Commitment title:

Awareness creation among young people in Kanifing municipality

Commitment description:

We commit to reach out to 200 young adolescents through awareness creation on sexual and reproductive health, in 3 schools and 4 communities in the Kanifing municipality by 2021.

Mode of engagement:
  • Programmatic action
    As part of YAM's agenda, we organize activities in communities and schools to reach out to young people and talk to them about sexual and reproductive health issues and family planning.This activities include community and school outreaches.
Commitment to be actioned in: Gambia
Submitted by
Youth Action Movement
Thematic area
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)
Commitment category

(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.