Sex education for youth of Guanajuato

Summary

In an area where abortion is banned except for emergency situations, it is imperative that young men and women make responsible and informed sexual decisions.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Recent efforts by conservative members of the State government have tried to limit women's reproductive and sexual rights in Guanajuato. With legal abortion limited only to emergency situations, young people in both rural and urban areas need the education to make informed decisions about their sexual behavior. Without knowledge of safe sex precautions, these youth are at risk of unwanted pregnancy, venereal disease, and damage inflicted by un-safe abortions.

Activities

80 young leaders who are active in their schools will be trained to lead safe-sex workshops. Topics cover safe-sex measures, including abstinence & responsible decision-making. Leaders at high school and university levels will teach to mixed groups.

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: subsidized/guaranteed (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Over 1,000 youth will be reached in the first year. As leaders will need to be replaced upon graduating from their schools, a model that efficiently recruits and trains new leaders will be created.

Project Message

Young people need the power of information to make the right decisions for themselves.
- Norma Uribe Ramirez, Program Coordinator

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Norma Uribe Ramirez,
Program Coordinator
Santo Niño No. 94
Col. Pocitos
C.P. 36000, Guanajuato
Mexico
0147-37-32-52-78
Email:

Project Sponsor

Women's Funding Network

Organization

Semillas
Tamaulipas 66
Col. Condesa
Mexico City, N/A 06140
Mexico
+52 (55) 55 53 01 09
http://www.semillas.org.mx/

Learn more about Semillas and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Mexico and can also be found under Women and Girls.

For more information about Mexico, read the Human Development Report on Mexico or the Wikipedia entry for Mexico.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 22, 2003.

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