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RHO archives : Topics : Adolescent Reproductive Health
Links
Updated June 30, 2004
Listed below are useful web resources on a variety of adolescent reproductive health issues. The entries are grouped into two categories:
The sites listed on this page are aimed at programs and individuals working with adolescents. The sites listed in the Sites for adolescents (and adults) area have been developed specifically for adolescents but also can inform adults and educators. Programs and individuals working with adolescents who have Internet access can provide them with information about these websites.
For general reproductive health links, see RHO's RH Resources page. Hint: for Internet-wide searches for information on adolescent health, use the term "adolescent."
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Organizations and resources
Adolescent Forum Listserv
www.ippfwhr.org
International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region hosts
an online newsletter that highlights adolescent sexual and reproductive
health programs of IPPF/WHR affiliates and other organizations in the region.
The newsletter also provides information about conferences and meetings
and new research in the field. To subscribe, send an email message to adolescentforum@ippfwhr.org
with your email address, or go to www.ippfwhr.org
and follow the links through the youth page.
Adolescent Reproductive
Health Network
www.nutrition.uio.no/ARHNe/
The "Adolescent Reproductive Health Network (ARHNe): Health System
and Health Promotion Research in Eastern and Southern Africa" is a
Concerted Action Project funded by the European Commission through a contract
(ERBIC18CT970232) to the University of Oslo. ARHNe is a research network
including several ongoing research programs and projects. It consists of
18 partner institutions in southern and eastern Africa as well as in Europe
involved in research andimplementation of programs that target adolescent
reproductive health and risk behaviors. The website includes workshop reports,
contact information, newsletters, and project descriptions.
Advocates for Youth
www.advocatesforyouth.org
Advocates for Youth creates programs and promotes policies to help young
people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive
health. They provide information, training, and advocacy to youth-serving
organizations, policy makers, and the media on both national and international
levels. Information from the 1997 Advocates for Youth International Adolescent
Reproductive and Sexual Health Program Survey and recent issues of their
newsletter Passages can be accessed at this site. The site also includes
Advocates for Youth's one-page fact sheets that cover essential statistics,
emerging trends, and resources in an easy-to-use format. Contact
and descriptive information on hundreds of programs in developing countries
is available at www.advocatesforyouth.org/factsfigures/directory/.
African Networks for Health Research
& Development (AFRO-NETS)
http://afronets.org/
The AFRO-NETS website was established in 1997 to facilitate exchange of
information among different networks active in health research for development
in Anglophone Africa, and to facilitate collaboration in the fields of capacity
building, planning, and research. The site features a series of documents
that address the most frequently asked questions Tanzanian adolescents have
on sexual and reproductive health issues. The series compiles questions
that youths aged 11–20 in Tanzania have about growing up. Answers
provided are based on human physiology and reproduction, and deal with sexuality,
prevention of unwanted pregnancies and HIV/STIs, as well as partnership
and communication between partners. (You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access
these documents.)
Volume 1: Growing Up
(http://afronets.org/files/vol-1.pdf)
Volume 2: Male-Female Relationships
Among Adolescents (http://afronets.org/files/vol-2.pdf)
Volume 3: Sexual Relationships
(http://afronets.org/files/vol-3.pdf)
Volume 4: Pregnancy (http://afronets.org/files/vol-4.pdf)
Volume 5: Healthy Relationships
(http://afronets.org/files/vol-5.pdf)
Volume 6: HIV/AIDS (http://afronets.org/files/vol-6.pdf)
Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)
www.agi-usa.org
AGI is a research, policy analysis, and public education organization dedicated
to protecting the reproductive choices of men and women in the United States
and throughout the world. Through research and publications, AGI seeks to
inform individual decision making, encourage scientific inquiry and enlightened
public debate, and promote the formation of sound public- and private-sector
programs and policies. The executive summary of the excellent AGI report,
Into A New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives (1998), is available at their website in English, Arabic, French, Indonesian,
Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
Center for Development and Population
Activities (CEDPA)
www.cedpa.org
CEDPA is an international women-focused, nonprofit organization that seeks
to empower women at all levels of society to become full partners in development.
CEDPA's work in youth development aims to expand young people's life choices
with regard to fertility, education, health, employment, and civic participation
through a comprehensive assets-based approach, infused with a gender and
human rights perspective. Working with boys and girls, CEDPA's youth development
work has evolved through a variety of projects in partnership with international
and local nongovernmental organizations in Guatemala, India, Nepal, Egypt,
Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, and South Africa. Using a framework called the Better
Life Options and Opportunities Model (BLOOM) (www.cedpa.org/keyissues/youthapp.html),
CEDPA combines its recent strides in social mobilization with its proven
approaches of increasing self-confidence at the individual level to produce
a more integrated framework for young people's empowerment.
Emergency Contraception Website
http://ec.princeton.edu
Because they may engage in sex sporadically or without contraception, adolescents
need access to emergency contraception. This site, maintained by the Office
of Population Research at Princeton University, provides accurate information
based on the medical literature about emergency contraception.
EngenderHealth
www.engenderhealth.org
EngenderHealth (formerly AVSC International) works to improve reproductive
health services worldwide. The site includes a comprehensive fact sheet
and an overview focusing on adolescent reproductive health issues, as well
as guidelines for youth-friendly services. It also contains descriptions
of EngenderHealth's work to develop and strengthen the quality of services
provided to adolescents. Two of the projects featured include their activities
in Nepal that improve services for adolescents through a community-based
participatory approach, and projects in Ukraine and Russia that improve
reproductive health of adolescents by increasing awareness of STIs and HIV.
ETR Associates
www.etr.org
ETR Associates develops health promotion products and services that emphasize
sexuality and health education. The organization focuses on resource development,
publishing and distribution, research and evaluation, program development
and training, and clearinghouse services. ETR Associates recently launched
a new adolescent pregnancy prevention website, called ReCAPP
(Resource Center for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (www.etr.org/recapp).
The site is designed to provide health educators and program coordinators
with practical tools and research on reducing sexual risk-taking behaviors
among teens.
Europeer: AIDS Peer
Education
www.europeer.lu.se
The Europeer project is a collaborative effort carried out by the Department
of Community Medicine, Lund University, Sweden, with the help of policy
makers, professionals, and young people in 14 European Union countries.
While focusing on peer education in Europe, the site contains broadly applicable
information including a peer-education bibliography and program guidelines
in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, and Swedish.
The site provides knowledge and guidance about the use of AIDS peer education
with young people and to bring about exchange of information and experience
among European projects, adults, and young people.
Family Care International (FCI)
www.familycareintl.org
FCI is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving women's sexual and
reproductive health and rights in developing countries. This site includes
publications and working papers from projects in Latin America and Africa,
including case studies on adolescent reproductive health in East and southern
Africa. FCI recently has developed a set of health education materials for
adolescents in English-speaking Africa. Stepping Out is a video series
comprised of six short modules on themes such as human growth and development,
self-esteem, decision making, communication skills, relationships, and the
consequences of unprotected sex. A discussion guide outlines interactive
activities to help youth to explore and build skills related to the issues
raised in the videos. A second resource, You, Your Life, Your Dreams,
is an information handbook designed for youth aged 14 to 19. Using an entertaining,
youth-friendly format, the publication discusses issues such as puberty,
relationships with parents, peers, boyfriends and girlfriends, sexual health,
pregnancy, and contraception. Both can be ordered at www.familycareintl.org/pubs/pubs_order1.htm.
Family Health International (FHI)
www.fhi.org
FHI works to improve reproductive and family health around
the world through biomedical and social science research, innovative health
service–delivery interventions, training, and information programs.
They work in partnership with universities, ministries of health, and nongovernmental
organizations, conducting ongoing projects in the United States and more
than 40 developing countries. YouthNet
(www.fhi.org/en/youth/youthnet/ynetindex.html)
is a five-year, global, USAID-sponsored program to improve reproductive
health and prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS among people 10–24 years
old. It is a collaboration with young people, parents, schools, employers,
policy makers, health professionals, and faith-based programs and community
leaders. YouthNet has a monthly one-stop source on their website, called
Youth Infonet, for new publications and information on programs and research.
FHI offers one of the few U.S.-based reproductive health websites that can
be viewed in Arabic (as well as in French, Spanish, and Russian).
FOCUS
on Young Adults
www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MAJOR_PROJECTS_FOCUS
FOCUS on Young Adults was a USAID-funded program that worked from 1995 to
2001 to improve the health and well-being of young adults through effective
adolescent initiatives in developing countries. FOCUS developed many publications
that may be downloaded or printed directly from the Pathfinder website.
These publications include issue briefings, project highlights papers, technical
guides, a series discussing key elements of adolescent reproductive health
programs, and a final project report with recommendations for the next decade.
They provide detailed syntheses of promising programs and important issues
related to adolescent reproductive and sexual health. Many of these publications
are available in Spanish and French, as well as in English.
German Foundation
for World Population (DSW)
www.dsw-online.de/english/index.html
DSW works in developing countries to address the needs of adolescents by
building the capacity of NGOs to provide reproductive health information
and services. DSW partners with grassroots in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
to implement innovative projects that emphasize use of IEC strategies, network
initiatives, and income-generating activities.
Global Reproductive Health
Forum
www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf/
Hosted by the Harvard School of Pubic Health, this site promotes networking
and an exchange of perspectives on gender, rights, and reproductive health
issues. The Maternal Health section in the Research Library area provides
information about adolescent reproductive health. This site is a rich source
for links to other organizations. It is available in English and Spanish.
ICPD 5-year Review and Appraisal
www.unfpa.org/intercenter/advocating/icpd+5.htm
Results of the five-year review of the progress to date in implementing
the ICPD Programme of Action developed at the 1995 Cairo conference are
outlined here. Progress, lessons learned, and challenges in implementing
strategies on population and development are described at this website.
Implementing Adolescent
Reproductive Rights Through the Convention on the Rights of the Child
www.crlp.org/pub_bp_adolrights.html
This excellent briefing paper highlights major sexual and reproductive health
issues that affect adolescents in the context of their reproductive rights.
It focuses on issues that are universal to all girls—education, contraception,
sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, abortion, and access to reproductive health care—in
addition to issues of regional significance such as early marriage and female
genital mutilation. For each area, the authors address the relevance to
adolescents and recommend critical legal and policy measures that all governments
should strive to achieve. This paper also presents a comprehensive summary
of post-ICPD laws and policies that represent "best practices."
International Planned Parenthood Federation
(IPPF)
www.ippf.org
IPPF links family planning associations in more than 150 countries worldwide.
IPPF has made a strong commitment to meeting adolescent reproductive health
needs and has found many innovative ways to involve young people in planning
and implementing programs. This site provides information about the
Sexwise Worldwide Project (www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/sexwise/interact.htm),
which is a collaborative effort of IPPF and the British Broadcasting Service
to produce radio programs on sex education in many local languages; and
the online newsletter Choices, which devotes one issue to "Meeting
the Reproductive Health Needs of Young People" (www.ippf.org/regions/europe/choices/v27n1/erken.htm),
and discusses recent UNFPA initiatives in Eastern Europe and Russia. The
bibliographies and resource list offer extensive information on topics such
as male involvement, female genital mutilation, gender and violence, and
sexual health. In addition, the IPPF Youth Committee developed the ippf/youth
manifesto ( www.ippf.org/resource/youth/report98/manifesto.htm)
designed to guide the organization in its work to effectively meet the sexual
and reproductive health needs of young people.
Johns Hopkins University Center for
Communications Programs (JHU/CCP)
www.jhuccp.org
The JHU/CCP site is a rich source for family planning and reproductive health
information. It includes the Media/Materials Clearinghouse (M/MC), an international
resource for health professionals who seek samples of media and materials
that promote reproductive health; NetLinks, a showcase of online resources
useful to those working in population, health, and development; PHOTOSHARE,
an online database of international photographs related to reproductive
health, public health, and population in developing countries; the full
text of Population Reports
(www.jhuccp.org/pr/index.stm); and Jim
Shelton's Pearls ( www.jhuccp.org/pearls/ ), which address a variety
of reproductive health issues.
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
www.unaids.org
This website offers comprehensive global information on HIV/AIDS, including
sections on the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok and the World
AIDS Campaign 2004. It also includes several publications on
HIV/AIDS as it relates to youth worldwide (www.unaids.org/publications/documents/children/index.html#young).
Margaret Sanger Center
International
www.ppnyc.org/services/msci.html
Margaret Sanger Center International (MSCI), the international arm of PPNYC
(Planned Parenthood of New York City), is the world's oldest international
family planning program. MSCI illustrates its commitment to youth by developing
multimedia education programs relating to sexual health in emerging democracies
such as Mongolia; expanding adolescent reproductive health services in clinics
and community-based programs; and building bridges between youth and community
groups and government agencies. Their website briefly describes their programs.
National Campaign to Prevent
Teen Pregnancy
www.teenpregnancy.org
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy supports values and stimulates
actions that are consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence. The U.S.-based
campaign provides a national presence and leadership to raise awareness
of the issue and to attract new voices and resources to the cause. It provides
concrete assistance to those already working in the field. The campaign
also tries to ease the many disagreements that have plagued both national
and local efforts to address this problem. Their website has information
on their research, conferences, publications, and resources for parents,
teens, and leaders of faith communities. With
One Voice 2002 (www.teenpregnancy.org/product/pdf/10_12_2002_17_29_51WOV_2002.pdf)
highlights findings of the campaign's nationally representative survey of
American adults and teens, offering interesting insights about teen sex
and pregnancy, factors that might influence teens' decisions about sex,
and advice to parents, program leaders, and policy makers.
Pacific Institute for Women's Health
(PIWH)
www.piwh.org
PIWH works to improve women's health and well-being in the United States
and around the world. The institute uses a comprehensive approach to the
complex realities of women's lives and works through applied research, advocacy,
community involvement, consultation, and training.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
www.paho.org
PAHO has been a pioneer in addressing the health of adolescents and young
people within the context of their social and economic environment, as well
as in developing mechanisms to meet their needs, especially their health
needs. The adolescent
health materials section (www.paho.org/Project.asp?SEL=TP&LNG=ENG&CD=ADOLE)
includes an overview of general health and reproductive health issues, program
strategies, and links to many organizations working with youth in the Americas.
Many of the materials listed are available in Spanish as well as English.
PAHO's Plan
of Action for Health and Development of Adolescents and Youth in the Americas,
1998–2001 is available online in English
at www.paho.org/English/HPP/HPF/ADOL/planact.pdf and in Spanish
at www.paho.org/Spanish/HPP/HPF/ADOL/planspa.pdf.
PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology
in Health)
www.path.org
PATH has been involved in reproductive health programming worldwide for
25 years. PATH works with national and international organizations to develop
programs for youth, including educational activities on responsible sexuality,
contraception, and STI/HIV prevention. Youth participate in the development
and implementation of these programs. An overview of some of PATH's youth
programs is available at www.path.org/programs/p-chi/adolescent_reprod_hlth.htm.
Pathfinder International
www.pathfind.org
Pathfinder International, a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization, supports
family planning and reproductive health initiatives in 37 countries in Africa,
Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Near East. Their website
provides information on numerous programs, reports, and services. The publications
section provides access to training modules for midwives and other providers,
as well as the Pathfinder publication Insights from Adolescent Project
Experiences, 1992–1997.
Population Action International
(PAI)
www.populationaction.org
PAI works to advance policies and programs that slow population growth in
order to enhance the quality of life for all people. PAI advocates expansion
of voluntary family planning, other reproductive health services, and educational
and economic opportunities for girls and women. Their website has a search
engine that can be used to identify documents related to adolescent reproductive
health.
The Population Council
www.popcouncil.org
The Population Council is an international, nonprofit, nongovernmental institution
that conducts reproductive health research and policy work worldwide. The
Population Council produces a variety of publications and working papers
on a range of reproductive health topics including adolescent health. A
recent monograph, The Uncharted Passage: Girls' Adolescence in the Developing
World, can be ordered from the Population Council. The council also
publishes Studies in Family Planning, abstracts
of which are available online at www.popcouncil.org/publications/sfp/sfptoc.html.
The June 1998 issue was devoted to adolescent reproductive health in the
developing world.
Population Reference Bureau
www.prb.org
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) provides timely and objective information
on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. PRB
informs policy makers, educators, the media, and concerned citizens working
in the public interest around the world through a broad range of activities,
including publications, information services, seminars and workshops, and
technical support.
Resources for Adolescent Providers
www.arhp.org/rap/
Resources for Adolescent Providers (RAP) coordinates the efforts needed
to educate and bring together clinical and nonclinical providers of adolescent
reproductive health services in the United States. RAP helps providers stay
informed of current clinical and social issues that affect adolescents and
young adults through an information-sharing network. The Association of
Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) serves as the coordinating organization
to assist RAP in accomplishing its goals. The website includes links to
organizations, resources, and publications that support this effort. Links
to sites for adolescents also are provided.
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org/home.shtml
Save the Children is implementing adolescent reproductive and sexual health
activities and programs in seven developing countries. Efforts in Bhutan,
Bolivia, Ethiopia, Malawi, Nepal, Philippines, and Vietnam are using an
array of strategies to help young people obtain knowledge and develop skills
necessary for protecting their sexual health. Save the Children's Adolescent
Reproductive and Sexual Health Program works to improve youth access to
quality services, empower youth to make healthy decisions, create supportive
policy environments, and improve the social context for young peoples' reproductive
and sexual health. The organization publishes a biannual newsletter, Positively
Youth, which highlights related issues and program activities.
SHARED (Scientists
for Health and Research for Development)
http://shared-global.collexis.net/main.asp
The SHARED project integrates information about health research and development
projects in countries in Europe and the developing world. The SHARing
Point server (www.sharingpoint.net/) allows users to search in English,
Spanish, French, Dutch, or German for projects, journal articles, abstracts,
current health news, and mailing list postings from Asia, Africa, Europe,
North America, and South America. The SHARED
database (http://shared-global.collexis.net/default.asp?key=db) allows
users to search for projects, people, or organizations projects by keyword,
country, scientist, organization, classification, or acronym. Information
about numerous adolescent-oriented projects from around the world is available.
Descriptions of projects include the background, objectives, approach, and
results of each project, as well as the project’s location(s), start
date, coordinating agency, partner organizations, funder(s), and staff involved.
Finally, project descriptions also indicate which classifications the project
falls under (for example, cost-effectiveness, pharmaceutical policy), and
links to similar projects. The general SHARED website and the SHARED database
are available in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.
TeenAIDS
www.teenAIDS.org
Maintained by PeerCorps with technological support from Harvard and MIT,
TeenAIDS is a comprehensive and easy-to-use resource for adolescents and
adults affected by AIDS. The site includes information about PeerCorps,
an "Ask Dr. John" advice column, an AIDS glossary, school-based
education curriculum, research notes, and national and international AIDS
news. TeenAIDS can be viewed in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese,
German, Italian, and Vietnamese.
UNESCO Bangkok
www.unescobkk.org
The Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health section of this website includes
demographic profiles of adolescents in Asia and the Pacific; advocacy and
IEC (information, education, and communication) strategies for adolescent-oriented
programs; reproductive and sexual health information; publications and resources;
links; and news.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
www.unfpa.org
Adolescent reproductive health is a priority concern of UNFPA. UNFPA's support
of activities targeted at adolescents has expanded dramatically in the last
decade, as has the scope of UNFPA programs. This site includes sections
on youth participation, youth-friendly services, and girls' empowerment.
World Conference
on Women: Beijing Declaration and Platform of Action
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/platform
This report from the World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing
in 1995, includes information about the conference resolutions and specific
sections on the reproductive health needs and rights of women and girls.
World Health Organization (WHO)
www.who.org
This site offers extensive resources and information, including a list of
WHO's publications relating to adolescent
sexuality and reproductive health (http://bookorders.who.int/bookorders/index.htm).
Youth Coalition on the ICPD+5
www.youthcoalition.org/
This site has been created by a group of more than 50 committed youth from
29 countries working at local, national, and international levels. The site
describes their advocacy, program delivery, research, and writing work that
promotes the full implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action. It includes
information on the ICPD+5 Youth Forum, the Youth Coalition at the PrepComm,
and Youth at the UNGASS.
Sites for adolescents (and adults)
Act Now!
www.entraenaccion.org
Act Now! is the first comprehensive site for Spanish-speaking young people.
The site allows young adults to express themselves online while having fun
as they learn about health, sexuality, nutrition, democracy, environmental
conservation, drug and alcohol prevention, vocational training, and life
skills. Act Now! provides a range of services to visitors, including information,
online counseling, e-greetings, a search engine, and links to youth organizations.
It also provides the latest sports, music, fashion, and entertainment information.
The site was launched by the Advocacy for Population Program (APROPO) in
partnership with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center
for Communication Programs (CCP) and supported by the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
Advocates
for Youth: Teen
Scene
www.advocatesforyouth.org/teens/index.htm
This section of Advocates for Youth's website devoted to teens offers information
to help young people become more informed about reproductive and sexual
health issues, get involved in the issues through advocacy, and connect
with others around the world who are interested in the issues.
The Family Planning Council's Teen
Talk
www.familyplanning.org/pages/familyteen.htm
This website includes a newsletter, Keepin' It Real, which discusses
adolescent self-esteem and how it influences sexual behavior, and a youth-friendly
publication on puberty. The site also includes a directory of youth-serving
clinics and a bibliography of relevant articles on adolescent reproductive
health.
Go Ask Alice!
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
This site offers a frank, comprehensive source of general health and sex
information maintained by Columbia University health educators. While not
designed specifically for youth, most questions are submitted by high school–
or college-aged people.
International Planned Parenthood Federation's Mezzo
www.ippf.org/mezzo/index.htm
This site is an online guide about love and relationships developed by and
for young people worldwide. It offers a variety of viewpoints on issues
including sexual decision-making, contraception, and relationships.
It's Your (Sex) Life
www.itsyoursexlife.com
Sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, this website provides reliable,
objective sexual health information to young adults. In addition, this information
is useful for parents who may wish to address these issues with their teens.
The site offers information on an array of topics including contraception,
pregnancy and STIs, and communication.
Like It
Is
http://www.likeitis.org.uk/welcome_to_like_it_is.html
This new website, developed by Marie Stopes International, is designed to
offer youth aged 11 to 16 access to nonjudgmental sexual health information.
The site provides online advice on areas ranging from "love bugs"
(sexually transmitted infections) to changes at puberty and handling peer
pressure. The site has been developed in consultation with young people
and specifically written and designed with them in mind.
Love Life
www.lovelife.org.za
Love Life is national collaborative program of leading South African governmental
organizations in partnership with the Department of Health, the National
Youth Commission, UNICEF, other government agencies and private sector organizations.
Its primary goal is to positively influence adolescent sexual behavior to
reduce teenage pregnancy, STIs, and HIV/AIDS. The site has organization
information and plans to provide a chat line, reproductive health information,
contact information, and news.
Museum of Menstruation
www.mum.org
Developed for the Museum of Menstruation (located in a suburb of Washington,
DC ), this website is devoted to the global rituals and culture of menstruation.
It is informative, humorous, and well researched.
SEX, ETC.
www.sxetc.org
The U.S.-based Network for Family Life Education launched SEX, ETC., a sexuality
and health newsletter written by teens for teens. The site offers complete
and accurate information about sex and sexual health in a youth-friendly
format. It provides answers to young peoples' questions covering topics
such as dating, relationships, sexuality, communication, and sexual health.
SIECUS for Teens
www.siecus.org/teen/index.html
This part of the SIECUS website is a starting place for teens to learn about
sexuality issues. It discusses how to talk about sex and ways to help young
people feel good, stay healthy, and not get hurt by disease, unwanted pregnancy,
or painful and awkward times that can happen when it comes to sex. The site
focuses on setting goals and learning how to achieve them, making (and sticking
to) decisions, and self-esteem.
Training and Research Support Centre
(TARSC)
www.tarsc.org/
Based in Zimbabwe, TARSC provides training, information, research, and capacity
support in the areas of public health; social policy; food security; social
protection; social and economic rights; reproductive, gender, and child
rights; and civic-state relations. TARSC works mainly in southern Africa
and networks with nongovernmental, governmental, and academic organizations.
Auntie Stella: Teenagers
Talk About Sex, Life and Relationships was originally produced by TARSC
as an activity pack for young Zimbabweans aged 13 to 17 years, and later
developed as a website (www.tarsc.org/auntstella/index.html) to encourage
young people to discuss key teenage issues and to give information that
teenagers find hard to get elsewhere.
UNICEF's Voices of Youth
www.unicef.org/voy
This website is designed for youth worldwide as a venue for them to share
ideas on important world issues and to get involved in activities and problem
solving. The site also offers a "Teachers' Place" where educators (and others)
can discuss rights education and global issues.
