creating demand for condom use motivating young people bidia deperthes senior hiv technical...
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Creating demand for condom use Creating demand for condom use Motivating young peopleMotivating young people
Bidia DeperthesBidia DeperthesSenior HIV Technical Advisor/CCPSenior HIV Technical Advisor/CCP
UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young PeopleUNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on HIV and Young PeopleAnnual Meeting AgendaAnnual Meeting Agenda
28-29 June 201128-29 June 2011
Key statistics
• 34 million people were HIV positive in 2010
– 80% HIV transmission is due to unprotected sex = sex without a condom
– Globally every day, 7000 people become newly infected with HIV
Some challenges up front
• Political barriers- restrictive policies
• Limited availability of condoms
• Unattractive/ non-adapted brands
• Not targeted strategies towards YPs
• Price
• Place
Building service providers
Training of service providers is essential
• Build knowledge
• Combat wrong attitude– Stigma– Discrimination– Judgment – Misconception– Myths– Fears
Global awareness campaigns
Condomize!
Don’t compromise!– Condom-month(s)-
Swaziland, Ethiopia, Rwanda
– Carnivals-T&T, Brazil
– Music festivals
– Int’l & Reg. conferences
– World Cup 2010- SA
– Movie nights
– Condom parties & fashion shows
Start with men and boys
• Too often neglected–Do not finger pointing
–Included them
–Design programme that resemble them
– Ex.. Omar’s story
Negotiate safer sex -especially in long term relationship
• “Married women/ those in long term relationships are encouraged to present the FC as a FP method… to avoid accusing her husband/boy friend of having other partners or being a risk to his wife”
Appealing to both partners
“If both partners are motivated to use a male or a female condom, there is a far greater likelihood that a condom will be use”
Way forward
• Intensify, listen and target– Equip women & girls with tools for their protection– skill them to negotiate safer sex– Motivate men and boys to embrace responsible
sexual behavior – Engage governments and donors – not to do give up
on young people, on female condom… it is a life saving tool for many women and girls … and their partners