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Supporting
Young People in
What's the Situation ?
Forty-seven per cent of
However, there is only limited national data on young
people's problems, health, attitudes and behavior. Most surveys show that the
level of young people's knowledge in sexual and reproductive health is not
good. Young people in
In
Research shows that young people in
University students are covered by a free health care system, offered mainly in medico-social centers at each university. However, reproductive health counseling and services are not provided in these centers. Since university students already are, or soon will be sexually active, it is expected that integrating the provision of RH services into these existing services will have a positive impact on their sexual health and behavior.
Although Turkish law guarantees formal equality between men and women, there is still a gap between the law and behavior in daily life.
Involving Turkey's young male population in reproductive health issues remains a challenge as does changing attitudes amongst young people of both sexes about violence against women. Surveys have revealed that 63 per cent of young women aged 15-19 believe wife beating is justified in some cases. This indicates a need for training and better awareness of the rights and responsibilities for both sexes.
There is now a key opportunity for
What is UNFPA doing ?
UNFPA has been active across
In its current programme for
- Establishing youth-friendly services in selected provinces and universities
- Expanding the curriculum and outreach of programmes to involve young men
- Promoting peer education and other awareness-raising activities for young people
- Advocating youth involvement in design and implementation of youth-related projects
As well as its programmes, UNFPA has deployed a
number of innovative awareness-raising strategies to get its messages across
to young people in
As part of the UNFPA-supported campaign on Violence against Women , UNFPA worked with the Turkish Football Federation to ensure that for three days in December 2004 all super league teams wore T-shirts with the campaign logo and appeared on the pitch and thus to a nationwide television audience holding "Stop Violence Against Women" banners.
A Young Journalists Award, supported by UNFPA and organized by the Turkish Journalists Federation, has dealt with the themes of Gender Equality
Every year, approximately 500,000 Turkish soldiers are trained on family planning reproductive health and sexually transmitted infections, HIV/AIDS
Youth
Peer Education Electronic Resource (Y-PEER) projects are
proving increasingly popular across
Current
UNFPA projects in
Educating Adolescents about their Health
Developing Reproductive Health Services for Adolescents
Making Reproductive Health Services available to University Students
Strengthening Management of Reproductive Health Services
Updating a Key Tool for Reproductive Health Policy and Planning
Helping to Collect Data to Assess Key Indicators
Providing In-Service Reproductive Health Training for Resident Doctors
Strengthening In-Service Training for Reproductive Health
Augmenting
and Improving
Advocacy for Gender and Reproductive Health Issues
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