Young Voices: The Y+ Global Podcast

Recognising suicide as a public health priority the World Health Organization (WHO) reports that 700,000 people worldwide died by their own hand in 2019 resulting into  1.3% of deaths in 2019 globally. Suicide is the third most common cause of death in young women aged 15-29, and the fourth most common among young men. Rates in males of all ages are twice as high than they are in women.77% of...

Funding youth-led movements episode focuses on: 1. Understanding the benefits of funding youth-led movements 2. Sharing success stories on engaging AGYW

Engaging young people in leadership spaces episode focuses on: 1. Sharing knowledge on engaging young people in leadership spaces 2. Sharing ideas on how Frontline AIDS is supporting young people in leadership spaces

Y+ Global is preparing a podcast series under the Y+ Global Young voices channel with the aim of highlighting the experiences and successes of the youth networks during the implementation of the first phase of Ground Up and promoting linkages and learning among the youth networks in the region. The podcast will feature two country networks; Y+ Kenya and Eswatini Network of Young People living with...

Y+ Global is hosting a podcast series to chat with the expert under the Y+ Global Young Voices channel with the aim of unpacking key concepts of organization capacity strengthening including, governance, program, and financial management. This podcast episode will feature the Y+ Global Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning officer who has supported more than 100 youth networks across the Y+ Global...

This episode of YOUNG-VOICES will explore mental health and the role that self-care plays in attaining mental health. Mental health conditions increase the risk of HIV infection, and people living with HIV have an increased risk of mental health conditions, which are associated with lower retention in HIV care, increased risk behaviors, and lower engagement with HIV prevention.

In this episode, young people discuss self-care and its role in improving the lives of all young people in our diversity.  Self-care interventions play a big role in improving the access to services and commodities. In the long run, improve the quality of life and treatment outcomes for AYPLHIV and move us closer to attaining Universal Health Coverage.

We joined Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation with a mission in mind: ending the knowledge gaps that people living with HIV have regarding COVID-19. Listen to our most recent podcast and get to know the details of this project. 

The ESA Commitment must be an important conversation topic for all young SRHR and HIV advocates of Africa. In this special episode after ICASA 2021, we talked about the last updates and news on the Ministerial Commitment that were announced during the conference

The launch of the new #HERVoiceFund strategy was one of the proudest things about ICASA 2021. In this special back home episode, Maximina Jokonya, the head of the HER Voice Fund, talks to us about how this new strategy is empowering adolescent girls and young women across Africa.

One of our most important events during #ICASA2021 was the announcement of the new Love Alliance Global Strategy. In this Back Home episode, Florencia Anam shares all the details about this impactful and inspiring project. 

Just a few days after ICASA 2021, we want to make a special recount of what it was like to attend virtually through our #ICASACountryHubs. Listen to the main takeaways of one of our young advocates from Zimbabwe following the conference. 

The AGYW advocate Fahe Kerubo joined us to speak about their participation as a young voice in the update of the "Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care for Key Populations" of the World Health Organisation. 

Take a listen to our last Young Voices podcast, in which we speak with Reule, a young queer HIV advocate from Kenya, on their advocacy journey one year after being diagnosed with HIV. 

Today on Teacher's Day, we are privileged to have recorded a podcast with an incredible teacher living with  HIV and a young person living with HIV who supports other YPLHIV in Schools! Through this, they are doing their part in keeping the school environments safe for learners living with HIV. 

Jóvenes líderes de 3 organizaciones colaboradoras de Y+ Global comparten sus experiencias en el trabajo conjunto en la acción contra el VIH y los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en América Latina. 

In this episode, we talk with two social entrepreneurs and HIV advocates about the journey of leading a social-oriented startup in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.  Listen to our podcast and discover their experience, challenges and learning during the last months. 

This inaugural episode commemorates mental health month. The panellists speak about mental health issues among YPLHIV and create awareness of the neglected mental health issues.