Shifting Power to Save Lives: The Youth Stop AIDS Speaker Tour (MANCHESTER EVENT)

Come join us at The Situ (Alan Hotel) for an inspiring in-person event! The Youth Stop AIDS Speaker Tour is all about empowering young people to make a difference in the fight against HIV stigma and ensuring health rights for all. Hear from passionate speakers from the UK and abroad and learn how you can be a powerful advocate for change.

Youth Stop AIDS is a youth-led campaign powered by Restless Development and STOPAIDS

Speakers

Aoife (she/her) is a 28-year old nurse who recently publically shared their positive HIV status. In a short few months, Aoife has gone from strength to strength - appearing on all forms of media and is now a leading voice for women living with HIV in Ireland. Aoife will share her experience of living with HIV and her insight of the stigma existing in healthcare settings.

Joyce (she/her) is a 27-year-old woman from Kenya, living openly with HIV. She was diagnosed with HIV in her final year of secondary education and has encountered various forms of stigma and discrimination since then. Joyce is at the forefront of the fight against HIV stigma. She has since taken her advocacy to the highest levels representing young people in influential spaces such as the Communities' delegation to the board of the Global Fund and the Global Fund Youth Council. Joyce currently leads the implementation of the READY programme at Y+ Global as Senior Programmes Officer.

Max (they/them) is a 31-year old Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Oxford Brookes University who has published research on the decriminalisation and destigmatisation of HIV in the context of U=U. Max has appeared on BBC, Sky News, and local radio stations (including BBC Radio Oxford with Youth Stop AIDS in 2023), alongside writing for the Guardian and Metro about their experience of living with HIV. Max will be sharing their story via video.