Youth Stop AIDS

06/06/2022

📣 Why is The Global Fund so important? 📣

Last month, YSA met with Global Fund advocates Gautam and Idris to hear about their experiences as LGBTQ+ activists, and find out why the Global Fund matters

Watch their excellent conversation here:
https://youtu.be/YUiUsxwKAIM

To celebrate Pride Month, and to highlight the importance of the Global Fund, young campaigners from the UK met with 2 Global Fund advocates and activists: I...

16/03/2022

JOIN OUR TEAM!
Link to apply below...
We're looking for three more young people to lead Youth Stop AIDS by joining our Steering Committee! As a voluntary member, you'll guide Youth Stop AIDS decision-making, be an ambassador for the network and provide support to the campaign and network in different areas.

So if you're passionate about youth-led development, HIV and global health and want to learn new skills and gain experience in the charity sector, please apply! This opportunity is open to all young people (18 - 32 years) based in the UK or Ireland. For the available Regional Coordinator role, you need to be based in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Ireland

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSefTBrX7QgsyHzGxCuVvg-n2uHK9-MvIrprcA65vcanDoc0fw/viewform

26/10/2021

04/10/2021

Finally, Joyce Ouma, a HIV campaigner & Speakers Bureau member shared virtually, powerful testimonies of living with HIV and highlighted the 's impact & why continued investments are so critical.

04/10/2021

We were delighted to be joined by Peter Sands, Global Fund Exec Director at yesterday’s reception celebrating UK’s role in fighting infectious diseases & preventing pandemics at the . Supported by , he highlighted that has saved 44m lives.

With is derailing progress, he made the case for why we need to step up in fight against infectious diseases.

04/10/2021

In his speech at , MP and former Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell showed his support for the return to meeting the 0.7% spending commitment for UK overseas aid and the protection of vital funding for the HIV response.

In the lead up to the , the UK risks abandoning it’s leadership within the response. Boris Johnson you have a moral responsibility to & reverse the proposed 80% cut to UNAIDS and to speak up for young people and marginalised communities.

30/08/2021

Interested in global health and campaigning & keen to get experience in the charity sector? 🌎

We're looking for two more young people (aged 18-32) from the UK & Ireland to join our Steering Committee!

Role descriptions, more info & application 👉 http://youthstopaids.org/committee-apply/

24/08/2021

At Youth Stop AIDS we love to welcome new campaigners and group leaders!

So if you're 18-32, based in the UK or Ireland and interested in HIV, global health and campaigning - please get in touch. No previous experience required.

👉 http://youthstopaids.org/could-you-be-a-youth-stop-aids-group-leader/

18/08/2021

🚨APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨

Interested in campaigning and want to make a different in the world of global health?🌎

We're looking for two more young people to join our nine person Steering Committee. As a voluntary member, you’ll guide decision-making, be an ambassador for the Network and provide support to the campaign and Network in different areas.

So if you’re passionate about youth-led development, HIV and global health and want to learn new skills and gain experience in the charity sector, we’d love you to apply! Open to all young people (18 – 32 years) based in the UK or Ireland (N.B. see requirements for each role). No experience or prior involvement with Youth Stop AIDS required.

Role descriptions, more info & application👉 youthstopaids.org/committee-apply/

Deadline to apply: 1st September 2021

We’re looking for two more young people to help lead Youth Stop AIDS by joining our nine person Steering Committee! As a voluntary member, you’ll guide Youth Stop AIDS decision-making, be an ambassador for the Network and provide support to the campaign and Network in different areas. So if you....

12/08/2021

Globally young people are disproportionately affected by

Every week almost 1000 girls and young women still contract HIV around the world, and AIDS-related illnesses are a leading cause of death among young people. Covid-19 has put further pressure on health systems and risks undoing all of the progress we've made in the HIV response.

But along with thousands of other young people around the world, we're taking action to change this.

Watch and share our campaign video and join our movement this ✊

04/08/2021

“Only 52% of children around the world living with HIV have access to life-saving anti-retroviral medicines...the UK Government is turning its back on these children" Benjamin Feist, Incoming National Campaigns Officer.

Read our statement on the UK Aid Cuts 👇

Youth Stop AIDS Statement on UK Aid Cuts. by harriet | Aug 4, 2021 | Comment, News, Uncategorized | 0 comments On 13th July, Members of Parliament voted not to reverse the cuts to the UK overseas aid budget from 0.7% of Gross National Income to 0.5%. We are incredibly saddened and disappointed by th...

27/07/2021

Interested in campaigning and want to make a different in the world of global health?🌎

We're looking for two more young people to join our nine person Steering Committee. As a voluntary member, you’ll guide decision-making, be an ambassador for the Network and provide support to the campaign and Network in different areas.

So if you’re passionate about youth-led development, HIV and global health and want to learn new skills and gain experience in the charity sector, we’d love you to apply! Open to all young people (18 – 32 years) based in the UK or Ireland (N.B. see requirements for each role). No experience or prior involvement with Youth Stop AIDS required.

Role descriptions, more info & application👉 youthstopaids.org/committee-apply/

Deadline to apply: 10th August

17/05/2021

This International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia 🏳️‍🌈 we stand for the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community all around the world.

The LGBTQIA+ community remain disproportionately affected by HIV and face many human rights barriers and abuses including discrimination and stigma, arbitrary arrest, violence and criminalisation.

We must stand together for their rights. Read Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP article in the The Independent 👉https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/lgbt-homophobia-hiv-aids-b1848845.html

Take action to protect the rights of marginalised communities 👉 https://youthstopaids.org/stepupforhiv/

Together: resisting, supporting, healing.

12/05/2021

✊STEP UP FOR HIV PART TWO: CAMPAIGN LAUNCH✊

In the lead up to the UN High Level Meeting on HIV and the G7 Summit we're asking the UK Government to:

1) Champion youth and community leadership in the HIV response
2) Recommit to an aid budget of 0.7% Gross National Income
3) Reverse the proposed 80% funding cut to UNAIDS

The UK must continue to be a leader in the global effort to end AIDS by 2030 and deliver on its promise to Leave No One Behind, as set out in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Join our campaign and ask the UK Government to protect vital HIV funding. Take action here: https://youthstopaids.org/stepupforhiv/

#0.7%

11/05/2021

Hear the personal stories of young people living with HIV from around the world and call on the UK Government to Step Up For HIV.

10/05/2021

Still time to register for our event this Wednesday 12th May!

The UK Government’s recent announcement to cut the budget by more than 80% will have a devastating impact on many people around the world. Now should be a time where the UK is stepping up it's support for the global HIV response and instead it is stepping back.

Join us for our Virtual Speaker Sessions. Hear from young activists living with HIV & call on world leaders to commit financially & politically to the global HIV response.

🗓️ Wednesday 12th May
🕓 6pm-7.15pm (UK)

Open to all. Register👉https://cut.ly/xGLlJEi

Hear the personal stories of young people living with HIV from around the world and call on the UK Government to Step Up For HIV.

05/05/2021

The UK Government’s recent announcement to cut the UNAIDS budget by more than 80% will have a devastating impact on many people around the world. Now should be a time where the UK is stepping up it's support for the global HIV response and instead it is stepping back.

Join us for our Virtual Speaker Sessions. Hear from young activists living with HIV & call on world leaders to commit financially & politically to the global HIV response.

🗓️ Wednesday 12th May
🕓 6pm-7.15pm (UK)

Open to all. Register👉https://cut.ly/xGLlJEi

Hear the personal stories of young people living with HIV from around the world and call on the UK Government to Step Up For HIV.

01/05/2021

We are excited to share this upcoming Kill the Bill event hosted by Students for Global Health and other partners! Join us on the 10th May 6.30-8pm as we hear from an amazing panel on what the Bill is, how it threatens the right to protest, and how you can get involved in advocacy.

As young activists and campaigners, it’s essential that we stand up for human rights and democracy at this crucial time.

Event link here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/156793623039201/