From March 22 to 24, the 30th edition of Sidaction is being held, which raises funds to support research and associations that provide prevention and help people infected with the AIDS virus. Awareness raising partly aimed at young people aged 15 to 24, among whom the lack of information and preconceived ideas are still very present.
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Today, young people find it difficult to feel concerned about HIV. Their level of knowledge is sometimes low. Loina is smoking a cigarette in front of the university. For her, young people no longer protect themselves enough: “ Based on my past experiences, I think we don’t protect ourselves enough. In my grandparents’ time, AIDS had just exploded. They were really informed and probably afraid. But we, as young people of the 2000s, don’t really care. It’s sad to say, but we are very lax on this. »
Lack of information
Three annual sexuality education sessions must be carried out in middle and high schools. But in reality, they do not always take place, as noted in a report from the General Inspectorate of Education in 2021. Emma is 19 years old. She was able to attend these courses but deplores the lack of information at the university: “ In middle and high school, we still have enough prevention. But it’s true that when we look at university, in the world where it can more easily happen to us, we have less information. If we didn’t have the prevention before, I think people aren’t informed enough. »
In November, a collective from civil society issued 46 recommendations to guarantee the implementation of these sex education sessions.
Research has progressed greatly over the past 30 years.
Florence Thune, director of Sidaction
To make a donation to Sidaction, you can go to the website sidaction.org