‘If poor young women and adolescent girls have access to their own incomes, will they better be able to protect themselves against HIV infection? Will economic independence and secure liveli¬hoods result in economic empowerment so that they have the ability and power to refuse unwanted sex, to negotiate condom use and walk away from violent relationships? Will this improve their sexual and reproductive health? This paper sets out to explore these questions. Statistics are showing that young w more...

This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 16 program resources with Web links, and 12 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, Cameroon, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

This issue of Youth InfoNet -- the monthly electronic newsletter on youth HIV prevention and reproductive health -- features 5 program resources with Web links, and 19 journal article summaries on research from Argentina, Brazil, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Iran, Kenya, Lithuania, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, and Vietnam.

This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention focuses on information from a major international youth conference held in April 2008, 'Youth Deliver the Future: Investing in Young People's Health and Development — Research that Improves Policies and Programs.'

This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 13 program resources with Web links, and 13 journal article summaries on research from China, El Salvador, Namibia, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.

This issue of the monthly e-newsletter on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention features 12 program resources with Web links, and 9 journal article summaries on research from Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Libya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.