Our time to be heard: stories giving voice to young people and their experience of HIV
This publication is a collection of stories about young people living with HIV written by citizen journalists from the Key Correspondents network.
This publication is a collection of stories about young people living with HIV written by citizen journalists from the Key Correspondents network.
This guide is the result of a series of workshops conducted in 2009 and 2010 by young people in Romania, India, Mexico and Canada. During these workshops, the authors identified gaps in the information young people have regarding sexual health and drug use.
The past decade has witnessed a dramatic increase in awareness about early and forced marriage of girls as a widespread violation of human rights. In short, early and forced marriage exacerbate gender inequality and the likelihood of poor outcomes throughout life.
Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV recognizes the vital role that sexuality plays in people's lives, and the importance of empowering people to make informed choices about their lives, love and intimacy.
This resource is to be used by individual trainers as well as organizations working on sexuality and sexual and reproductive health.
Promoting abstinence is an important strategy that can help delay sexual activity, but complementary messages are needed for those who are sexually active.
The fact sheet first explains why good reproductive health for young people is important and then presents a situation of the reproductive lives of young people today.