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Publisher
UNFPA
Publication date
31 July 2020
Resources
COVID-19 Situation Report No. 6 for UNFPA Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Resources
Surveys and Assessments on Young People and COVID-19
To help channel the dramatic changes from the pandemic into positive action, the section on “My world” comprises a brief on engaging young people as communicators and influencers through the #YouthAgainstCOVID campaign and a brief containing key survey questions for use during the pandemic and after it has passed.
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Resources
#youthagainstCOVID19campaign – All That You Need To Know
To help channel the dramatic changes from the pandemic into positive action, the section on “My world” comprises a brief on engaging young people as communicators and influencers through the #YouthAgainstCOVID campaign and a brief containing key survey questions for use during the pandemic and after it has passed.
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Resources
Adapting Child Marriage and Adolescent Girls’ Programming During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To help tackle how COVID-19 is upending young people’s lives, briefs under “My life” cover comprehensive sexuality education, risk communication with those young people left behind and girls’ empowerment, particularly as it relates to child marriage.
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Resources
Adapting Comprehensive Sexuality Education Programming During the COVID-19 Pandemic
To help tackle how COVID-19 is upending young people’s lives, briefs under “My life” cover comprehensive sexuality education, risk communication with those young people left behind and girls’ empowerment, particularly as it relates to child marriage.
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Resources
Risk Communication and Community Engagement with Young People Left Behind During COVID-19
To help tackle how COVID-19 is upending young people’s lives, briefs under “My life” cover comprehensive sexuality education, risk communication with those young people left behind and girls’ empowerment, particularly as it relates to child marriage.
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Resources
Responding to the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs of Adolescents During the COVID-19 Crisis
To help address the impacts of COVID-19 on young people’s health, including on their sexual and reproductive health and rights, there are two briefs under the umbrella of “My body”. The first is a set of frequently asked questions on COVID-19 and young people, co-authored with WHO, UNESCO and UNICE. This second brief is on ensuring sexual and reproductive health services are still accessible to young people.
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA, WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO
Resources
Adolescents, Youth and COVID-19 Q&A
To help address the impacts of COVID-19 on young people’s health, including on their sexual and reproductive health and rights, there are two briefs under the umbrella of “My body”. This first brief is a set of frequently asked questions on COVID-19 and young people, co-authored with WHO, UNESCO and UNICEF. The second brief is on ensuring sexual and reproductive health services are still accessible to young people.
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Young people on the front lines of the pandemic
10 August 2020
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<p>Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, young people have stepped up as front-line responders, activists and innovators. “We must validate the leadership of young people,” says UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem on International Youth Day. © UNFPA Palestine</p>
<p>From shuttered schools and jobs, the pandemic has created hardships for young people – yet they are front and centre in the response. Nelea is part of a youth initiative providing older people with socially distanced visits and other help. © UNFPA Moldova</p>
<p>In Nepal, this adolescent girls’ group usually campaigns to end child marriage. Today, they raise awareness about COVID-19, share tips on maintaining menstrual hygiene under lockdown, and distribute hygiene supplies to quarantine centres. © UNFPA Nepal</p>
<p>Physiotherapist Beira is assisted while shopping in North Macedonia. Young people with disabilities face rising barriers under lockdown, including limited access to essential materials and services. © UNFPA North Macedonia</p>
<p>In addition to distributing hygiene supplies, UNFPA and youth partners are providing accurate infection control information. In Eritrea, over a thousand young people have been deployed to disinfect public spaces and help raise awareness. © UNFPA Eritrea</p>
<p>Young Egyptians with the partner group Y-Peer have assembled more than 11,000 kits containing hygiene supplies and health information, which have been delivered to vulnerable communities and hospitals throughout Cairo. © UNFPA Egypt</p>
<p>UNFPA’s youth partners are also providing assistance to the waves of migrants seen in Latin America and the Caribbean. Here, in Haiti, young people have their temperature checked as they return following pandemic-related job losses abroad. © UNFPA Haiti</p>
<p>And around the world, young people are rising voices in the call for inclusiveness and equality. In Kyrgyzstan, youth deliver food and medicine to LGBTQI people facing increased vulnerability under the pandemic. © Kyrgyz Indigo</p>
Publisher
UNFPA
Publication date
Jun 2020
Author
UNFPA
Publication
My Body, My Life, My World Through a COVID-19 Lens
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