This advocacy guide is the result of a joint effort between style="font-size: 11pt;">UNFPA, IPPF, and YoungPositives, as Co-convenors on HIV Prevention for Young Women and Girls, through the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA). This guide is for any individual or organization with a role to play in advocacy and policy making on HIV prevention for girls and young women at the national level.

It focuses on three current goals that evidence shows to be part of an effective response to HIV prevention for girls and young women. These goals are: improving the accessibility of sexual and reproductive health services; expanding socio-economic opportunities; and ending child marriage. Within these goals, there is a focus on ten key advocacy messages that can make a particular difference and can help to ‘turn the tide’ for girls and young women and to begin to make HIV prevention an achievable reality in their lives.

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Contacts: at UNFPA, Dr. Lynn Collins, Technical Advisor, HIV/AIDS Branch or Ms. Aminata Toure, Chief, Culture, Gender, Human Rights Branch.

Fabio Castano MD.
MPH Action Plan and Regional Programme Strategist Latin America and the Caribbean Division
United Nations Population Fund
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