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Media Kit.Cdr STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS MEDIA KIT Total Population of Pakistan 207.7 million 64 percent of the total population is below the age of 30 years 29 percent of the total population is between the age 15 – 29 years Youth bulge can serve as a dividend for the nation and become the vehicle for change Sexual Reproductive Health information and services is a fundamental right and essential for health, growth and protection FPAP Who is the STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS Kit for? This kit is for: Ÿ Members of the Print and Electronic Media Ÿ Writers and opinion makers who blog or participate actively on social media websites. Objectives of the Kit: Ÿ To create awareness in the media regarding the youth SRHR issues in Pakistan. Ÿ To bring the commitments that Government of Pakistan made at the international conferences into the public domain Ÿ To enable media to become informed advocates for the following: Ÿ Need for Life Skill Based Education in mainstream curricula. Ÿ Need for Youth Friendly Health Services including SRH. Ÿ Need for illing gaps in policies. FPAP Rahnuma-FPAP STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS Profile Family Planning Association of Pakistan was founded in 1953. It afiliated with Youth Programme International Planned Parenthood Federation, London a year later. The status of the organization has changed, from afiliate it has now become the Member of the Federation. It One of the main focus area of Rahnuma-FAPP program is adolescent and youth. It has faced many ups and downs but continued its pioneering work amidst tough resistance. initiated different programs to empowering the youth through information, education and Starting from one room operations it has now emerged as the largest service provider in communication and operates Youth Help Lines and Youth Resource Centers in addition to the ield of SRHR/FP in Pakistan. Organization has recently renamed itself as 'RAHNUMA', the provision of youth friendly services through it's widely spread service delivery which means a guide (for development and prosperity), while positioning itself to respond infrastructure. to the challenges of the new age. The Rahnuma-FPAP adheres to the Federation's standards Rahnuma-FPAP has made a conscious effort to cater to young people and therefore it has of membership responsibilities, normative standards and policies. piloted Youth Friendly Services in nine Family Health Hospitals each in Islamabad, Lahore, Gilgit-Baltistan, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Kohat, Turbat and Badin. There is a separate Currently R-FPAP is working on Strategic Plan 2016-19. waiting area established for young people and all the staff are trained in provision of youth friendly services. A network of 50 youth resource centers serve as a hub for mobilization of Vision: young people in the communities and also acts as a point of referral to the Family Health Hospitals. Toll free Youth Helpline was initiated that is operated by male and female Rahnuma-FPAP is to ensure that 'all people in Pakistan are empowered to make choices counselors that provide free information, counseling and referral services regarding SRH to about their SH&RH and well-being in a world without discrimination’. young people ensuring their complete privacy and conidentiality. Also Rahnuma-FPAP has developed its own National Youth Network to ensure meaningful participation of young Mission: people in the planning, development and implementation of SRH programs for young people and apply a Youth Lens to the organization. In addition Rahnuma-FPAP has Rahnuma-FPAP is committed to : developed its own National Youth Network, national alliance on comprehensive health and i) to lead a movement for SRHR and FP as a basic human right in Pakistan and rights education and Media Network to support advocacy efforts regarding SRHR. ii) to provide and enable sustainable and quality SH and RH including FP information and services to all particularly vulnerable and underserved in partnership with government and all other stakeholders. The FPAP's Strategic Plan (2016-19) is based on four Outcomes: i) federal, provincial and district governments respect, protect and commit to sexual health and reproductive health and rights; ii) 45.8 million people are aware of and capacitated to exercise their SRHR; iii) 35.17 million quality integrated sexual health and reproductive health services delivered and iv) a high performing, eficient and accountable organization. Social inclusion, diversity, passion, voluntarism and accountability will be the values framework in which R- FPAP will deliver. The organization will generate support of 53,000 volunteers and 75,000 online activists during the strategic plan period of four years. FPAP FPAP About Young Omang STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS Young Omang (YO) is an alliance of 10 organizations working Aware Girls is a youth-led organization from the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) also working on Life Skills Based Education (LSBE). It has recently developed a program to for the sexual reproductive health and rights of young people advocate for Gender Sensitive Education Policies in KP province. in Pakistan. Blue Veins is based in Peshawar and committed to work for the rights and well being of women and the transgender community. It has established TransAction Alliance, which Young Omang members organizations include: represents 4500-5000 of the transgender community of KP and Federally Administered 1. Aahung, Tribal Areas (FATA). 2. Aware Girls, Bargad has a long and unique standing among civil society organizations in Pakistan, 3. Blue Veins, working exclusively on youth development since 1997. It is a grassroots organization that 4. Bargad, holds the distinction of working with youth in their communities and transforming its work 5. Chanan Development Association (CDA), into public policy on youth development. 6. Forum for Dignity Initiatives-(FDI), Chanan Development Association (CDA) is a national youth-led organization, striving for 7. Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aghai (ITA), meaningful participation and empowerment of youth. CDA is also the host organization of platform and particularly brings the component of ensuring youth-adult partnership in the 8. Indus Resource Center (IRC), program. Based in Lahore it has outreach all across Pakistan and building a youth-led civil 9. Rahnuma Family Planning Association of Pakistan, society movement in Pakistan. 10. Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) Forum for Dignity Initiatives (FDI) brings the representation of the province of Balochistan The long term objectives of the YO alliance is to: to the platform. FDI is a human rights based research and advocacy forum working for transgender people, sex workers, girls and young women. 1. Improved access of young people to quality Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) information through Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) by 2020. Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) is a national organization and its strength lies in the education sector, with each initiative being underpinned by gender activism, alliance 2. Sindh and Balochistan have youth policies in place that call for provision of youth building and advocacy to inluence public policy. friendly SRH information and services and all four provinces have implementation plans for their respective youth policies in place with progressive language for Indus Resource Centre (IRC) is based in Sindh and works mainly in the rural areas. It has provision of youth friendly SRH information and services by 2020. substantial experience of working in the health sector, developing useful linkages with stakeholders in that sector. 3. Improved access of young people, including SGM to SRHR services without stigma and discrimination by 2020 with a focus on: Rahnuma - Family Planning Association of Pakistan (R-FPAP) is one of the oldest NGOs of Pakistan evolving over the years to emerge as the largest service provider in the ield of Ÿ Inclusion of Youth Friendly Health Services (YFHS) into the provincial Costed Reproductive Health/ Family planning (RH/FP) in Pakistan. Rahnuma-Family Planning Implementation Plans (CIPs) Association is committed to lead a movement for SRHR and FP as a basic human right in Ÿ Inclusion of stigma-free, SGM-sensitive training material into community health Pakistan and to provide and enable sustainable and quality SRH including FP information providers' curricula. and services to all particularly vulnerable and underserved in partnership with government and all other stakeholders. Brief introduction of Young Omang Members in Pakistan Youth Advocacy Network (YAN) as the name implies is a pioneer youth-led organization in Aahung is a Karachi-based NGO that works on improving the sexual and reproductive Pakistan, formed and governed by young people. It works to create a forum for dialogue, health of men, women and young people. Through capacity building and information discussion and advocacy for SRHR of young people in Pakistan and has more than 16,000 dissemination, Aahung focuses on the creation of an enabling environment in Pakistan members across Pakistan. where people have comfort with their body, are practicing healthy behaviors and able to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights FPAP FPAP IPPF Charter of Sexual and Reproductive STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS STRIVING FOR YOUTH RIGHTS Health and Rights-1994 01 The right to information and Education; 07 The right to be free from torture and ill treatment; As they relate to sexual and reproductive health and to ensure Including the rights of adolescents and
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