“If you love me, know my status”: Safeguard Young People helps young people cast off HIV stigma

01 December 2019

Chifundo Tindo now trains other people to provide stigma-free comprehensive sexuality education. © UNFPA

Statement

Youth Standing up for Human Rights

10 December 2019

News

What is comprehensive sexuality education? A life saver.

14 November 2019

A youth activist celebrates at the Nairobi Summit closing ceremony. © Nairobi Summit

News

In Myanmar communities torn apart by conflict, youth centres nurture health, learning and well-being

21 October 2019

The centres provide young people with knowledge about their bodies, relationships and health. © UNFPA Myanmar Thein Zaw Win

News

Helping young people take charge of their bodies, their lives, our world

12 August 2019

When supported and empowered, young people can change the world. “I want to help Uganda,” says Edith Nambalirwa, a peer educator. “If I cannot do it with money, let me do it with knowledge.” © UNFPA ESARO/Corrie Butler

Publications

My Body, My Life, My World

A global strategy for adolescents and youth

Number of pages: 31

Publication date: 12 August 2019

Author: UNFPA

Humanitarian Thematic Fund

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The health and human rights needs of women and young people escalate dramatically in a crisis. Every day in humanitarian settings, more than 500 women and girls die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth.

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Combating child marriage in Nepal

May 14, 2019

News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

10 January 2019

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming

News

In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

18 January 2019

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