Youth activism: peer education, and HIV prevention

Islaine Oliveira is a Black woman, a Social Sciences student, and a social educator at the NGO Gestos. She served as a peer educator with the Gestos Youth Activism Group for six years, promoting human rights, sexual and reproductive rights, and HIV prevention through youth-led education and community engagement. For the past two years, she has worked as a social educator at Gestos, where she develops educational initiatives and advocacy efforts focused on gender equality, youth empowerment, and social justice.