Asia-Pacific youth commit to provision of youth-friendly SRH services and information, including CSE
Commitment description:By 2030, we, young people of Asia and the Pacific, commit to working with relevant stakeholders to ensure that youth-friendly SRH services are stigma-free and take into this holistic definition of SRHR and recognize and address the barriers in implementation, including restrictions based on marital status or third-party authorization, lack of adequately equipped SRH facilities for young people and trained health service providers, and stigma and taboo around young people’s sexuality.
By 2030, we commit to advocating for the provision of comprehensive sexuality education as fundamental for children and adolescents to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive lives and is an integral part of achieving universal access to SRH, as well as a means to realize a gender just society and sustainable development.
Mode of engagement:
- Policy and guidanceReaffirmation of the Youth Call-to-Action prepared at the 2018 Mid-term Review of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Declaration on Population and Development, at the ICPD25 Regional Consultation held in Bangkok
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(4) Access for all adolescents and youth, especially girls, to comprehensive and age-responsive information, education and adolescent-friendly comprehensive, quality and timely services to be able to make free and informed decisions and choices about their sexuality and reproductive lives, to adequately protect themselves from unintended pregnancies, all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, to facilitate a safe transition into adulthood.
