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Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.
Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what%E2%80%99s-youth-got-to-do...
Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.
By: Gu HamaadFarooqi
CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.
He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.
He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.
Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.
Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.
Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.
Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.
Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
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photo by Lorena Espinoza Peña
May 6, 2009 in the Dominican Republic: protest against Congress' new legislation to severely restrict reproductive health access.
14 April 2009 - N'Djamena, Chad - Dr. Joseph Ambel, Medical Assistant, Fistula Project and UN Volunteer Celestine Ravelondranzana, Reproductive Health/HIV Emergency Specialist, Focal Point UNFPA (right), speak to patient AchŽ Albachar, 15 years old, who is awaiting surgery for vesico-vaginal fistula at the the Hôpital de la Liberté in N'Djamena. in N'Djamena.
On April 17, 2018, the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) celebrated its 2018 Annual Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. IWHC recognized the work of renowned human rights champion Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who received the IWHC Visionary Leadership Award; and Kenyan activist Monica Oguttu, Executive Director of the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET), who received the Joan B. Dunlop Award.
Pictured: IWHC staff.
Photo: Sean Sime for IWHC
Number 1 brand condoms for sale in a Vientiane pharmacy. The condoms are manufactured and distributed by PSI (Population Services International) to promote sexual health and prevent HIV. Instead of giving out the condoms for free, PSI sells them in the marketplace at affordable prices and promotes their regular use, thereby creating a market for condoms which in turn attracts other condom manufacturers, such as "Duo", pictured here. This process is called 'social marketing'.
PSI is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. that harnesses the vitality of the private sector to address the health problems of low-income and vulnerable populations in more than 60 developing countries. With programs in malaria, reproductive health, child survival, HIV and tuberculosis, PSI promotes products, services and healthy behavior that enable low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives. Products and services are sold at subsidized prices rather than given away in order to motivate commercial sector involvement.
Students completing Road to Adulthood - a self-learning e-course that prepares #youth in the transition from adolescence to adulthood - developed by the University Grants Commission with support from UNFPA in #SriLanka.
Photo: © Avindi Perera / UNFPA Sri Lanka
Location: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
On April 17, 2018, the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) celebrated its 2018 Annual Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. IWHC recognized the work of renowned human rights champion Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who received the IWHC Visionary Leadership Award; and Kenyan activist Monica Oguttu, Executive Director of the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET), who received the Joan B. Dunlop Award.
Pictured: High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (left) and Kati Marton (right).
Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images for IWHC
This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/oysters-octopus-and-resilience
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-role-family-planning-impro...
Midwife Kong Kompeak drives on a dirt road near Krong Tes Village, Mundulkiri, Cambodia on May 7, 2019.
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-role-family-planning-impro...
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-role-family-planning-impro...
This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/oysters-octopus-and-resilience
This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/oysters-octopus-and-resilience
Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.
Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what%E2%80%99s-youth-got-to-do...
photo by Lorena Espinoza Peña
May 6, 2009 in the Dominican Republic: protest against Congress' new legislation to severely restrict reproductive health access.
Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) are trained in the stages of pregnancy, safe delivery, advising on nutrition, counseling, identifying risks and complications and where necessary referring people to hospital.
Photo: Christian Aid/KAUNG HTET
Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.
By: Gu HamaadFarooqi
CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.
He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.
He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.
Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.
Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.
Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.
Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.
Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.
photo by Lorena Espinoza Peña
May 6, 2009 in the Dominican Republic: protest against Congress' new legislation to severely restrict reproductive health access.
Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.
Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what%E2%80%99s-youth-got-to-do...
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-role-family-planning-impro...
Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.
By: Gu HamaadFarooqi
CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.
He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.
He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.
Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.
Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.
Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.
Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.
Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.
Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.
Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what%E2%80%99s-youth-got-to-do...
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-role-family-planning-impro...
This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/oysters-octopus-and-resilience
Increasing access to voluntary family planning services is key to the success of Millennium Development Goal 5, which calls for reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health services. With renewed country interests and commitments, now is a crucial moment to ensure this important, cost-effective intervention is part of a scaled up global maternal health response. Maureen Norton, senior technical advisor with USAID’s Office of Population and Reproductive Health; Jessica Bowers, portfolio director for Every Mother Counts; Jonathon Cooper, country director of Marie Stopes Uganda; Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, senior director of CARE’s Health Equity Unit; and Sarah Craven, chief of UNFPA’s Washington Office spoke at the Wilson Center on July 31 about achieving this goal.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-role-family-planning-impro...
Young people make up nearly one-quarter of the world’s population, the largest population of youth in history. They are a generation characterized by opportunity, technology, and innovation with the potential and passion to create enormous social change through unprecedented participation, connection, and leadership. However, youth are also highly vulnerable to violations of their rights and disproportionately impacted by devastating health and social problems, including unintended pregnancy, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and early and forced marriage.
Investing in the health and human rights of young people will be key to achieving the goals and objectives set out by USAID and other donors to tackle the challenges faced by young people around the world. Panelists will discuss how addressing the diverse needs of today’s young people is critical to achieving broader global health and development goals; how young people are currently impacted by these issues; and the role that governments, donors, and other partners play in working with young people to ensure their health and rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/what%E2%80%99s-youth-got-to-do...
Young people at 'Yowunpuraya' (The City of #Youth) – a leadership and outward-bound training program organized by the National Youth Services Council (NYSC), part of the Ministry of National Policies and Economic Affairs of Sri Lanka.
UNFPA engaged with over 6000 young Sri Lankans from all districts and provinces to increase awareness among youth about their sexual and #reproductivehealth and rights.
Photo: © Tashiya De Mel / UNFPA Sri Lanka
Location: Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.
By: Gu HamaadFarooqi
CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.
He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.
He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.
Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.
Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.
Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.
Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.
Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.
Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.
By: Gu HamaadFarooqi
CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.
He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.
He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.
Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.
Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.
Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.
Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.
Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.
This event showcased two coastal integrated population, health, and environment (PHE) programs that address interconnected marine management and human health issues. Fatou Janha discussed how TRY Oysters has successfully empowered women oyster harvesters in Gambia by raising their standard of living, encouraging sustainable production methods, and providing health and family planning services. Vik Mohan discussed how Blue Ventures has successfully engaged women octopi fishers in Madagascar with conservation initiatives while also providing sexual and reproductive health services. He also touched on the role that the program’s PHE infrastructure plays in responding to natural disasters. Finally, Kame Westerman highlighted the role of women in natural resource management.
Read more: www.wilsoncenter.org/event/oysters-octopus-and-resilience
Reproductivehealth Sensitization program about HIV AID through theaters performance inschools held.
By: Gu HamaadFarooqi
CHITRAL: A day long sensitization session was held at Alnasir community based schoolGaramchishma of Reproductive Health initiative with adolescents (RHIA) funded by Plan Pakistan Internationalorganized by Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Addressing to the session Syed Altaf Ali Shahsaid that RHIA working in different sectors regarding reproductive health andto create awareness among the masses especially students through these sessions. He said that main objective of theprogram is to promote better reproductive health of adolescent throughdifferent awareness sessions, workshops,theater performance because the adolescent cam play vital role in the socio-economic developmentof the country.
He said that theyhave 6 adolescent friendly centers (AFC)in which they create awareness among themasses on different topics like hepatitis , HIVAID, early marriage conflict,peer education, health and Hygiene, puberty change, child rights STI,s etc.
He said that alarge number of adult are still uneducated and other hand the young generationinvolve in different social evils due to no awareness about theseconflicts. So we sensitize the masses tosave their lives from these diseases and to involve them in creative andproductive activities.
Girls studentspresented theater performance on different issues like HIVAID, early marriageand male students performed on illiteracy issues. Students performedsophisticatedly to inscribe the message how stray young travelling through bigcities and involved in social evils causing for HIVAID and further more theyalso indulge innocent people especially women folk through marriage in this irreparabledisease.
Second grouppresented their drama on early marriage and its bad result and troublesaftermath.
Third groupperformed about illiteracy to prove importance of education. They presentedtheir theater that some youth achieved their high standard through educationand the remaining one who not get proper education were facing great troublesin their practical life.
Students,teachers and social workers in a large number participated in this infotainmentand informative sessions.
Some female andmale participants as well as studentstold this scribe that they learnt great lessons from these theater performanceabout social evils.
On April 17, 2018, the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) celebrated its 2018 Annual Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City. IWHC recognized the work of renowned human rights champion Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who received the IWHC Visionary Leadership Award; and Kenyan activist Monica Oguttu, Executive Director of the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET), who received the Joan B. Dunlop Award.
Photo: Sean Sime for IWHC