Title: Get the Facts NY Location: Categories: Child & Youth Rights Health HIV/AIDS Education Education Gender Equality Child & Youth Rights
Status:
Completed
Timeline:
Ongoing
Description:
Sexuality is a natural, lifelong part of being human. To grow into sexually healthy adults, young people need skills and information to help them delay sexual activity and to protect themselves when they do become sexually active. Without this knowledge, young people are at greater risk for unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Objectives:
Get the facts NY seeks to support the right of every young person to access the information and develop the skills necessary to make safe and responsible choices. Get the Facts NY advocates for medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education for all youth in New York State. We will build a broad coalition of individuals, health, education and human service organizations to work toward this goal.
Needs:
organizational members.
Research on what kind, if any sex education is being taught in NYS public schools.
Advocates who will organize their local community in New York State.
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