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From left: Seated in white and purple garment is Amai Marry Bishop Nyamande, seated next to her with purple belt is Bishop Gabriel Nyamande of the St Peters Apostolic Church. (Standing,) wearing white garment with green belt, is Prof Kudzai Biri, congratulating the church leaders. Behind her with red belt is Elder Carries Juru, INERELA+Zimbabwe […]

On December 01, 2022, World AIDS Day, UNFPA and the young women leaders under the Education Plus Initiative’s Nerve Centre collaborated to commemorate the 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence, (GBV). The event provided a platform for young women advocates to emphasize that violence is both a cause and consequence of HIV. Held virtually,

Religious Leaders Attending a Workshop on Covid-19 from the 2nd to the 3rd of November 2022 One year after Nigeria rolled out the national COVID-19 vaccination, uptake remained low among eligible persons with myths and misconceptions spreading like a veldfire. Religion has consistently been part of everyday life in Nigeria; and there have been concerns

INERELA+ Acting Executive Director attending Regional Advocacy on SRHR and HIV As part of our joint advocacy work for the promotion of youth leadership and youth participation in sexual reproductive health and rights, (SRHR) HIV advocacy, the INERELA+ Acting Executive Director joined hands with Civil Society Organisations, (CSO) Representatives and CSO Selected Youth by participating

As we welcome the year 2023 in the first newsletter of the year, I find myself truly inspired by the tireless work and outstanding achievements of our network in 2022 despite the unique challenges presented by the deadly COVID- 19 epidemic. In the year 2023 our task is clear – we must continue our momentum

UNAIDS recent report “In Danger” showed that new HIV infections dropped by only 3.6% between 2020 and 2021, the smallest annual decline since 2016. It showed that in 2021, an adolescent girl or young woman (between 15—24 years old) became infected with HIV every two minutes and those 250 000 adolescent girls and young women

Religious leaders and young people during the capacity-building workshop on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (ASRHR), Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV), and HIV at the Consir Executive Lounge Ridge, Accra Ghana on the 05th – 06th October 2022 INERELA+ Ghana held a two-day capacity workshop from the 05th to the 06th of October

77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on September 20th in New York City The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) finally got back together in person, after three years of leaders speaking by video due to the global pandemic. This year’s session which took place in person for the first

Participants of the 2022 INERELA+ Virtual Learning Forum, 13th -15th of September 2022 The INERELA+ 2022 Learning Forum was held virtually from the 13th to the 15th of September 2022. The workshop’s main aim was to learn from the work being done by country networks, identify areas that require further development, improvement, and consideration; and

INERELA+ Acting Executive Director Munya Mandipaza and Rev Nokhuthula Dhladhla and Bishop David Nhlapo (both from INERELA+ South Africa and Sheik Haneef Ngundende of INERELA+ Malawi attended the Regional Advocacy Roundtable for Strengthening the Role of Religious Leaders in advocating for the Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights and HIV for Vulnerable Populations which was organized