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Compilation of documents related to "multiple studies identifying the predictors and consequences of adolescent sexual intercourse, ... [including] the first study [released in November 2008] to demonstrate a link between exposure to sexual content on television and the experience of a pregnancy before the age of 20." Includes research briefs, abstracts, journal articles, and related material. From Rand Health, a division of the policy organization Rand Corporation.
URL: http://www.rand.org/health/feature/teen_sex/
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3rd Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights  - 4 to 7 February 2008  Abuja, Nigeria

Action Health Incorporated, under the auspices of the African Federation for Sexual Health and Rights, is pleased to announce the third regional conference on Sexual Health and Rights, to take place at the International Conference Center, Abuja, on February 4^th – 7^th 2008.  The conference will bring together key actors in the field of Sexual Health and Rights to explore how sexuality has affected and can improve development in Africa, especially when working with women and youth. 

Participants, speakers, and sponsors will represent the media, academia, civil society organizations, government agencies, development partners, faith based organizations, regional and sub-regional bodies in Africa and international agencies.  The conference is interested in engaging participants, especially youth and women, in active discussion of the issue of sexuality and its intersection with poverty and accountability on the African continent.  As stakeholders in sexual health and rights, participants should come prepared to listen, speak, engage, and form alliances to promote their own health and rights as well as that of others. 

The conference will consist of plenary sessions, skills building activities, symposia, roundtables, poster presentations and exhibitions.  The following sub themes will be explored:

• • Adolescent and Youth Sexuality
  • Women’s Sexuality
  • Family Planning and Reproductive Health
  • HIV/AIDS and Sexuality
  • Sexuality and Religion
  • Sexual Abuse and Gender Based Violence
  • Culture, Media and Arts
  • Sexuality and Knowledge Management 
  • (Im)Mobility and Sexuality
  • Sexuality and the Law

The Congress will help explore how sexual health and rights are key to achieving some of the Millennium Development Goals, and in identifying the Sexual Health Goals for Africa.  The Congress will explore all the perspectives of Sexual Health including physiological, psychological, cultural, political, legal and jurisdictional, historical, religious, educational and medical.

A special youth summit will hold on the 3^rd of February, 2008, at the conference venue.  Interested participants who are 24 years of age and younger should contact the conference coordinator for details.

Parties interested in participating in the 3^rd Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights should register via the conference website at www.africasexuality.org/registration/register.html.  The fee for registration is USD 100.  The conference organizing committee regrets that it cannot offer scholarships or financial assistance for this conference.  Any questions about participation should be sent to the conference coordinator at:

The Conference Coordinator
c/o Action Health Incorporated
17 Lawal Street, off Oweh Street, Jibowu.
P.O. Box 803 Sabo Yaba
Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +234 1 774 3745, 7919307
Email: conference@actionhealthinc.org

Thanks to Fareeda Jadwat for this information. 

A new report Giving Girls Today and Tomorrow: Breaking the cycle of the adolescent pregnancy (pdf, 3.08 MB) was published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on the issue of adolescent pregnancy among married and unmarried girls. According to the report, the early pregnancy is number one killer of adolescent girls. The report claims that the social, economic and health consequences of the adolescent pregnancy are far-reaching and affect the girls, their families and the society.
Related: The Unmapped Journey: Adolescents, Poverty and Gender (Chapter 5) of the State of World Population 2005.

From UN Pulse 

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