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People at Women Deliver |
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| The Women Deliver conference
in London in October
2007 demonstrated the
need for governments
and donors to invest
in women’s maternal
health and rights as
part of the strategy
to meet the MDGs. With
the work of young advocates
and their allies, young
people’s sexual
and reproductive health
and rights (SRHR) was
recognized as a vital
component of this development
strategy centered on
maternal health. In this
coming year, the global
movement for maternal
health will gain momentum
as delegations to Women
Deliver move forward
with national and regional
initiatives and as plans
coalesce for a United
Nations Special Session
on maternal health. Continued
action is crucial for
young people as well
as the issues they face
to remain at the heart
of planning and implementation,
messaging and movement
building. |
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Young
people
shone
at Women
Deliver,
contributing
advocacy
strategies
and tools,
research,
and first-hand
experiences
in what
young
people
need
and want
to support
good
sexual
decision
making. Young
people
spoke
on plenary
panels,
in simultaneous
sessions,
and at
the Speakers’ Corner. The
Youth
Working
Group,
a temporary
coalition
of ten
youth
serving
institutions
representing
every
region
of the
world, developed
a segment
of this
website
to facilitate
youth
involvement
in the
conference,
created fact
sheets
on youth
and maternal
health and
generated
media
around
youth
issues.
At
the
Deliver
for
Youth
Commitments
Desk,
they
gathered
83
written
commitments
from
conference
participants
to
improve
young
people’s
health
and
rights
through
their
work. These
achievements
and
strong
partnerships
are
a
foundation
for
on-going
collaborative
efforts
to
keep
young
people
front
and
center
in
the
maternal
health
movement
not
only
as
vulnerable
people
but
also
as
agents
of
change
who
can
transform
policies,
programming,
and
culture.
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