Young Nigeriens Want Comprehensive Sex Ed and Solid Advice

September 24, 2018In Niger, talking about sex and contraceptives isn ’t always easy. But little by little, things are changing.en fran çaisInnocent Ibrahim started out as a family planning youth ambassador —basically, a young person who talks to other young people about contraceptives.He knew only too well that something as simple as an implant or a condom could be the difference between an early, unwanted pregnancy and a future of education and prosperity —especially in countries like his, where fertility and maternal deaths are high and access to reproductive health services is low.And he wanted to make sure his friends and peers in Niger knew it, too.“I felt a moral duty to contribute to improving the health of youth, and the population in general, in Niger and beyond,”Innocent says.So in 2015, he became part of a movement. He ’s one of 364 young activists from across West Africa to become a family planning youth ambassador. They go through training, provided byIntraHealth International through itsCivil Society for Family Planning Plus (CS4FP Plus) project, to lead family planning and reproductive health advocacy campaigns across the nine francophone West African countries that make up theOuagadougou Partnership, a coalition that ’s working to give 2.2 million more people in the region access to family planning by 2020.The ambassadors advocate to their countries ’ decision-makers to make their priorities heard. And they reach out to school-aged kids, young...
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