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Engaging Youth in Citizen-Led Advocacy and Accountability for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

The White Ribbon Alliance Kenya is an autonomous, locally registered nongovernmental organisation in Kenya with a vision to ensure that all women and girls realise their right to quality health and well-being. It is among 14 other national alliances affiliated with the White Ribbon Alliance Global S...

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Autores principales: Ayieko, Sylvia, Nguku, Angela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The East African Health Research Commission 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8279271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34308200
http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v3i2.603
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description The White Ribbon Alliance Kenya is an autonomous, locally registered nongovernmental organisation in Kenya with a vision to ensure that all women and girls realise their right to quality health and well-being. It is among 14 other national alliances affiliated with the White Ribbon Alliance Global Secretariat, based in Washington, DC. White Ribbon Alliance Kenya recognises that even though the Kenyan government has policies in place to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes, proper implementation and commitment is still needed. Our advocacy and citizen-led accountability efforts are working towards educating youth on their sexual and reproductive health rights, obligations, and entitlements, and promoting public awareness and citizen engagement. The goal is to empower adolescents to demand high-quality sexual and reproductive health services through appropriate policy communication and advocacy channels.
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spelling pubmed-82792712021-07-22 Engaging Youth in Citizen-Led Advocacy and Accountability for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Ayieko, Sylvia Nguku, Angela East Afr Health Res J Commentary The White Ribbon Alliance Kenya is an autonomous, locally registered nongovernmental organisation in Kenya with a vision to ensure that all women and girls realise their right to quality health and well-being. It is among 14 other national alliances affiliated with the White Ribbon Alliance Global Secretariat, based in Washington, DC. White Ribbon Alliance Kenya recognises that even though the Kenyan government has policies in place to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes, proper implementation and commitment is still needed. Our advocacy and citizen-led accountability efforts are working towards educating youth on their sexual and reproductive health rights, obligations, and entitlements, and promoting public awareness and citizen engagement. The goal is to empower adolescents to demand high-quality sexual and reproductive health services through appropriate policy communication and advocacy channels. The East African Health Research Commission 2019 2019-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8279271/ /pubmed/34308200 http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v3i2.603 Text en © The East African Health Research Commission 2019 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly cited. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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title_fullStr Engaging Youth in Citizen-Led Advocacy and Accountability for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
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title_short Engaging Youth in Citizen-Led Advocacy and Accountability for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
title_sort engaging youth in citizen-led advocacy and accountability for adolescent sexual and reproductive health
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8279271/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34308200
http://dx.doi.org/10.24248/eahrj.v3i2.603
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