Celebrating Love without Unwanted Pregnancy

The objective of our campaign was to attract attention to the real risks associated with unprotected sex and to encourage youth to use health services that are available to them without discrimination. My fellow youth ambassadors and I talked to a total of 1,674 youth over the course of the campaign. Of these, over 1,000 young people benefitted from free reproductive health services.As young people ourselves, we know that to reach our peers we need to find creative ways to spread our messages. Some prefer a face-to-face interaction; others might be more receptive to discussing sensitive topics through a computer or smartphone. In this vein, we also organized advocacy campaigns through Facebook and Twitter leading up to Valentine ’s Day. Youth ambassadors from all nine Ouagadougou Partnership countries collaborated on a two-hour Tweetchat to pose and respond to questions on sexual health and education, challenges, and the importance of the Valentine’s Day without Unwanted Pregnancy campaign.This year ’s campaign was a great success. Not only did we bring important and even lifesaving information to young people, but my fellow ambassadors and I gained confidence and advocacy skills ourselves. According to my fellow ambassadors, the only way to combat the threats posed to our peers is to involve everyone in the process.This post wasoriginally published on the K4Health blog.The youth ambassadors are supported by the Civil Society for Family Planning (CS4FP) Plus initiativ...
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