A New Path Towards Institutionalizing Meaningful Youth Participation

Most organizations who work with and for young people strive to genuinely involve young people in their work—after all ‘nothing about us, without us’ is a slogan we’ve heard time and time again. This serves as a reminder that if you want programs and policies targeted at young people to work, you must have youth’s full and meaningful participation. Although the intention is usually there, organizations often struggle with putting this into practice and forget to ask the question: How can organizations translate meaningful youth participation from an ideal into practice?

Sex Workers Rights are Human Rights

Meaningful Youth Participation Statement HRC46

Statement by CHOICE on Meaningful Youth Participation 

Youth Champions for Feminist Futures

Joint Statement on Human Rights Defenders

Joint Statement  by Stichting CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality, ILGA World, Arrow and Rutgers

International Women’s Day 2021: the Future of Young Female Leadership

This International Women's Day 2021, our Youth Ambassador spoke to two young female entrepreneurs from Nigeria and Jordan about what it means to be a young trailblazer in their fields. Because while business has come far in terms of gender equality, it also has a long way to go. Click to read the entire interview.

Politieke Sekswijzer biedt jongeren inzicht in keuzes over seks en seksualiteit   

Seks, relaties en intimiteit zijn belangrijk én politiek.

Respect bodily autonomy by eradicating the mandatory waiting time period in abortion procedures!

One out of five  women* in the Netherlands experiences an unintended pregnancy during their lifetime. 

APPOINTMENT NEW YOUTH AMBASSADOR SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY AND BODILY AUTONOMY  

CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality, in partnership with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is very excited to announce the appointment of the new Youth Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, 2020-2021, Lisa de Pagter! At the same time, we want to take this moment to briefly look back at a successful term of the former Youth Ambassador, Justine van de Beek.  

The impact of Covid-19 on the transgender community

The corona measures have enormous consequences for the transgender community, both physically and emotionally. In this article, SPRINT tried to map this problem by transforming personal experiences, true stories and facts into a diary story from the perspective of a fictional character.