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Njeri, East African Publishers

Using theater and film to talk about sex

Is theater a useful tool when it comes to teaching young people about sex and love? Youth must be educated on love, relationships and sexuality. In this context, many countries are looking at ways ...

Njeri, East African Publishers

Sexuality: the harsh consequences for African Youth

Here are some videos of youth in African countries talking about sex, love and harsh consequences. Words can sometimes fail to show the stark reality but one can never go wrong with a video footage...

Janna, Women Deliver

Who should win the Guardian Achievements in International Development Award?

It's time to vote and decide who should win the Guardian Achievements in International Development Award. Who is your favorite candidate? My vote goes to Dr. Fred Sai. Here's why. “Ask for what ...

Ndesanjo, Global Voices Online

Love has no geographical boundaries

A growing number of young people around the world are using blogs to connect with others and express themselves on issues such as love and relationship. In this post, we have selected bloggers in Ira...

Njeri, East African Publishers

Young African love poets “out to punish their parents”

A significant number of bloggers in Africa write poems to express their feelings of love, hurt, betrayal, regret, pain and joy. The topic of love and relationships is one that evokes a lot of int...

Tanya, Halton Public Health

When it comes to Tuberculosis, testing isn’t exactly free

We must understand the barriers that plague even the most well-intentioned campaigns to promote health. The actual cost of a Tuberculosis test is free, but there are indirect costs: one week of lost w...

Ayesha, Global Voices Online

5 reasons health care for lesbians in Lebanon is at stake

Bekhsoos is an online magazine "covering topics related to (homo)sexuality in the Arab world". Founded by the Lebanese group Meem, a support community for lesbians, bisexuals, queers, questioning wome...

Sarah, World YWCA

Real friends don’t give friends abortions

Ohhhhhh….I said the A word. Abortion. Someone has to say it. This post is not really about abortions, but about the impact our silence on the issues of sex is having on the young women of the world....

Ayesha, Global Voices Online

Street harassment: I never asked for it

"Eve-teasing” is a term that is used in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh for sexual harassment or molestation in the street. The Blank Noise Project, which was first started by an art student six year...

Bruno, IGLYO

We’re here, we’re queer, we’re young and we’re strong!

Let's get this straight: Homophobia and transphobia kill. Homo- and transphobia can be deadly. A video is better than a thousand words, and this was the message delivered by 80 young Lesbian,...

Alex

Is sex education a public concern?

How did you find out about sex? Think about what you were told. Was it correct, or even close? Chances are, according to the research, that you didn’t find out from your parents, and it wasn’t rem...

Rezwan, Global Voices Online

A Guide to Blogging about Life with HIV/AIDS

In recognition of the hundreds of HIV-positive bloggers chronicling their lives worldwide, a group of online activists affiliated with the project Rising Voices have created a new guide to blogging ab...

Juhie, Global Voices Online

Jamaica: High Teen Pregnancy and Sexual Violence Rates

Despite increased awareness ofcontraception, adolescent pregnancy continues to be a major health problem in Jamaica with 35 percent of Jamaican women having their first pregnancy by age 19. Most of th...

Solana, Global Voices

HIV-testing on YouTube

Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization that provides free or inexpensive sexual health services to young men and women in the United States and abroad, has launched a YouTube campaign. The orga...

Chris, IPPF

The best condom adverts ever

Laugh and learn, ten videos made to convince you to wear a condom - from the educational to the ridiculous. Which video is your favorite? BBC Three Condom Sketch [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/...

Gill, IPPF

Let us respect that many young people are already having sex

It is a basic truth that sex and reproduction are central to our lives. It’s also true that young people are sexual beings. However, young people are largely invisible in internationally-agreed deve...

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