WHAT’S MISSING IN THE SDGS AND WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

Our campaign tackles the unfinished agenda for young people’s
sexual and reproductive health and rights.
THE CAMPAIGN
We have a global sexual and reproductive health
and rights crisis.
• Millions of young people have unwanted
pregnancies, contract sexually transmitted
infections and face discrimination because of
their sexuality.
• 30% of all new HIV infections occur among
young people aged 15-24.
• In 2013, 2.1 million adolescents were living
with HIV and 56% of these were female.
This is because too many of us grow up without
the knowledge and services we are entitled to –
knowledge and services that would help us make
the best decisions for our bodies and wellbeing.
WHAT’S MY ROLE?
We as young people are facilitators of change.
We can give the real perspective of how things
are at a grassroots level.
We all have the right to safer sexual experiences,
healthier relationships and the freedom to
express our sexuality. This means ensuring
that our sexual reproductive health needs are
met and our rights are respected. It means
comprehensive sexuality education, youth
friendly health services and the removal of
all legal barriers to access the help we need.
We have devised five pledges that we can
all use to demand our needs are addressed,
protected and served.
While governments made some important
commitments in the SDGs, national
implementation plans for the agenda must go
much further, be more progressive and more
comprehensive.
They must help young people claim their sexual
and reproductive health and rights, and leave
no young person behind. For example, the
international community did not complete its
MDG commitment on HIV and young people, but
the SDG targets still do not address this fully.
It’s time for young people to push for change.
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