We are seeking to hire a Community Manager for the HCDExchange community of practice. This a strategic, mission-critical role. Working as part of the HCDExchange Secretariat, the Community Manager will build and animate the HCDExchange Community of Practice, nurturing a dynamic and curious group culture, and ensuring that member have opportunities to document best practices, share insights and knowledge, improve skills, and work together to create public goods and fill evidence gaps that accelerate the HCD+ASRH field.
Community updates

Filed Under: Reports /
HCDExchange Youth Day Convening Report
Read our report that summarizes key insights from the HCDExchange Youth Day convening held on August 12, 2020.

Filed Under: International Youth Day /
HCDExchange International Youth Day convening: opening plenary
The following is a transcript of remarks that were delivered as part of the opening plenary of the HCDExchange International Youth Day on August 12, 2020. Panelists addressed the critical need to keep youth at the center of sexual and reproductive health programming.

Filed Under: Youth Voices /
Designing self-care for young people through VoiceUp: reflections from Rasheed Mutaha, Maisha Youth
Rasheed Mutaha from Maisha Youth describes his experience taking part in a three week, self-care design sprint to develop an online sexual and reproductive health resource that youth can access in a physically distant and disrupted world.

Filed Under: International Youth Day /
International Youth Day 2020: Tackling the global challenge of adolescent sexual health through youth-powered design
On August 12 we’re launching HCDExchange’s first annual International Youth Day convening! This event will bring together youth designers, advocates, and organizations to share practices, learning, and evidence. This is a great opportunity to connect with each other, celebrate the range of people and organisations working in HCD+ASRH, and showcase the global and southern nature of our community.
Filed Under: Reflections - Webinars /
Reflections / Webinar: Designing sexual health for youth, with youth
Participants explored the various ways young people can be involved in defining and designing programs and solutions that best address and meet their needs, as well as how to involve them meaningfully and visibly in policy process on sexual and reproductive health and rights issues.
Filed Under: Reflections - Virtual Town Halls /
Reflections / Virtual Town Hall: Designing an adolescent and youth-friendly HIV response
From listening to experiences from the different regions, it was evident that the lack of information about HIV causes rampant stigma, which is the biggest barrier to creating an effective HIV response.
Filed Under: Reflections - Instagram Live /
Reflections / Instagram live: Designing an adolescent and youth-friendly HIV response
Increasingly youth are standing up and saying that “there is nothing for us without us.” This statement reinforces the need to ensure that we take an adolescent and youth-centered approach to advancing the HIV response.
Filed Under: Webinars /
Webinar: Designing sexual health for youth, with youth
5 August 2020 — Join us as we discuss “How might we best design for sexual health with youth for youth?”
Filed Under: Reflections - Webinars /
Reflections / Webinar: Using HCD in HIV prevention, care, and treatment for adolescents & young people
Learnings from a panel convened to explore ways that HCD has improved HIV prevention, care, and treatment outcomes for adolescents in different contexts within sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia.