Yuwalaya video against VAW

By Diwakar Pyakurel for Yuwalaya

Hello world,

Today is December 10, International Human Rights Day. Also the concluding day of the 16 Day Activism against Violence against Women (VAW) that began on November 25.

To mark the Activism against VAW, Yuwalaya organised an exciting short-and-sweet event on last Saturday, December 7.  Members and some friends of Yuwalaya gathered at the Patan Durbar Square in the sunny afternoon to prepare a "commitment" video.

'Sex Work is WORK'

By Sabin Singh for Yuwalaya

Recently, I got a media scholarship to attend the 11th International Congress on AIDS in Asia Pacific held in Bangkok, Thailand from 18-23 November 2013. There I met lots of the people and organisations working in the area of HIV and AIDS; such as PLHIV, Men Having Sex with Men, LGBTIQ, Drug users, experts, scientist and global leaders from the Asia Pacific and other corners of the world. They all had different stories to share that made us smile and cry. Among them, Raina was the one who really touched my heart. She had a very painful past which she overcame and her story is one of the best examples of how to overcome bad experiences, which I think is truly inspirational. 

On AIDS Day, tweet #WAD2013Y

Yuwalaya is going to organise a Tweet Campaign on the occasion of the World AIDS Day. To be celebrated on 1 December 2013, the Day will be marked with tweets with the trend #WAD2013Y,
The AIDS Day this year will be celebrated globally with the theme, 'Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination. Zero AIDS-related Deaths.' 
We request you all to contribute to this global campaign with your tweets!

16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

As of every year, the 16-Day Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is being organised in all over the world beginning November 25. November 25 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The campaign will end globally on December 10, which is International Human Rights Day.
On the occasion of  the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, "This International Day to End Violence against Women is an opportunity for all people to recommit to preventing and halting all forms of violence against women and girls."
Find detail info on http://www.un.org/en/events/endviolenceday/

A Day for Youths: IYD 2013

By Chetana Tulachan for Yuwalaya

Hello Everyone!! We have been busy organising few events while also participating in trainings and programmes. Right at this moment, we can proudly say that we are enhancing ourselves, exploring our knowledge and making lots of plans for the days to come. Anyway, we wanted to write to you about one of our major events that took place in August. If you are going way back to August to think what happened then, it was International Youth Day on August 12. This year the IYD was celebrated globally with the theme "Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward".

On that event's note, our team members participated in rally, workshops, meetings and seminars that were organised by different governmental and nongovernmental organisations. But what we want to share with you is our main event "Youth Express" that we were quite lucky to perform at Yuwak Yuwati Mela, jointly organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, UN agencies and other NGOs of Nepal.

युवालयको प्रस्तुती यमलोकमा टि.बी. सफलतापुर्वक प्रस्तुत गरियो ।

युवालयका कलाकार साथी सडकमा नाटक प्रदर्शन गर्दै ।