ICPD Global Youth Forum on “Families, youth-rights and well-being (including sexuality)”
NEW YORK, December 6, 2012, ( C-FAM.org )—Following the plenary session (also discussed here ) on the topic of “Families, youth-rights and well-being (including sexuality),” recommendations were compiled for inclusion in the International Conference on Population and Development ’s (ICPD) Global Youth Forum’s outcome document and presented to the forum. The sad immoral recommendations are as follows: Financing and accountability : Governments should make a political and financial commitment to ensure that sexual and reproductive health and rights policies are prioritized for budgetary allocation and are equally accessible for all young people. Governments must be transparent in the implementation of these policies and programs on sexual and reproductive health and rights. Sexual rights : Governments must fund and develop, in equal partnership with young people and health care providers, policies laws and programs that recognize, promote, and protect young people’s sexua