Progressio

Young rights in a new democracy

Rita Izsák is a Youth Rights Advisor helping young people find their voice in Somaliland.

Listen to Rita Izsák explaining why youth rights are so important in Somaliland's new democracy.

The role of faith based leaders in tackling HIV and AIDS in Malawi

Listen to Lloyd Simwaka, Progressio's Country Representative for Malawi, talking about the role of faith based leaders in tackling HIV and AIDS in Malawi. Lloyd explains how these leaders can play a key role in tackling the stigma and descrimination of HIV and AIDS faced by women.

Listen to Lloyd Simwaka talking about the role of faith leaders in tackling HIV and AIDS in Malawi (2632.8K)

HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe

Tsitsi Choruma, Progressio's Zimbabwe Country Rep talks about the current HIV and AIDS situation in Zimbabwe, particularly in relation to stigma faced by women who are HIV positive. She goes on to describe Progressio's groundbreaking work with both orphans and vulnerable children and with the prison service in Zimbabwe.

Learn about the stigma faced by women who are HIV positive and the work currently being undertaken by Progressio to tackle HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe. (3 mins 41, 3.4 Mb MP3).

Building local democratic governance in Somaliland

Patrick Reilly joined Progressio as development worker with our partner the Academy for Peace and Development in Hargeisa, Somaliland in October 2007. Listen to Patrick's enthusiastic and insightful account of the challenges he anticipates in building democratic structures in a country that isn't recognised internationally:

Download patrickreilly (3mins 23sec, 3Mb .mp3)

Interview with Michelle Lowe

Michelle left Edinburgh in May 2007 to go and work in Quito as an Advocacy and Communications Development Worker for Progressio.

Listen to Michelle talking about her work (1min 40, 1.6mb MP3)

Also: read Michelle's witty, informative and personal account of life in Ecuador on her weblog.