Talking about sexual and reproductive rights responsibly, with the intention of mitigating early pregnancies and mainly breaking the cycles of poverty of hundreds of adolescents, is one of the goals set by the Social Management of the Barranquilla Mayor’s Office.
With the premise Transforming realities, the social manager Silvana Puello Together with his team, he works on a series of strategies to reach communities, providing quality spaces and closeness to young people so that they can strengthen life projects.
“This experience helped me learn much more about my sexual rights and thus carry the message to the kids in my neighborhood to prevent unwanted pregnancies, and it is of great importance that these ‘Afternoons’ are held in all the city’s neighborhoods so that young people can be more aware and make better decisions,” said María Camila Cassiani, 14, referring to one of the actions that is part of the strategy, which is called: Let’s talk to shorts off.
One of the great tasks we have is to demystify that when we talk to adolescents and young people about sexuality we are encouraging them to do so
“One of the great tasks we have is to demystify that when we talk to adolescents and young people about sexuality we are encouraging them to do it, and it is the opposite, young people have the right to have information, because by having it, they are capable of making responsible decisions,” commented Puello.
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Through the initiative, in addition to creating awareness about the sex education, It also seeks to generate an impact on the growth and comprehensive development of young people, promoting them to be leaders and agents of change in their social nuclei.
School dropout, subsequent pregnancies and health complications are usually several of the conditions that affect the development of young people in vulnerable communities.
The complex figures
20% of Colombian adolescents become pregnant for the second time between 7 and 14 months after the first delivery
Teenage pregnancy is one of the problems that most affects young people from low socioeconomic strata. According to the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, these young women correspond to 18.4% of the population.
“This problem is recognized worldwide as one of the main factors that perpetuate the circles of poverty, resulting in a worsening of their educational, economic, social and health conditions that end up affecting not only their quality of life but also that of your baby, your family and community,” the District commented.
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In 2015 Unicef and the Universidad de los Andes conducted a study that estimated that “20% of Colombian adolescents become pregnant for the second time between 7 and 14 months after the first birth and 33% between 14 and 24 months then”.
This means that more than half of the adolescents who have a child have a second pregnancy during the next 2 years.
“In 2018, these figures were supported in a study carried out by the United Nations Population Fund, also specifying that of the women who became mothers between the ages of 10 and 19, only 13.8% managed to continue with their studies and 15.7% of adolescents died from causes related to pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium,” added a spokesperson.
local strategy
Let’s talk to panties off began as an action supported by the district secretariats of Social Management, Health and Education, with the support of allies such as Profamilia and the Santo Domingo Foundation to reach various sectors of the city.
The first meeting was in the El Santuario neighborhood. Later the plan was extended to Carrizal, Las Américas, Kennedy, La Unión and La Sierrita, with the participation of a little more than 200 teenagers.
With a space called ‘Afternoons’, the corresponding information is socialized. There are spaces for fun, art, music and, above all, the participation of adolescents and young people in general, who receive information related to the responsible sexuality.
This year the plan continues and the sectors are chosen according to the information provided by Dane. In this way the program will reach: Carrizal, El Bosque, Rebolo, Evaristo Sourdís, La Chinita, La Luz, La Playa, La Sierrita, Las Malvinas, Las Nieves, Los Olivos, San Roque, Santo Domingo, April 7, Villas San Pablo, Centro, among other neighborhoods.
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