Rebuilding Nepal: Youth take the lead in post-earthquake sexual and reproductive health outreach

Language English KATHMANDU VALLEY, Nepal – “I was unaware of the fact that young people have the right to decide freely on matters related to their sexuality and that sexual and reproductive rights are basic human rights,” said Barun Kuinkel, age 17, after attending a sexual and reproductive health outreach session led by a peer educator from Y-PEER Nepal. Like 600,000 other Nepalese, Barun’s home was completely destroyed by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated Nepal on 25 April, 2015, and he has been living in a temporary shelter with his family ever since.
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