Sexual and reproductive health

• We affirm the rights of young people to adequate and accessible education, services and support around issues of reproductive and sexual health.
• We recommend that all measures be taken to centrally include to the greatest degree possible, the participation of young people in the design, delivery and evaluation of sexual and reproductive health programs, in view of building these programs as accessible and relevant. We also recommend that young people themselves decide upon the methods, techniques and language of training for young people.
• We recommend that the needs of all young people, especially those from marginalised and vulnerable contexts and backgrounds, be met by sexual and reproductive health services and programs, including where necessary, separate initiatives for these groups as well as on the basis of gender.
• We recognise that there are differing levels of opportunity within and across cultures and that language represents a fundamental barrier to young people's education, involvement and empowerment around HIV/AIDS. We urge that young people be centrally involved in developing language suitable for their own local circumstances that maximises young people's capacity to mobilise around HIV/AIDS issues, regardless of caste, education, literacy or skill level. We assert that the use of language must itself increase access to skills development for young people rather than exclude, isolate or perpetuate the disadvantaged status of many young people