It is April, 30th, 2012th and it seems we have some important news coming from United Nations regarding Youth and LGBT related problems and topics...
So here it goes...
Today the UN Commission on Population and Development adopted a
landmark resolution on the theme "Adolescents and Youth". For the
first time, the UN has agreed on lthe following language:
To protect and promote adolescent's and young people's rights to
control their sexuality free from violence, discrimination and
coercion (PP15)
To protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms
regardless of age and marital status.... and by protecting the human
rights of adolescents and youth to have control over and decide freely
and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including
sexual and reproductive health (OP7)
To comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, including
safe abortion where legal and in circumstances where is it is not
against the law, training and equipping health-service providers and
other measures to ensure that such abortion is safe and accessible
(OP23)
To give the full attention to meeting the reproductive health service,
information and education needs of young people with full respect for
their privacy and confidentiality, free of discrimination, and to
provide them with evidence-based comprehensive education on human
sexuality, on sexual and reproductive health, human rights and gender
equality, to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way
with their sexuality (OP26)
It also contains a number of important provisions on employment, HIV,
youth participation, eliminating early and forced marriage, and
others.
So here it goes...
Today the UN Commission on Population and Development adopted a
landmark resolution on the theme "Adolescents and Youth". For the
first time, the UN has agreed on lthe following language:
To protect and promote adolescent's and young people's rights to
control their sexuality free from violence, discrimination and
coercion (PP15)
To protect and promote human rights and fundamental freedoms
regardless of age and marital status.... and by protecting the human
rights of adolescents and youth to have control over and decide freely
and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality, including
sexual and reproductive health (OP7)
To comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, including
safe abortion where legal and in circumstances where is it is not
against the law, training and equipping health-service providers and
other measures to ensure that such abortion is safe and accessible
(OP23)
To give the full attention to meeting the reproductive health service,
information and education needs of young people with full respect for
their privacy and confidentiality, free of discrimination, and to
provide them with evidence-based comprehensive education on human
sexuality, on sexual and reproductive health, human rights and gender
equality, to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way
with their sexuality (OP26)
It also contains a number of important provisions on employment, HIV,
youth participation, eliminating early and forced marriage, and
others.
