Tag: Young People

Introduction Twenty-three percent of Ethiopia’s estimated 117.9 million people are aged 10–19. Young people often face major sexual and reproductive health challenges, including a lack of access to services and high levels of child marriage, early childbearing, unintended pregnancy, unsafe abortion and exposure to STIs, including HIV. Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has made adolescent sexual […]

A global study by Rutgers found that the pandemic has a detrimental effect on young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights and worsens existing inequalities. The study was held in 2020, after the first initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost 2,700 young people from Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda and Zimbabwe responded in an […]

2021 marks the 10th anniversary of Love Matters – a global network reaching young people online with pleasure-positive information on love, sex and relationships where such information is often censored or taboo. To celebrate this important milestone, RNW Media created a documentary to chronicle some of Love Matters most inspiring achievements and impact on young […]