Kiribati is one of the UN Champion countries for the global Adolescent Girls' Initiative (AGI). A champion country is one that will leverage the power of the UN
to support the realization of adolescent girls' rights. The workshop was organized as one of the asctivities leading up to the preparation of a concept note for the Global UN Adolescent Girls' Task Force which is co-chaired by UNICEF and UNFPA.
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The community of practice for VIPP practitioners is hosted by Southbound.
You will find more information about VIPP here.

Three major workshops for VIPP have been organized for 2012. These are:

Asian Regional Advanced Training of Trainers VIPP
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
12–16 March 2012
This Training of Trainers is a specialised workshop for experienced trainers in the development sector from Asia, who like to proceed beyond the basics of VIPP and
advance their trainer skills in developing and designing their own training projects.

International Courses
St. Ulrich, Black Forest, Germany
June and October 2012

Two training courses on VIPP will be held in St. Ulrich near Freiburg, Germany in
the second half of 2012.

The first course -- VIPP TOF -- will run from 4 to 8 June 4 2012 and is customized
for facilitators and trainers who want to learn VIPP facilitation and practice and improve their presentation, visualisation and facilitation skills.

The second course is a VIPP Training of Trainers and Global Action Workshop scheduled for 8 to 12 of October 2012. This course will introduce experienced
trainers and facilitators to approaches for developing their own training projects.
It will provide them opportunities to try out new methods and tools, and to discuss ideas with fellow facilitators and trainers. It will be hosted by Maruja Salas, Neill McKee and Timmi Tillmann as members of the VIPP Core Group.

More information, brochures and registration forms for these three events are available at the VIPP Community of Practice.

"This book provides insights into the nature of sex in the villages of Thailand. Dr.Patchanee Malikhao, its author and a Thai Sociologist, spent time in villages
to obtain first-hand knowledge of strategies that may help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through sexual relations. The book also probes whether social determinants, including culture and religion, help or hinder local residents in their own attempts to curb the spread of AIDS. The cost of managing the disease has increased significantly compared to many other health interventions. To make sure such expenditures are effective, we need to understand the social context of prevention strategies and confirm that it is relevant to the social relations of people. This book will help us achieve this understanding."