[Tsa] Fwd: Raise Your Voice for Young People Living with HIV

[Kayla Rae Henaghan]

----- Forwarded message from Kimberly Whipkey <change at genderhealth.org> -----
    Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:50:36 +0000
    From: Kimberly Whipkey <change at genderhealth.org>
Reply-To: Kimberly Whipkey <change at genderhealth.org>
 Subject: Raise Your Voice for Young People Living with HIV
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To LfT spring 2009
Best wishes for holiday season...
... and this...
from
Jill




Dear Jill,

Young people account for nearly half of all new HIV infections.
Sexual contact accounts for the majority of HIV transmission. But
many HIV prevention programs funded by the U.S. emphasize abstinence
for young people and fail to provide comprehensive, life-saving
information and tools that young people need to make healthy
decisions about their lives.

Here's what you can do. As we approach World AIDS Day on December 1,
we are collecting signatures to present to President Obama and key
officials in his Administration to call for U.S. HIV prevention
policy and programs that meet the needs of young people, including
those living with HIV.  We want to ensure that youth are equipped
with medically-accurate information, including correct and consistent
use of female and male condoms; that they have access to
youth-friendly HIV and reproductive health services based on human
rights; and that young people are meaningfully engaged in shaping the
prevention strategies that they receive.

Please join CHANGE and partnering organizations  in raising our
voices with and for young people around the world by
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Wz%2Fo4QPW%2BFUrAYJQfqn8pqUWadTl98%2BG>signing
your name to our World AIDS Day petition.

Thank you for your solidarity.

Kim Whipkey
Senior Associate for Advocacy and Outreach
Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
kwhipkey at genderhealth.org
202.393.5930 x 13 (office)

Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE)
1317 F St. NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20004 USA
tel: 202-393-5930     fax: 202-393-5937
email: change at genderhealth.org


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