Tag Action Project

Advocacy, BlogInternational Youth Day 2013: Putting Youth Living with HIV in the Mix

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Fifty percent of India’s population is below 25 years of age. As they mature sexually, adolescents—especially those from high-risk groups—face vulnerability to HIV and experience a range of unmet sexual […]Read More

12
August
2013

Advocacy, BlogCreating Change One Peer Group at a Time

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The Action Project empowers youth by educating them about issues that are important to them and discussing subjects that no one has talked to them about before. In conservative areas […]Read More

11
October
2012

Advocacy, BlogHIV/SRHR Integration for MSM and Transgender People

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Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people have the same sexual and reproductive rights as anyone else – such as to choose who to have sex with […]Read More

7
September
2012

Action, BlogThe power of youth participation: Secures essential vitamin supplements for unmarried, adolescent girls.

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In Bahadur Block of Allahabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh, young people have ensured the access to iron and folic acid supplements for adolescent girls in their locality. Iron […]Read More

4
September
2012

Advocacy, BlogHow Integration Responds to the SRHR Needs of PLHIV

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People living with HIV (PLHIV) have the same sexual and reproductive rights as anyone else – such as the right to choose who to have sex with and to have […]Read More

27
August
2012

Action, BlogSilent No More: Empowering Young People to Speak Out about Sexual & Reproductive Health and Rights

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When the Action Project first started working in Uttar Pradesh and Manipur, the shyness displayed by young people when speaking about subjects considered taboo—including their sexual & reproductive health and […]Read More

24
August
2012

Action, BlogHelping Action Project Youth Raise Their Voices

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All of us at the Action Project were thrilled at the idea of training select youth members, also known as our Key Correspondents, in the area of documentation and communication. […]Read More

3
July
2012

Action, BlogA Beacon of Hope in the Fight Against Child Marriage : One Girl’s Story

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Kavita recounts how her family was recently wracked by conflict. She says quietly, “My older sister, who was 18 years old at the time, was getting married. My family members […]Read More

8
June
2012

Action, BlogGetting People to Talk About Sex: Youth groups raise awareness about reproductive health and rights of young people

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The youth groups in Manipur and Allahabad, which were established by the Action Project, are comprised of vocal members who know they are breaking with tradition. In stark contrast to […]Read More

6
June
2012