the side events was taking place. At the end of the HLM on Youth, GYCA staff and some RFPs and NFPs had a training/planning meeting for two days where they had the chance to discuss some ideas of what can be done to improve the work of the organization and also what they want to see happening at the mid term. Among the participants we had Jermaine Tyler from Jamaica, Stefanie Suclupe from Peru, Yvonne Akoth from Kenya, Gerardo Camacho from Bolivia, Rachel Arinii from Indonesia, Emily Carson from Canada, Sydney Hushie from Ghana, Mawethu Zita from SouthAfrica, Ricardo Baruch from Mexico and GYCA staff from the NY office Reshma Pattni and Lindsay Menard-Freeman. Jennifer Correiro, Liam O'Doherty and Sean Keith from TakingItGlobal were also present and facilitated some sessions. Results of the meeting will be shared soon. Don't forget to "like" our page in Facebook: Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, to stay updated. GYCA team

August 2, 2011 | 4:38 PM

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Last day of the High Level Meeting on HIV. And the youth?
(from June 10th, by Ricardo Baruch) The High Level Meeting closes today – What’s next for young people? After 3 days of panels and discussions, today the High Level Meeting comes to an end. 10 years ago, leaders of the world endorsed the Declaration of Commitment and today, a Political Declaration that is far from ideal will be endorsed by member states. The document was ready on the first day of the HLM so the 3 days of the meeting focused more on having high level discussions and panels to discuss issues related to funding, new interventions, leadership among other issues. The Youth panel took place yesterday with the participation of Dr. Babatunde Osetimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Erik Solheim, the Minister of Development from Norway, the Vice-minister of Health from Germany and Michel Sidibé, ED of UNAIDS. Young activists such as Pablo Torres from Dance4Life, Gaj Gurung from Youth LEAD and Princess Nuru from Uganda Young Positives were able to make their points related to human rights, scaling up prevention and paying attention to most-at-risk-populations. The Ministers from Norway and Germany committed to keep supporting efforts led by young people and the UN officials also did the same. This afternoon young delegates will be meeting for the last time during the HLM to debrief and talk about next steps. Representatives from organizations such as ITPC, Youth Coalition, the HIV Young Leaders Fund, GYCA, Advocates for Youth, GNP+, the World AIDS Campaign, IPPF-WHR and Youth RISE have been meeting throughout the week to ensure that there is a feasible follow up plan that can be used at the national level to ensure that governments, agencies and youth organizations are hold accountable to their promises. The week comes to an end with a global call for Zero new infections, Zero deaths related to AIDS and Zero discrimination but also with a call for renewed commitment and leadership on the response to the epidemic. Don’t forget to visit www.unaids.org for more information, videos, pictures and documents. GYCA team

June 17, 2011 | 11:51 AM

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