About the Engage Us. Our Health. Our Rights. Campaign

Governments, UN agencies and donors acknowledge that engaging communities, including young people, has been critical to the HIV response. However, the opportunities for young people to raise their voices and concerns about their health often remain limited and tokenistic. The phrase ‘nothing about us, without us’, continues to be a powerful call used by many youth activists to ensure that young people are meaningfully involved in decision-making that affects our lives.

The campaign highlights the benefits of meaningfully engaging young people, not just for young people themselves but to improve the quality of health services and health policies.

The campaign has been designed by the Vibrant Young Voices Consortium, a partnership between CCABA, PATA and Y+ Global that supports excluded adolescents and young people to have a stronger voice in policy, funding, and programming decision-making to secure their health and rights.

The docu-series are a part of the VYV campaign on meaningful youth engagement in health. These videos were shot in Botswana and Nigeria. The short videos show young people’s real conversations with key stakeholders such as clinicians, government officials and UN representatives about what meaningful engagement looks like and the benefits of engaging young people. Tune in. Listen. Share with friends.

The docu-series were led by the Youth Advisory Group, with support from Y+ Global and other VYV partners, including PATA and CCABA.