#YouthforCSE: A Campaign By Youth Coalition & IWHC
Youth Coalition and the Action Coalitions
The YCSRR has been selected as one of the youth lead organization leaders in the UN Action Coalitions, on the theme: Body Autonomy and Sexual and Reproductive Rights. We are partnering with IWHC at the Action Coalition to push for action on universal CSE. As Youth Coalition, our work has been to revise and input on the drafting and discussion of the Action Coalition blueprints which will be released in the Generation Equality Forum to be held in Mexico from 29-31 of March. During this process YC also participated in the creation of the Young Feminist Manifesto which highlights young leader’s needs and necessities in order to participate meaningfully of this process.
Digital Advocacy With #YouthForCSE
#YouthForCSE is a digital advocacy campaign that centers youth voices in the discourse around Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) from April to June 2021, in conjunction with the Generation Equality Action Coalitions in Mexico City & Paris.
Young people must be at the center of CSE because a human centred approach that prioritizes the lived realities of young people is the most effective way of realising young people’s sexual and reproductive health and rights
The hashtag #YouthForCSE will feature the voices of diverse young people from across the globe, talking about what CSE means to them, why they think it is necessary, and their demands to decision makers. We must listen to young people in the conversation around CSE because it directly affects their lives!
Our Key Demands:
All children, adolescents and young people must have access to age-appropriate CSE.
CSE programs must include and celebrate all young people, inclusive of diverse ethnicities, body types, genders, sexualities and disabilities.
Young people must be involved in CSE curriculum development, with youth-led accountability mechanisms for curriculum implementation.
There must be continued and uninterrupted access to CSE even amidst COVID-19.
New media and digital technologies must supplement the development and delivery of CSE, with innovative methods to ensure access to CSE for young people with limited access to technology in collaboration with grassroots organizations.
Campaign Highlights:
Follow YC’s Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages for short videos by young people talking about what CSE means to them. We are engaging with young people through different mediums, from videos, to Facebook Lives and Twitter Chats. Tune in!
Check out some of the content created for this campaign below:
