As new pediatric HIV infections decline and young adolescents become adults, reaching the 57% of children living with HIV and not yet on ART will become increasing challenging. RIATT-ESA partner EGPAF, together with Baylor, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the ELMA Foundation will host speakers to share evidence-based and game-changing approaches for improving pediatric case-finding, and will discuss forward-looking priorities for intensifying momentum, and scaling up proven strategies to reach all undiagnosed children and young adolescents.

Date and time: Thursday 26 July, 2018, 7:00 – 8:30am

About the Award

In East and Southern Africa, 35% of women are married before age 18. Globally, over 650 million women alive today were married as children. Child marriage is rooted in gender inequality and is exacerbated by poverty, insecurity and conflict.

Launched in 2018, RIATT-ESA in partnership with the the African Union and with support from Media Monitoring Africa, launched an award for journalists reporting on Child Marriage. The award was developed in support the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage Campaign, in an effort to enhance the promotion and protection of the rights of girls and women in Africa. The primary objective of the Award is to promote reporting of child marriage issues; hence raising public awareness, understanding and galvanizing action against child marriage.

The first awards were handed out in 2019 during the during the 3rd STC & SDLE of the African Union.