ICASA 2021 Youth Programme

• SAA President - Prof. John Idoko
• Youth Voice - Ms Nokulunga Hlengwa
• Miss HIV Ambassador SA - Ms Rearabetsoe Nell
• EThekwini Youth Sector Chairperson - Mr Nkosikhona Mpungose
• Youth Voice - Hazel Jojo

Sydney Hushie - UNFPA Setting the agenda; Leveraging on Youth Innovation to drive progress towards 2030.

{Jimmy Wilford - SAYWHAT} Exploring Youth Leadership in Africa’s HIV Response

{Saidy Brown, Y+ Global}
Young Key Populations: The Future is for everyone who dreams of it

Dr Remmy Shawa, Dr Renata Tallarico and Hussein Melele
The relevance of ESA commitment/in-school and out-of-school CSE for the prevention of HIV among adolescents and youth

Molly Chan-The PACT
Ending AIDS by 2030: The role of Young People and the Political Declaration on AIDS.

Tadiwa Rutendo Gondo - SAYWHAT & Primrose Manyalo Restless Development - Exploring the COVID-19 Realities of Young People and the survey done with young people with the support of UNFPA and others at the dawn of the pandemic.

Aaron Sunday - ANAYD & Anandita Philipose UNFPA ESARO} - Responding to the evolving needs of adolescents and young people living with HIV and affected by HIV in the COVID-19 Pandemic. The case of Y+ Global and the Social AID Fund Response in Nigeria.

Edmund Akoensi, Youth Community & Evode Niyibisi AfriYAN - Exploring new ways of delivery SRHR and integrated services to adolescents and young people during the pandemic and the future; The Self-care models and service provision

Ekanem Itoro Effiong, The PACT - The Political Declaration on Ending AIDS: What young people should know

Cleopatra Okumu, UNFPA ESARO - Capacity Building on Presentation and Advocacy Skills

Chido Mawire, Chido Mawire, SAYWHAT - Power of Youth Activism in Leading Change

Levi Singh, SAT - Regional context on processes, documents on HIV prevention frameworks at all levels, The Global AIDS Strategy and the linkages to SRHR

Tatenda Songore- Youth Advocates Zimbabwe Addressing Age of consent related barriers to end inequalities in access to essential SRH and HIV services for all adolescents a Case for East and Southern Africa.

Millicent Sethaile- AfriYAN Botswana and SAT- Age of Consent the case of Botswana, how young people mobilised to get a win for increasing the age of sexual consent to protect young people from exploitation, STI, including and especially HIV and AIDS.

Francis Oko Armah, AfriYAN Ghana & Toyin Chukwudozie, EVA Providing layered SGBV services in a pandemic; Lessons from the United Against SGBV and the PITCH Projects.

Maria Bakaroudis, UNFPA - CSE and Climate change -

Tinashe Nyoni- AFSA - Building Networks and Movements for PLHIV and Youth-Led Orgs

Fatahiya Sumaila, UNFPA Ghana- Establishing partnerships for PLHIV and Youth Networks/movements.

Ruth Awori - UNYPA & Dr Marie-Claire - Respeckt - Supporting Youth Networks and Movements to enhance operational capacities.

Joyce Iwatutu, The PACT
Developing financial resilience:Domestic resource mobilization for YPLHIV and Youth-led orgs in the face of dwindling donor funding for AIDS.

Joyce Ouma, Y+ Global & Sarbyen Sheni, EVA - The realities of youth networks and movements working towards financial resilience in the fight to END AIDS.