The Jeune S3 project empowers young people to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health rights (Photo: Cordaid for Next Generation)
A conference on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) was held in Kigali, Rwanda on 28-29 June to foster dialogue and reinforce partnership on SRHR of adolescents in the African Great Lakes region. The event was co-hosted by Swiss TPH, who presented their project Jeune S3. Young people comprise the majority of the population in the Great Lakes region (Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi and Rwanda), yet they face barriers in accessing basic health services, information and other commodities related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Numerous organisations are engaged in improving the SRHR of adolescents through strategies such as youth friendly services, comprehensive sexuality education and youth engagement and empowerment. The Regional Practitioners Conference on SRHR brought these partners together to foster knowledge sharing and to reinforce collaboration between donors, governments and other stakeholders to ultimately improve SRHR of adolescents in the Great Lakes Region. Jeune S3: health, sexuality, security The Jeune S3 project focuses on improving the sexual and reproductive health and rights of adolescents in Cameroon, Central African Republic and DRC (South and North Kivu). Swiss TPH is implementing sexual education and life skills education for youth in 90 schools in DRC, with an additional 40 schools planned for 2018.
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