By: Gvantsa Khizanishvili, World Contraception Day Ambassador
Today’s generation of young people is the largest ever! There are 1.2 billion young people between the ages of 15 and 24 on our earth; this means that one out of six people in the world is a young person. This generation of fast-growing youth, especially in lower-income regions, comes with big and specific aspirations for their future. Giving young people the opportunity to realize these aspirations and hearing young people’s needs, will determine our future. Read More...
To commemorate 
In a bid to take the quest for improved sexual & reproductive health (SRH) outcomes for young people a notch higher, 
The title of my project - “Jagoroni” - means rising. This rising is to prevent two major disparities and human rights violations in Bangladesh society - child marriage and dowry. The plan was to engage youth to lead this rising, and Women Deliver’s C Exchange Youth Initiative became our opportunity to start.
Running the FRESH campaign has been an adventure! It started out with learning how to write proposals, thanks to the 
I remember the words of the Minister of Health from Zimbabwe on the sidelines of ICASA 2013, when I told him about the Rising Birds Project. He said, “I’d like to see how you plan to end child marriage in Zimbabwe, it’s a deeply complicated issue…” His response was devoid of excitement and, to me, it sounded more like a challenge to justify our project’s optimistic goal of ending the practice, which had taken hundreds of generations to establish, in just seven months. .jpg)
Over the last several decades, there have been continuous efforts to promote and improve access to family planning and reproductive health services, especially in the developing world. Despite these efforts, unmet need for contraceptive is likely to grow by 
From a survey that we at RAHU conducted last year, nearly 85% of young people, ages 15-24, think that there is a need for them to whether freely access information on sexual and reproductive health. Young people face issues like unwanted pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections, and cross-generational sex and, therefore, require full access to sexual and reproductive health information and services to protect themselves.
Although I faced some difficulties in implementing my project, there were also some highlights. The first was the reception of the SMS services. The text messaging campaign was the first of its kind on campus and the students were excited about it and really wished it could continue. We also had a positive reaction to the educational and informative pamphlet we produced. We have been getting positive feedback since we started distribution and it has been very encouraging.
As the Adolescent and Youth Motherhood Project (AYMP) draws to a close, there are a few highlights that are worth sharing.