Dear Ms. Varsha,

I am the Prevention and Vulnerability Adviser in UNAIDS Geneva. I am
responsible for the areas of young people, sex work, condom programming,
orphans, and gender. I have been informed of your conference, and I am very
interested in the activities you will be having. I am from Asia too (originally
from the Philippines but worked in Thailand for many years). I wish you good
luck and hope you will be in touch.

Regards.

Aurorita Mendoza
Prevention and Vulnerability Adviser
Strategic Information Unit
UNAIDS Geneva
Mendoza, Aurorita" <mendozaa@...>
tel: 41 22 7914508
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Dear Mendoza,

Thanks for the mail and i look forward to meeting you. Your work at UNAIDS must
have given you an indepth knowledge of the topic at hand. More information can
be found at our website at www.wyf.org.my. The application form is also
available online.

Regards,

Ms Varsha
wyf@...

ASEAN Regional Workshop on HIV/AIDS: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination”

The World Youth Foundation in cooperation with UNAIDS, Ministry of Youth &
Sports Malaysia, World Assembly of Youth, Malaysian AIDS Council and the
Ministry of Health Malaysia will be organizing the ASEAN Regional Workshop on
HIV/AIDS: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination” from the 25-27th April 2003 in
Melaka, Malaysia. Among the topics that will be discussed during the workshop
are :

Stigma and Discrimination
Young Women Priorities and HIV/AIDS
Involving Men to Make a Difference
Information, Education and Networking for Safe Behaviour
Networking and Working Partnership
Skills Building Workshop

The Objective
· To provide a forum for networking, sharing of knowledge experiences and ideas
on initiatives to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS among youth and youth serving
organizations and other stakeholders.
· To promote cross-country exchange of best practices for implementing
youth-friendly health services in the ASEAN region
· To identify and develop specific actions that can be implemented to support
young people infected/affected by HIV/AIDS by incorporating action that will
fight HIV/AIDS related discriminations.
· To involve the media in the dissemination of the findings of the workshop

The Expected Output
· To draft and adopt the ASEAN Youth Forum Declaration blueprint to combat the
problems identified affecting youth
· To evolve a networking structure and partnership among youth and stakeholders
in the field of youth programmes and activities in the ASEAN region by the
development of mail discussion group /website
· To agree on concrete plans for the implementation and follow-ups on national
and regional levels
· Formation of the ASEAN Regional Youth Network on HIV that will serve as an
advocacy group

Participation
· Youth representatives from various national youth coordination councils in the
ASEAN region.
· Young people from the various youth bodies in Malaysia; preference will be
given to youth workers/leaders
· National AIDS programme managers serving as focal points on HIV/AIDS
· Representatives of collaborating Ministries and international
non-governmental organizations
working in youth related aspects of HIV/AIDS programmes

Those interested in participating are requested to write to the Foundation at
wyf@... for application forms.

The Foundation will provide local hospitality and internal travel only. The
online application will be available at the Foundation’s website
(http://www.wyf.org.my) from 6th March onwards.

Ms Varsha
Operations Officer
World Youth Foundation
e-MAIL: <wyf@...>