“They can identify issues affecting them. It can be issues of gender inequality, gender based violence, and they can co-create to come up with solutions.”
Watch below the vlog of Elina Mwasinga of the Coalition of Women living with HIV and AIDS in Malawi who is telling why young people need to be in charge of their own health.
“It is the time we take charge of everything. I mean, everything. Thank you.”
“Hellooo, my name is Elina Mwasinga from the Coalition of Women Living with HIV and AIDS from Malawi, talking about young people taking charge. First of all, young people are the largest population in the world. Therefore they contribute to the next coming generation. That means young people need to take charge because it is their responsibility, they understand themselves better, they can identify issues affecting them. It can be [inaudible], it can be issues of gender inequality, gender based violence, and they can co-create to come up with solutions. They have got the strongest voices, they are energetic. Therefore they can make a great change in their health as well as in their lives. Therefore young people are the voices now and we need to understand it is the time we take charge of everything. I mean, everything. Thank you.”
About YouthWise
The YouthWise project aims to amplify the voices of young people living with HIV in Kenya and Malawi to enable them to practice self-care and fulfil their sexual and reproductive health and rights needs. YouthWise is a youth- and women-led project, implemented by Y+ Global, Y+ Kenya and Y+ Malawi which are networks of young people living with HIV, AYARHEP (Ambassador for Youth and Adolescent Reproductive Health Programmes) in Kenya and the Coalition of Women Living with HIV and AIDS (COWLHA) in Malawi.
Rutgers and Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland Join Forces to Advance Sexual Health
Rutgers and Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland Join Forces to Advance Sexual Health
Today, 1 July 2026, Rutgers and Aidsfonds – Soa Aids Nederland have formally entered into an administrative merger. Under a shared leadership structure, we are working together towards a single strategic direction for sexual health in the Netherlands and around the world. As an important step towards a full legal merger, this development strengthens our joint commitment to health, wellbeing and human rights.
Our new organisation is dedicated to creating a world in which everyone can make free and safe choices about their bodies, relationships and sexuality, and where no one dies of AIDS.
“If we’re not there now, we’ll lose the progress we fought so hard for”
“If we’re not there now, we’ll lose the progress we fought so hard for”
A crucial moment in the fight against AIDS: world leaders are gathering in New York on Monday and Tuesday for the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS. Aidsfonds is present to increase pressure on governments. It is essential that governments commit to an inclusive HIV response with adequate funding.
