Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights
Commitment description:The Government of the Solomon Islands is concerned with the unacceptably high prevalence of unintended teenage pregnancies at 77 per 1,000 women women 15-19 years. We are committed to ensuring access for adolescents and youth including those with disabilities to appropriate information, education and adolescent-friendly comprehensive, quality and timely services to be able to make informed choices about their sexuality and reproductive matters that protect them from unintended pregnancies, gender based violence & STIs, as per SDG target 3.7 and SDG target 5.6. More specifically, we will accelerate all efforts to achieve the Solomon Islands Population Policy Goal 2. Target to ensure that " Adolescent Fertility rate declines to 50 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 by 2022", and 44 births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 by 2025 as per global average. We will formulate a National Adolescent and Youth SRH Strategy aligned with international standards and guidelines by 2020, as per Transformative Agenda target, and we will support its full implementation by 2022
Mode of engagement:
- Programmatic actionSolomon Islands Government is concerned with the unacceptable high prevalence of unintended teenage pregnancies and is committed to reduce it
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.
