Resource Guide for Young Women on HIV/AIDS, A

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) created this resource guide based on a February-March 2002 online discussion aimed at young women. Moderated on AWID's Young Women and Leadership (YWL) list-serve, this forum was designed as a means for sharing ideas and information, as well as for initiating debates on issues that affect young women in their particular contexts.

The forum was also an effort to provide a space for young women toarticulate their visions and perspectives for the advancement of the women's rights and social justice agenda internationally. Some of the topics covered included:

• Intersections between youth, gender, and HIV/AIDS;
• Emerging challenges and successes in HIV/AIDS for young people(particularly young women); and
• Ways in which young people can participate in addressing gender andyouth issues in HIV/AIDS programmes.

Geared specifically toward young women who are leaders in theircommunities worldwide, this booklet provides an overview of the onlinediscussions, highlights and profiles young women's leadership in HIV/AIDS, and provides useful activities for those who want to start campaigns to raise awareness and decrease stigma in their communities. It features information, questions, and discussion points addressed to young women, as well as an appendix with a number of facts, handouts, guidelines, and strategy points intended to guide the work of workshop facilitators working with young women.

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