Adolescent and youth sexual reproductive health project shall focus on the goal of sexuality education and parent-child communication to enable adolescents and young people develop the knowledge, autonomy and skills such as communication, decision-making and negotiation to make the transition to adult-hood in good sexual health. The Project will be implemented over the period November 1, 2020- April 30, 2021 in Bati Town Oromia Zone of Amhara Regional State.
From our rapid assessment we made in Bati town, we observed adolescents and young people in the town are frequently associated with high risk sexual behavior and this is often linked to substance abuse, including excessive khat consumption accompanied by alcohol drinking. Adolescents and youth sexual reproductive health remains culturally and socially untouchable/sensitive issues among the whole community of Bati Town. Talking about reproductive health brings someone out of communities.
It is essential to reach through any appropriate means to community, religious leaders and opinion leaders to influence the community members, parents. Educating adolescent and young about reproductive health and HIV/AIDS, skill for negotiation, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision-making, and communication enable to improve their self-confidence and ability to make informed and responsible choices. Family life education is an especially effective way to teach adolescents and youn
Improved safe sexual health-seeking behavior of adolescents and youth; Reduced vulnerability and risk of HIV infection and promote SRH behavior; Increased SRH service utilization; and Reduced incidence of GBV and HTPs
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
