tailieunhanh - Sex, health and young people in the 21St century

As most societies define adolescence and youth in terms of both age and life circumstances, there is no universal agreement on what is a ‘young person’. The national legal age for political participation and the availability of data on different age groups can also determine how societies define youth. The World Health Organization defines young people as those from 10 to 24 years of age, including adolescents (10–19 years) and youth (15–24 years). IPPF uses the terms young people, youth and adolescents interchangeably to refer to people who are between 10 and 24 years. Defining all people under 18 years. | IPPF SEX HEALTH AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE 21st century WHO WE ARE The International Planned Parenthood Federation IPPF is a global service provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. We are a worldwide movement of national organizations working with and for communities and individuals. IPPF works towards a world where women men and young people everywhere have control over their own bodies and therefore their destinies. A world where they are free to choose parenthood or not free to decide how many children they will have and when free to pursue healthy sexual lives without fear of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections including HIV. A world where gender or sexuality are no longer a source of inequality or stigma. We will not retreat from doing everything we can to safeguard these important choices and rights for current and future generations. Acknowledgements IPPF would like to thank all who helped create Stand and Deliver Sex health and young people in the 21st century. Our sincere thanks goes to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to YouAct the European Youth Network on Sexual and Reproductive Rights to the Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights and to the World YWCA for their contributions and for reviewing drafts of the publication. Thank you to Dennis Ferhatovic Sadaf Nasim and Milinda Rajapaksha IPPF youth volunteers to IPPF Regional Offices and to the Central Office Resource Mobilization Team for their assistance and support. The Advocacy and Communications team at Central Office wrote and produced Stand and Deliver with important contributions from the Youth and HIV teams. This publication was made possible through the generous support of the SALIN Fund an initiative of the Netherlands. Thank you all. CONTENTS Foreword Andrea Nunez Argote youth volunteer YWCA 4 Foreword Bert Koenders Minister for Development Cooperation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 5 Foreword Dr .