...t The Thing Nobody Wants To Talk About Advocates trains teacher trainers from East and Southern Africa for pre-service teacher training on sexuality education. As part of efforts to support the development and implementation of comprehensive sexuality education in East and South...
...litate the implementation of the Youth Reproductive Health Clubs, which are made up of 30 students in fifteen schools. Club members receive sexuality education that empowers them to understand their rights as well as to become peer educators and use a variety of approaches such a...
...s in 47 cases were perpetrated by state actors especially the Uganda Police Force. The report also highlights the influence of the Anti-Homosexuality Act in the violations that occurred in 2014. It reveals increased violations of the of rights of LGBT people by non state actors- ...
...Sexual Minorities Face Increased HIV Risk At University. In South Africa, young men who have sex with men are increasingly exploring their sexuality at university, without always understanding the HIV and other health risks they are taking. Yet there are few programmes and aware...
...s when it comes to having their periods and shared the work that she is doing to provide out-of-school adolescent girls in rural Kenya with sexuality education, including information about puberty and feminine hygiene management. After the International Day of the Girl event, Car...
...ive health and rights. Together, we can realize a world where all young people are valued, respected, treated with dignity, and can thrive; sexuality is accepted as a healthy part of being human; and youth sexual development is recognized as normal. We look forward to working wit...
...l mortality and HIV. What’s Going on at Advocates for Youth? Advocates seeks a local partner organization for community mobilization and sexuality education initiative in Western or Nyanza Province, Kenya! Advocates is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for youth-serv...
... to continue. Malawi media is reporting that a court has overturned the government’s moratorium on the country’s criminalisation of homosexuality. According to Nyasa Times, the High Court in Mzuzu on Monday “ordered the Malawi police service and the director of public prose...
... What’s Going on at Advocates for Youth? Advocates’ launches new partnership with Supporting Primary Education Across Kenya (SPEAK) for sexuality education in Homa Bay, Kenya. Advocates for Youth is pleased to announce the selection of its partner organization for a new commu...
... to sustainable development. Council members championed key youth sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, including comprehensive sexuality education; access to safe and legal abortion; and recognition of the human rights of all people, without distinction of any kind, ...