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Ahmed Tammam (Egypt)

Y oung medical activist w ho has w or ked on the HIV / AIDS ar ea f or 8 y ear s, locally , nationally , and r egionally . He led a medicalcampaign w hich tar geted 1,500 y oung doctor s’ attitude tow ar ds sexual minor ities and ended w ith a national studen

t conf er ence in his countr y .

A ja y Kumar (Nepal)

Sou th Asian Regional Focal Poin t o f Global

You th Coali tion on HI V/AIDS (G YCA) and

s tuden t o f M.Sc. Microbiolog y a t t

he

Uni versi t y o f M ysore. For the pas t 5 years

he has f ocused in ci vic par ticipa tion,

leadership de velopmen t and HI V and AIDS

and Sexual Health and Righ ts o f young

people.

Ber nadet t e Fischler ( Aust r ia)

Adv ocacy and Public Af f air s Coor dinat or f or t he W or ld Associat ion of Gir l Guides and Gir l Scout s ( W AGGGS), a w or ldw ide mov ement r epr esent ing 10 million gir ls and y oung w omen, w her e she t ak es car e of adv ocacy st r at egy and issues r elat ed t o gir ls' and y oung w omen’s healt h and t he MDG’s.




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Casimir o V izzini (Italy)

I studied medicine in Paler mo (Sicily ) and I got my specialization in ur ology . I attended a Master at the Institut de Relations Inter nationales et Str atégiques in Par is w her e I live now . I am an Associate Exper t at UNESCO and quite ac

tive in the f ield of sexuality , society , HIV / AIDS and human r ights.

K yla Zanardi (Canada)

Curren tl y working as trainee on an

in terdisciplinar y research program called

the CIHR Sou th A f rican HI V Men an

d Bo ys

Pro jec t, examining the in tersec tion o f

gender-based violence and HI V. Prior to

this, I was one o f the co- f ounders and the

in terna tional pro jec t coordina tor f or You th

RISE, an in terna tional you th-led harm

reduc tion organiza tion.

K at har ina Met zbauer ( Aust r ia)

Cur r ent ly st udy ing Cult ur al and Social Ant hr opology at t he Univ er sit y of V ienna. She is an int er n at t he W or ld V Ision Aust r ia, or ganizat ion handling t he pr e-conf er ence on 'childr en on HIV / AIDS' and a v olunt eer in t he 'Aids Hilf e Haus W ien' doing w or k shops and inf o-st ands.




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Mohammed Lamar ana Bar r y (Gambia)

Inter im vice chair per son of the Gambian Tr eatment Action Gr oup and the Executive Dir ector of Aid f or Smiles inter national. My jour ney to the AIDS r esponse began at the age of 11 w hen I stood up and spoke up to br eak the silence and give a voic

e to childr en living w ith HIV and the education sy stem of Gambia.

O jok Eric (Uganda)

I s tar ted working as an ac ti vis t 6 years ago,

mo ti va ted b y the commi tmen t o f you th in m y

coun tr y and around the world to f igh ting the

scourge o f HI V and working on o ther human

righ ts issues. I ha ve worked wi th A f rican Child

Ou treach Trus t, AIDS Educa tion Group f or

You th, Hope Alive Uganda and curren tl y doing

a par t time work wi th the AIDS In f orma tion

Cen ter on HI V counseling and tes ting.

Or ain Edw ar ds ( Jamaica)

St udent of int er nat ional r elat ions and sociology and social policy at t he univ er sit y of t he W est Indies. A passionat e y out h adv ocat e f or t he past 9 y ear s in ar eas of sex ual r epr oduct iv e healt h and r ight s, y out h empow er ment , y out h dev elopment and educat ion. As a t hir d y ear y out h par liament ar ian, I hav e been w or k ing w it h policy mak er s in Jamaica.




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Pablo Tor r es (Mexico)

Student of Inter national Relations and coor dinator of the HIV pr ogr amme at Espolea, a mexican y outh-led or ganization w or king on har m r eduction, gender equality and HIV . Ther e, I am w or king on the development of the 1st Latin

Amer ican netw or k of Y PLHIH/ A and as a r epr esentative at the UNAIDS Theme Gr oup.

Paolo Cansino (Philippines)

Ac ti ve in you th and you th-ser ving ac ti vi ties,

member o f the Bo y Scou ts o f the

Philippines and ha ve ser ved as a

Na tional

Scou t Represen ta ti ve to the Na tional

Execu ti ve Board. Since las t year I am par t

o f the UNFPA Philippines You th Ad visor y

Panel ser ving as the chairman o f i ts Polic y

Commi t tee.

Pet er Hanl ( Aust r ia)

I am cur r ent ly enr olled in a post -gr aduat e pr ogr am of int er nat ional r elat ions at t he diplomat ic academy of V ienna. I st r ongly believ e t hat t he so called “ v ulner able gr oups” need t o get a bet t er hear ing. T her e ar e st ill so many pr oblems, people get t ing mar ginalized and also being “ pigeon-holed”.




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Tea Topur ia (Geor gia)

Studies Business Administr ation and Accounting and is a member of Y ouAct and Y safe. She is a y outh leader at HERA-XXI,w her e she holds pr esentations, tr aining, w or kshops and inf or mational seminar s to help other volunteer s make plan

s and str ategies on the SRHR f ield.

Uk wo Jo y (Nigeria)

I am an energe tic, hard working, visionar y,

sel f -mo tiva ted and con f iden t person who

belie ves tha t I can do some thing f or the

bene f i t o f humani t y. A trained Peer Educa tor

Trainer b y UNICEF f ocused on communit y

pre ven tion on HI V in rural communi ties, wi th

experience in programming, da ta collec tion

and anal ysis, moni toring and e valua tion in

her coun tr y.

V ladimir Jaquez ( Dominican Republic)

T oday I’m a y out h leader and adv ocat e t hat has been dedicat ed f or almost 14 y ear s t o gener at e change, pr omot e y out h r ight s, by w ay of y out h par t icipat ion and empow er ment init iat iv es, f or t he bet t er dev elopment of peer s and societ y , cont r ibut ing especially in t ow ar ds def ense of human r ight s in t he ar ea of Sex ual and Repr oduct iv e Healt h (SRH), y out h public policies and HIV .

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