Laura Bas appointed as new Youth Ambassador!

LESBIANS AND ABORTION and how queer liberation and reproductive justice (must) go together

Reproductive justice is a queer issue. You might think of achieving pregnancy, or legal parenthood for lesbian mothers. But abortion is also a queer issue, and must be treated as such. 

Key Reflections from the CHOICE-EH Partnership and our MYP Journey So Far

Today, we share further learnings of our unique organizational Young Adult Partnership model, including initial results that we’ve achieved over the past 10 months of our journey, in an effort to be transparent and hold ourselves accountable to what we said we would do.  

Statement at HRC47

Read our joint statement on youth, SRHR and COVID-19 at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council in July. 

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.