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Yahir Zavaleta Rocha Yahir Zavaleta Rocha (Puebla, México) studied and graduated (2007) at the Autonomous University of Puebla (business management). In México city, facilitated by the municipal Human Rights Commission, he got a certificate on Human Rights (2008) and on Mexican Labour and Social Security Legislation (2010).Since 2008, he has been involved in the area of HIV and AIDS, mainly focusing on young people living with HIV, defending their human rights and seeking a comprehensive response to stigma and discrimination. Currently, he is working as programme coordinator for Didesex A.C., which stands for Diversidad, deporte, sexualidad (Diversity, Sport, Sexuality), an organisation that has been founded in 2011. Here, he works for the promotion of LGBT rights and the defence of LGBT populations in México. He is also directing the HIV programme in Espolea, a youth for youth organisation working on issues such as gender equality, drug policy, prevention of violence and human rights. Yahir Zavaleta Rocha is the national referee of the Mexican network of young people living with HIV and is actively involved in the coordinating group of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of people living with HIV. He also took part in the Youth programme for the international AIDS Society Headquarters in México for the XVII International Aids Conference in 2008. As for his professional situation, he has been a project assistant in Mexico city's Human Rights Commission. At his moment, he is working as a consultant for the Public Health Federal Institute in a project focused on identifying prevalence, incidence, infection and re-infection of human papillomavirus in men who have sex with men (MSM). At the Antwerp conference, Yahir Zavaleta Rocha participated in the panel discussion on transitions and best practices. |