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HIV infection is increasing most rapidly amongst young people. More than half of all new HIV infections in 2003 were amongst young people aged 15 to 24 world wide (about 1.7 million per year). A third of all people with HIV/AIDS, some 10 million people, are between the ages of 15 and 24. |
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Reproductive health (RH) concerns everyone at every stage of life and it is fundamental to social and economic development of communities. |
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Curriculum design and delivery of HIV/AIDS and SRH education remains problematic. There is little evidence to show that current school-based approaches to HIV/AIDS education and, more generally, sexual and reproductive health and life skills education has had a significant impact on sexual behavior. |
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Why dance and nonverbal communication? |
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Dance is a nonverbal communication and not random movement. If we apply the same concepts to dance that we apply to speaking, we may do a better job of communication. And our dances will be more powerful because |
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Social (or community) mobilization and the social diffusion model: |
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Community mobilization is the process by which community groups are helped to identify common problems and goals, mobilize resources and develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals. |
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| Violence against women |
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| 55 114 cases of rape reported in 2004 |
| Rape to only major crime to increase in 2004 |
| 77% of women in the workplace experienced sexual harassment |
| 51% of victims keep quiet about it |
| Only 17% of sexual harassment incidents are reported |
| Of the reported cases only 44.2% are resolved |
| 37.7% of rape victims interviewed mentioned that perpetrator was a school teacher |
| HIV/AIDS |
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| People with HIV/AIDS worldwide – 40.3 million |
| New infections per day; 14 000 |
| That’s approximately 10 per minute of which 50% is younger than 24 years of age |
| Largest group is 15-24 years old |
| Young women (15-24) have 2.5 times greater chance to get infected |
| New infections in 2005; 4.9 million |
| Deaths in 2005 (AIDS); 3.1 million |
- 2005 UNAIDS -
Key contacts
Childline 0800 055 555
Stop Gender Violence 0800 150150
LifeLine 0861 322 322
Rape Crisis Centre 021 447 9762 |
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