The guideline emphasizes the importance of meaningful engagement and collaboration with young people, particularly adolescents and young people living with HIV (AYPLHIV), in all aspects of HIV programming and decision-making processes. It highlights the need to recognize and respect their unique perspectives, experiences, and contributions. The guideline provides practical recommendations and strategies for effectively involving AYPLHIV in program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation, ensuring their voices are heard and valued.
This episode underscores the significance of involving young women in decision-making processes for programmes that impact them, stressing that true leadership goes beyond mere expression of opinions to actively shaping outcomes through informed engagement. It advocates for intentional empowerment of adolescent girls and young women in assuming leadership roles within sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV programmes, emphasizing the need for platforms to nurture their leadership skills. This podcast series, made possible by UNICEF in partnership with the Global Fund and the Her Voice Fund, aims to engage, enable, and empower through Radio 4000.