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Taking
action...
Act
Now! A Resource Guide for Young
Women on HIV/AIDS
Sisonke Msimang and Shamilla
Wilson, UNIFEM and AWID, 2002
Aimed at young women who are
actively advocating around the issue
of gender equality and HIV/AIDS in
their communities, this manual is
based on the thoughts, opinions,
stories and concrete strategies
provided by over 500 women who were
participating in an online
discussion that explored the
intersections between youth,
gender and HIV/AIDS; emerging
challenges and successes in HIV/AIDS
for young people, particularly young
women; and ways in which youth can
participate in addressing gender and
youth issues in HIV/AIDS
programs. In addition to
providing an overview of HIV/AIDS as
a gender issue and highlighting
youth and women's organizations that
are active in this area, the manual
provides a useful guide for planning
a workshop for young women on this
topic. It includes notes for the
facilitator, activities and handouts
that can be reproduced for this
purpose.
http://www.awid.org/publications/ActNow.pdf
Empowering
Young Women to Lead Change
World YWCA, 2006
This manual is designed to enable
young women to prepare and
facilitate training on a host of
issues that are important to them. A
joint publication of the World YWCA
and UNFPA, the manual was developed
by young women from different
regions and contains modules on
young women's leadership, economic
justice, HIV and AIDS, human rights,
peace, self esteem and body image,
sexual and reproductive health and
violence against women. It contains
many tips for facilitators for
working with young women and
includes warm-up, introductory and
ice-breaker activities. The issues
are complex and the publication has
been developed for young women to
lead themselves in learning more
about the issues through fun and
participatory activities. Trainings
and workshops can be designed using
the entire manual or by pulling out
modules of interest for shorter
sessions. It was tested in six
countries and launched at the 2006
International AIDS Conference in
Toronto.
(Adapted from Siyanda, UK -
www.siyanda.org)
http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/628_filename_empowering-young-women_eng.pdf
French:
http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/630_filename_empowering-young-women_fre.pdf
Spanish:
http://www.unfpa.org/upload/lib_pub_file/629_filename_empowering-young-women_spa.pdf
*New
Addition
Sakhi
Saheli -Promoting Gender Equity and
Empowering Young Women A Training
Manual
Population Council/HORIZONS,
CORO, Instituto Promundo, 2008
This 136 page training manual was
prepared through a two-year-long
participatory process undertaken in
Mumbai, India. Young women were
engaged as leaders in the design and
implementation of program
activities, which were subsequently
validated through community-based
research in selected urban slum
communities in India. The manual
promotes critical reflection among
young women, so they can recognize
and understand how gender normative
attitudes and behaviors affect their
everyday lives and can result in
increasing their vulnerability to
HIV and other reproductive health
problems.
http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/horizons/India_SakhiSaheli_Eng.pdf
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