This project's goal was to create innovative tools for HIV/AIDS prevention and education, with a focus on issues of global social justice. Participants in Canada and South Africa used photography to express their views around HIV/AIDS. A web portal and classroom toolkit was developed in-conjunction with TakingITGlobal and Teen Net, which is available for download here.

The Branding AIDS Conference took place on Wednesday October 17, 2007 at noon at New College, University of Toronto. Check out the posters here! [more]

The photovoice workshop was a follow up to a presentation on the structural determinants of HIV risk from a gender and global perspective. Youth were given disposable cameras and asked to work in small groups to take photographs that reflected ideas and/or issues about gender and HIV/AIDS raised in the presentation. Check out the photos here! [more]

The "Taking Action: Arts and HIV Prevention with Youth" Symposium was designed by the Gendering Adolescent AIDS Prevention (GAAP) Project to bring together youth aged 16 - 26 to develop HIV prevention strategies using images, text and other forms of artistic expression. [more]

We are a group of Canadian and South African researchers, educators and students who are members of the Gendering Adolescent AIDS Prevention (GAAP) project. We are looking to link up with others who are interested in exploring transnational perspectives on HIV/AIDS and youth. … [more]

Sick of AIDS: South African Youth Cultures, Communication and Sexuality
This study examined the interplay, real and potential, of three distinct youth focused communication communities in South Africa that address youth sexuality … [more]

Soft Cover. This youth-based participatory approach to AIDS prevention focused on how young township authors can become involved in a hands-on literacy project providing a youth-to-youth vehicle for addressing issues of sexuality and AIDS… [more]

Gendering HIV/AIDS Prevention: Exploring Gender as a Risk Factor in Canadian and South African Youth
In this project we drawed on our experiences in South Africa to develop a gender analysis of HIV/AIDS and youth… [more]