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Adji
Vera Hakim It is a pleasure for me to address you at the closing of this very inspiring and enjoyable workshop.To all the talented youths in this room, I have felt and heard over the past few days your energy, ideas and support for PLWHA. The challenge is to maintain this energy and momentum, and share the knowledge you have learned from this workshop, to other youths in your respective countries, and lead them in the fight to end stigma and discrimination. Your involvement is key because you are the most important asset to your country. It is important that our governments are involved and commit to the youth and HIV/AIDS issues and to mainstream these issues into their programs and activities. Therefore the follow up activities after this workshop are critical steps towards the realization of a positive environment. I would like to thank delegates from Member Countries for placing importance to this workshop, which is reflected in the number of participants attending from all over the ASEAN, South Asia, African regions. I wish to thank Honorable Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam for your vision and support to the youth, to the organizers of the World Youth Foundation, in particular Ms. Varsha, for all her hard work, the speakers and moderators for their information and clapping support, and to all the volunteers who have helped make this a very enjoyable workshop. Thank you. Jamuna
Shrestha I found something in the workshop. That workshop was really very very informative for young people, which is really very memorable. Because, sexual health is very crucial and sensitive issues in all over the world and it is really very difficult to share our sexual heath issues with other because of many problems. Basically, everywhere I found that different our country's religious and culture with some short of environment can't support to get information about Sexual Health. But that workshop could sensitized to all participates it is very important things of our life and we must be know/learnt knowledge regarding sexual health for the better life. In such a situation as a young people I felt that we have to give and share good and adequate information regarding Sexual Health, which really can support to enhance Life Skill of young people. But, young people need enabling environment and support from the family, community and other for learning of sexual health because of good decision and create their own skill for preventing Reproductive Health problem with HIV/AIDS and STIs. "Workshops have to move from plain talk to solid action. Therefore, to see WYF include the setting up of the ASEAN youth network, as one of the workshop objectives is commendable. However, networks are hard to sustain; for it requires goodwill, patience and consistency as well as the real desire to make it work and serve its function to help young people contribute to their community. To my peers who are young people of today, leaders of tomorrow.it's time to walk your talk. Let's get out there and give back to our community." Thank you.
RJ I have wonderful time when I was in Malacca with participation of youth from all over country. Its impressed me very much. Young people came out and hug me in front of the audience it really touch.. I was so glad that there are so many young people that are so aggressive in doing the job for promoting HIV/AIDS awareness to public. Severe and widespread
stigma and discrimination have been a feature of the HIV pandemic since
its emergence, blighting the live of millions of PLWHA and causing denial,
complacency and lack of action that proving deadly. This is particularly
true within many Asian societies where PLWHA face intolereble levels
of stigma and discrimination and where the epedemic is My personal view it is mainly because of the lack of information and corrective intitutional machanisms beside the judgemental socio cultural, climate and the false of invicibility of people. Discrimination of PLWHA is one of the worst forms of human rights violation. It is also the biggest impediment to applying the vast exprience of PLWHA. 17 years has been a long wait.Now we need to unleash a new campain. This time not just against HIV/AIDS but against stigma and discrimination. Im just dignose
for 2 years and not much exprience in discrimination but still there
is. I have no idea how my friend in Kuala Lumpur become know about my
status. It is happen when donate my blood than a week after the doctor
from the Penang General Hospital call me up in my work place and wanted
to see me. At first of course I feel anxiety and so on but I manage
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