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An Activist Exchange for Youth, by Youth:
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Mozambican Activists Visit IWHC’s Partners in Brazil
In August 2005, ten young activists from Mozambique traveled to Brazil for a youth-led international exchange on advocacy for sexual and reproductive rights, sponsored by IWHC. Participants spent ten days sharing strategies and experiences, building skills, discussing common goals and challenges, and learning about creative methodologies to engage youth and decision-makers in processes of social change. Despite significant social, cultural, development, and other differences between Mozambique and Brazil, participants found that they faced many of the same challenges. more>>
Overview and history of IWHC's work in Mozambique
Two decades of civil war, a series of famines, and the enormous toll of HIV/AIDS have had a devastating effect on Mozambique's civil society, private sector, and public health system. Mozambique's youth represent over a third of the country's total population and the nation's most important resource for the future. Yet the estimated six million Mozambicans aged 10 to 24 face limited employment opportunities, skyrocketing rates of HIV infection, and high rates of maternal morbidity, mortality and unsafe abortion. Mozambique's government ratified a National Youth Policy in 1996 and a National AIDS Strategic Plan in June 2000, but the challenges ahead will require broader action. Recognizing the value of cross-border collaboration, in August 2001 IWHC co-sponsored the first in a series of learning exchanges on adolescent sexual and reproductive health between Nigerians and Mozambicans. more>>
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