Dispatches - December 2006
Viet Nam’s Sexual Health Services Provide a Model for Europe, says Irish MP
HAI PHONG, Viet Nam — European donor countries can learn from Viet Nam in providing sexual and reproductive health information and services for young people, an Irish member of parliament said during a 2-day study tour to the port city of Hai Phong.
Senator Mary Henry was one of seven European parliamentarians introduced to Viet Nam’s youth-friendly health services, set up over the past three years with support from the European Union and UNFPA. 
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UNFPA Co-Hosts Workshop on Gender
GENEVA — UNFPA and UNHCR co-hosted an interactive session on masculinity, sexual and gender based violence and HIV/AIDS in the International Environment House. The event was a part of the international campaign to end violence against women and was intended to raise awareness of the need for more male involvement if we are to eradicate gender based violence and HIV/AIDS.
The interactive session was facilitated by a South African NGO, Sonke Gender Justice Network. At the workshop, the non-governmental organization launched their new One Man Can Action Initiative and distributed material from the campaigns toolkit.
Young People Learn About the MDGs at International Conference in Switzerland
GENEVA — Ms Lisa Eklund of UNFPA was the keynote speaker at a conference organized by AIESEC, the world's largest student organization. The conference was attended by over 300 young university undergraduates and recent graduates from around Switzerland and 30 countries abroad.
Ms. Eklund spoke about the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the need for young people to be engaged in achieving them. She ended her speech, which took place on World AIDS Day, by handing out the red HIV/AIDS ribbons to all delegates as well as white ribbons for the ongoing Campaign to End Violence Against Women. At the conference, UNFPA also participated in a panel discussion “The role of young people in the society" and in two workshops on HIV/AIDS. Further, UNFPA supported the conference with an in-kind donation of 400 condoms to all delegates.
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Global Youth Advisory Panel Web Journal
Victor Bernhardtz, 23, of Sweden, is one of 21 members of the Youth Advisory Panel that met in UNFPA headquarters in late 2006. A member of the panel since its beginning in 2004, Victor is also a freelance journalist, theatre producer and lecturer. Here’s what he had to say about the meeting in New York more...
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Danish Minister for Development Hands Out Female Condoms
COPENHAGEN — On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, Ms Ulla Tørnæs, Minister for International Development Cooperation handed out female condoms supplied by the UNFPA Nordic Office to Parliamentarians in the Danish Parliament, Folketinget. By focusing on female condoms the Minister wants to underline the importance of enhancing women’s reproductive health and rights as a mean to combat HIV and AIDS. The condom was enclosed in a leaflet made by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs that presented the hard facts about the feminization of the HIV pandemic. Today more than 5000 young people are infected every day – two thirds of these are women.
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