Providing communications support to the READY movement

From 2017 to 2026, I worked with Frontline AIDS on a range of READY movement projects, writing and editing resources to share knowledge and communicate learning. My role included:

• Helping to develop 15 succinct READY newsletters. I contributed ideas for the content; wrote, edited and translated articles; and had an input to design.

• Revising and editing a toolkit aimed at religious and faith leaders, READY to Lead with Faith, including writing a new introduction and strengthening sections. The manual seeks to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes of religious and faith leaders to understand and respond effectively to sexual and gender-based violence and how it drives HIV among adolescents and young people (2026).

• Editing the READY Toolkit on Strengthening Youth-Friendly Spaces. The resource offers practical guidance on establishing, upgrading and sustaining youth-friendly spaces within health facilities and other settings (2026).

• Writing an accessible report about a study that evaluated the READY+ programme. The resource highlighted the social value created by READY+ in four countries by measuring its social return on investment (2023).

• Communicating research findings, including editing and strengthening What works? Supporting mental health of adolescents living with or affected by HIV (2020) and What works? Preventing gender-based violence among young people living with or affected by HIV (2019).

• Writing a comprehensive report on the mid-term review of READY+. The report assessed progress, identified gaps, outlined challenges and made key recommendations for the future (2019).

• Writing a series of engaging leaflets for young people on five topics, including child marriage and condom use (2018), to help them make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and rights. In 2020, I was asked to develop two additional leaflets on contraception and gender-based violence.