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Resources On Youth Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS

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Past Events 

Below, you will find a list of past events (i.e, conferences, forums, reports, discussions, etc) relating to the activities and work of the Interagency Youth Working Group. These events are arranged in chronological order, and most contain links either to the event itself, or contact information to receive further information.

If you are looking for information on actual IYWG meetings, click here.


April 28-30, 2008, Youth Deliver The Future (international conference), "Investing in Young People's Health and Development: Research That Improves Policies and Programs," Abuja, Nigeria
The focus of this conference was on young people between the ages of 10 to 24. More information is available here. The IYWG and Family Health International hosted a number of events including: a panel on working with faith-based organizations; a panel on implementing effective youth peer education projects; a presentation on developing standards for curricula-based sex education; a workshop on using faith-based tools; and a workshop to improve peer education program management. To learn more and view the presentations from these events, click here. 

April 6-12, 2008, Global Youth Forum on Development 2008, Nairobi, Kenya
This event will brought together young people 35 years old and under to showcase their activities through seminars, presentations, and exhibitions. The forum intended to strengthen the relationships between youth from different regions. More information is available here.

April 8, 2008 (12:30 - 2pm), "Addressing Child Marriage in Ethiopia," USAID Office at Ronald Reagan Building
Join us for a discussion with Annabel S Erulkar and a short film on Population Council's work in the Amhara region to combat child marriage in Ethiopia. Dr. Erulkar is Country Director for the Population Council's Ethiopia Office and Senior Associate in the Council's Poverty, Gender and Youth Program. In Ethiopia she leads a program that supports the most vulnerable girls and women in rural and urban slum settings. Prior to opening the Ethiopia office, Annabel was an Associate in the Council's offices in Ghana and Ethiopia working regionally on research and programs for African youth. Please RSVP to Lora Wentzel at lwentzel@usaid.gov by Monday, April 7 at 4:00 p.m. to receive further details on building entrance.

April 18, 2008, Proposal Submission Deadline for 2008 Global Youth Enterprise Conference, Washington, DC
The organizers are accepting proposals for Breakout Sessions, Roundtable Discussions, and Working Groups that will occur during the conference, which takes place September 15-16, 2008. The event centers around two technical themes: 1) Market-Driven Approaches, and 2) Effective Methodologies and Practices for Monitoring, Evaluating, and Conducting Impact Assessments. For more information, click here.

February 28, 2008, presentation on child marriage, CARE, Washington, DC
CARE/Ethiopia Project Manager Seifu Tadesse presented the EGAT/WID-funded Healthy Unions project, which aims to decrease the interlinked practices of child marriage, bride abduction and bride price in Ethiopia’s Oromiya Region.

January 30, 2008, presentation “From Menarche to Marriage: New Insights on Adolescent Girls in South Asia,” ICRW, Washington, DC 
For this brown bag seminar, ICRW researchers Kavita Sethuraman and Saranga Jain presented a set of findings that shed light on the nature and context in which these life events occur, with a special emphasis on how these findings can help us design interventions to better address the needs of unmarried and married adolescent girls.

January 30, 2008, report launch with authors, "Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda," Hilton Washington Embassy Row, Washington, DC
Following a personal statement by a young woman who has experienced many hardships in her own country, the authors of the report presented their findings and policy recommendations. Participants also heard from leading policymakers about key strategies to improve the wellbeing of girls and young women.

January 29, 2008, screening of PBS special report, "Child Brides: Stolen Lives," John Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
The screening of this new PBS special report was followed by a panel discussion with leading experts on child marriage. The screening took place at Sheldon Hall on the John Hopkins School of Public Health campus (615 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21215). For more information, click here.

December 6, IYWG Meeting on Parents and Integrated Services, Washington, DC
This was the second large meeting sponsored by the Interagency Youth Working Group. For more information, click here.

November 8, Promising Practices in Monitoring and Evaluation of Gender-Based Violence
This event was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, and was presented by the Gender-Based Violence Task Force of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG). For presentations from the meeting and more information, click here. 

October 29-31, 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Reproductive Health and Sexual Health and Rights, Hyderabad, India
This event included a track on youth issues, with presentations of youth projects in the Asia Pacific region. For more information, please visit the conference Web site.

October 5, 2007: USAID "Mini-University," Washington, DC
At this annual event, presentations on youth addressed child marriage globally and provided guidance on curriculum-based and peer education programs. Presentations number two and 14 relate to youth. To see these presentations and a a summary of the meeting, click here.

September 10, 2007: Presentation on a study of youth infected with HIV at birth, Washington, DC
Attached is the announcement (PDF, 49 KB) of the presentation with contact information, the slides (PDF, 181 KB) [note: the results shown are preliminary], and a press article about the study, done in Uganda.

 

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