Theme: ‘Accelerating Youth Leadership, Resilience and Innovation towards 2030!’
05 December 2021, Durban ICC, South Africa. Time: 09:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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08:00 - 09:00 | Arrival and Registration | ||
Opening Ceremony | |||
09:00 - 09:30 | Music Performance | ICASA 2021 Youth Organizers | |
09:30 - 09:50 | Opening Remarks |
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9:50 - 11:30 | Opening Plenary | What does it take to accelerate youth leadership, Resilience and Innovation to end AIDS by 2030? | Moderator - Teboho Mohloai AfriYAN ESA
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} Dr Remmy Shawa, Dr Renata Tallarico and Hussein Melele Molly Chan-The PACT |
11:00 – 11:50 | BREAK | ||
Breakout Sessions | |||
12:00 - 01:30 | SESSION 1 | Reach out in Resilience; Celebrating youth-led interventions showing resilience in the COVID-19 pandemic towards, HIV, SRHR and COVID-19 Response | Facilitator – Spiwe Dongo, SAYWHAT
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 . |
SESSION 2 | Winning the race to 2030: Making your voice heard at ICASA 2021. This session builds the capacity of youth participants on how they can engage at the main conference. It is a capacity building session on negotiations, presentations, documentation, elevator pitch etc | Facilitator - Nhlanhla Moyo AfriYAN
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 |
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SESSION 3 | Pandemic within a pandemic: Exploring the intersectionality of SGBV, SRHR, HIV and AIDS, COVID-19 and other emerging issues during the pandemic. | Facilitator - Nokuphiwa Moyo, Youth Advocates Zimbabwe (YAZ)
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 - |
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SESSION 4 | Leading the way in building Movements and Networks on PLHIV and Youth-led organisations: | Facilitator - Y+ Global
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 Joyce Ouma, Y+ Global & Sarbyen Sheni, EVA - The realities of youth networks and movements working towards financial resilience in the fight to END AIDS. |
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01:30 - 14:30 | LUNCH | ||
14:30 - 15:15 | Debate Session | 2 Youth Teams take part in a Debate Session | SAYWHAT |
Closing Ceremony | |||
15:15 - 15:45 | On the race towards 2030, How does Meaningful Youth Engagement and Leadership drive progress to END AIDS | Young People and Key partners are invited to share current processes towards the meaningful engagement of young people in | Fatoumata Kontao, Grandir Ensemble, Mali Fatahiya Sumaila, UNFPA Ghana Ali Khan, The PACT PEPFAR |
15:45 - 15:55 | Youth Declaration | Conference Resolutions | Youth Rapporteur | 15:55 - 16:00 | Closing Remarks | ICASA Director |
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