Julia Fäldt WahengoILO Programme on HIV/AIDS and the world of work

IATT/YP, Paris, 28-29 June 2011

Addressing structural vulnerability through workplace programmes

Evidence and good practices on HIV prevention for young people

UN Declaration of Commitment High Level Meeting, New York, June 2011

… Commit to mitigate the impact of the epidemic on workers, their families, their dependants, workplaces and economies, including by taking into account all relevant ILO conventions….including ILO Recommendation No.200 and call on employers, trade and labour unions, employees and volunteers to eliminate stigma and discrimination, protect human rights and facilitate access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

(para 85)

• Combat child labour and child trafficking• Protect young persons in the workplace• Provide access to sexual and reproductive health

education:• at work• in vocational training• in youth employment programmes

Recommendation No. 200Youth focus

Good practice in the formal economy

• India: Reaching young people with HIV prevention through Industrial Training Institutes

• China: Reaching young migrant workers with HIV prevention

Good practice in the informal economy

• Cameroon and Ethiopia: Micro-finance for women living with HIV

“I cannot compare my own condition then and now” … “I used to strive hard to buy a loaf of bread for my son, now the situation is different. I have hope for a bright future.”

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In summary

• Introducing policy changes & mainstreaming HIV in existing structures or programmes

• Adopting an economic empowerment approach• Focus on economic sectors employing large numbers

of young people