The world is a home of many young people than before with approximate of 1.8 billion adolescents and young people with different sexual and reproductive health heeds and potentials.
Young people under the age of 35 make up 70% of the Kenyan population. About 24% are adolescents. However too often their priorities are not reflected in the government priorities, policies and budget process and outcomes.
While they forget that adolescent and youth is a critical stage in life full of challenges regarding to sexual and reproductive health which can yield miserable future and adolescence is not easy journey, its full of many obstacles but it a stage that can help young people to achieve their goals
More often it is a stage with a lot of confusion regarding changes and emotions in their bodies they don’t know to advise them or even they are allowed to access to sexual and reproductive health information and services. To curb all this among adolescent and young people different youth organizations have come together to look at these issues with clear lenses.
They have two main approach which they want to make sure young people have access to youth friendly centres and secondly invest in life skills and behaviour change which will address all socio cultural practices that make adolescent to more vernable to sexual and reproductive health issues.
Her narrative in partnership with Epic youth organization, Elimu care and sleak girls has launched a campaign against period stigma in Mombasa, which urges parents and community at large to protect the girl child.
Founder of Her narrative , Esha Mohammed said it is a duty of every parent and the society in general to ensure cases of period shame are prevented and reduced. This was echoed by chief executive officer Epic youth organization Mr. Abdallah Shuaib he added that strong legal actions sex pest should be emphasized and that more awareness campaigns were needed to empower girls, lack to sanitary towels to many girls has contributed to the worrying situation facing many young girls in the country.
Fatma Abdalla Said that poor reproductive health do not respond to the SRH needs of young people while Farida Ali concluded that investing in adolescents and youth SRHr will help to reduce teenage pregnancy many health burdens this will not be possible free they will not have access to quality education and services for free and structures that will end stigma and discrimination.
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