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It will not be much longer before we know how the international community thinks the world should change, and how much we will support each other to do this.

A delegation from Burundi are in Nairobi to learn from their Kenian colleagues about comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and how it can best be taught in secondary schools. In July a group of young people, UN officials and government and civil society representatives from Burundi are in Nairobi to visit the Centre for the Study of Adolescence (CSA). This Rutgers partner organisation is implementing the comprehensive sexuality education programme the World Starts with Me (WSWM) in schools in Kenya.

Johnstone Kuya talks about his experience and challenges working as a National Coordinator in Kenya for the programme Get Up, Speak Out (GUSO), one of Rutgers’ key programmes. In this programme six alliance partners are collaborating in seven countries to improve young people’s sexual health and rights.

In 1994 governments signed the historical ICPD Programme of Action. This agreement positioned human rights at the centre of sustainable development, and recognised reproductive rights as human rights. Now, exactly 25 years later, the Right Here Right Now strategic partnership has published a Shadow Report highlighting achievements and room for improvement.

Le Manuel des Services Essentiels est un guide complet qui vous accompagnera vers la mise en œuvre réussie de vos programmes destinés aux jeunes et portant sur les droits en matière de santé sexuelle et reproductive.

Kampala, Uganda - Today nearly half of the World’s population – around 3 billion people- are under the age of 25. As these young people become sexually active, sexual and reproductive health services are under increasing pressure.

In October an expert meeting took place in Pretoria (South Africa) on SRHR education and HIV prevention programmes for adolescents and young people. For three days 100 people, from 18 different countries, working with and for young people and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV prevention had the opportunity to link policy and practice. Read a reflection of the results in the online magazine called ‘More Access and Better Quality’.

The Essential Packages Manual is a comprehensive guide for successful sexual reproductive health and rights programmes for young people.

The Youth Week organized by Share-Net Netherlands and its members takes place from 26th – 30th of September at Humanity House, The Hague and De Balie, Amsterdam.

People regularly ask what the training sessions of Rutgers entail, for example on Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Maeva Bonjour, technical advisor at Rutgers, shares from the first hand her experiences in training people from 2 partner organisations in Benin.