We are so happy to present you highlights of the first days. You can also be part of it, be part of the change :)
Lebanon, the Y-PEERs in Lebanon couldn’t wait for July 1st to kick off their campaign, so they started it on June the 30th! :). The network in Lebanon organized a training workshop on gender issues, including gender equality and gender based violence.
Sudan,SOCIAL MEDIA was the headline of the 10 DOA campaign in Sudan!! :) the Y-PEER network there was delighted by the training that developed their capacities in the use of social media in promoting for campaigns, social work, advocacy efforts, etc.
Georgia- The 10 days of activism campaign kicks off strongly in Georgia with hundreds of young people in including those belonging to ethnic minorities who participated in a capacity development training in Anaklia. The workshop covered topics related to HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, Gender-based violence and tolerance. The national media broadcasted the event in the presence of the First Lady of Georgia Sandra Elizabeth Roelovs, who presented UNFPA as main supporter of Y-PEER and talk about the importance of peer education as a good method of prevention.
Bulgaria On June 30th, Bulgaria kicked off its campaign with strong adovacy efforts to mainstream compulsory health and sexuality education in the school curricula. The event was a hearing conducted before the Commission on Health and Ministry of Education took place. This event is part of the UNFPA Bulgaria Country Office advocacy initiative “Because everyone counts”.
Day 2 of the campaign in Bulgaria was also full of activities. The network conducted a peer education training where 170 young people from 17 different regions participated to learn and to become Peer Educators.
Kazakhstan, a wonderful full of energy and enthusiasm street action took place. The activity conducted by the Y-PEERs aimed at raising awareness among the public on youth sexual and reproductive health and right (SRHR) through he distribution of informational manuals on SRHR booklets in Russian and Kazakh languages. The Y-PEERs were very happy talking to young people about SRHR, Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV prevention, as well as condom use issues.
The local TV Channel “Otyrar”, youth Newspaper “Molodezhka” came to cover the event which was estimated to have reached more than 350 young people.
Turkey, the campaign kicked off with a media activity! How wonderful it is that our Y-PEERs in Turkey were able to sensitize the public on the importance and use of social emdia tools. Also Y-PEER Turkey organized a event to disseminate the campaign ribbon among young people!
The second day of the campaign in Turkey was also awesome! Young people showed their support to the 10 days of activism campaign by recording video messages related to youth rights to sexual health, to access information and services on STIs and to voice out against discrimination against people living with HIV! Here is their latest movie, this time young people from Samsun talk about their issues.
Lebanon, the Y-PEERs in Lebanon couldn’t wait for July 1st to kick off their campaign, so they started it on June the 30th! :). The network in Lebanon organized a training workshop on gender issues, including gender equality and gender based violence.
Professional trainers from various well known NGOs and UN agencies trained the young people on how to raise awareness on those topics among their peers.
The amazing workshop assembled youth from Lebanon as well as Palestinian refugees, with the aim of having this group conduct awareness sessions on these topics in youth camps in rural areas of Lebanon, in the remaining period of the campaign.
A follow up workshop to train the Y-PEERs on tools to be used in the awareness activities will be conducted on Tuesday July 5 and the awareness sessions kick off on Wednesday July 6!
Sudan,SOCIAL MEDIA was the headline of the 10 DOA campaign in Sudan!! :) the Y-PEER network there was delighted by the training that developed their capacities in the use of social media in promoting for campaigns, social work, advocacy efforts, etc.
UNDP organized the workshop which was attended by 25 young people from various NGOs.
Media coverage also invaded Sudan in 10 DOA! The activity was covered by Sudanese newspapers and the Sudan national radio station :)
Somalia kicked off their campaign by conducting an awareness session on HIV/AIDS at Garowe City of Puntland state. The Puntland Y-PEER launched a focus group discussion assembling 25 young people, aiming at launching a debate among and an “experience sharing” session where the youth had the chance to speak up for their rights and share their experiences in relation to STIs and other issues linked to SRH.
Guess what, the media was also incited to take part of the discussion! :)
Follow up in the upcoming days for more exciting news from all over the world!!!
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