Youth forum concludes with recommendations for governments
View
Download
Published
2013-09Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The Youth Pre-event of the ICPD Beyond 2014 African Regional Conference on Population and Development which took place on 24 -25 September concluded with the adoption of various recommendations. The event deliberated on sexual and reproductive health, education, employment and inclusive participation, security and governance. More than 150 young people were in attendance. The youth called on governments to accelerate the implementation of the Abuja declaration on allocating 15 percent of national budgets to health, with specific attention on sexual and reproductive health programming for all young people. They agreed on the need to participate actively in planning, implementation and tracking the progress of national health budgets.
Citation
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2013-09). Youth forum concludes with recommendations for governments. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/31951”Collections
- Population [2335]
- Press Releases [7089]