Young People: A Driving Force And The Future Of The International Conference On Population And Development (ICPD)!
Commitment description:The Government of Uganda (GOU) Should Commit To Finalizing And Rolling Out The Implementation Of The National Framework Of Sexuality Education
Adolescents' And Young People's Access To Youth-friendly SRH Services
Access To Safe Abortion Services
Sexual And Gender Based Violence. The GOU Should Address The Barriers That Undermine Gender Equality And Perpetuate SGBV
Build Support Among Community Leaders And Key Influencers
Invest In Strategies Promoting Girl Child Education.
Use Of Evidence And Disaggregation Of Data
Critical Investments Must Be Made To Protect Young People's Rights, Improve Their Health (including Sexual Reproductive Health), Protect Them Against Sexual Gender Based Violence And Harmful Practices and Support Them To Enroll And Complete School, Among Others
Mode of engagement:
- Policy and guidanceGovt should involve Young people in formulating SRHR policies because it's nothing for them without them. Pass the policies after consulting the community grassroots, key populations, in and out of school youth, for only them know what they want.
Uphold the right to sexual and reproductive health care in humanitarian and fragile contexts(12) Ensuring that the basic humanitarian needs and rights of affected populations, especially that of girls and women, are addressed as critical components of responses to humanitarian and environmental crises, as well as fragile and post-crisis reconstruction contexts, through the provision of access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, education and services, including access to safe abortion services to the full extent of the law, and post-abortion care, to significantly reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, sexual and gender-based violence and unplanned pregnancies under these conditions.
