“Not old enough to drive, yet old enough to be a parent ...” UNFPA Calls for Development Goal on Youth
UNFPA recently called for a development goal for the post-2015 development agenda on youth in its recent publication Next Steps: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights on the Post-2015 Agenda. Fulfilling rights, achieving universal access to SRHR, empowering women, investing in youth, through a coherent post-2015 development framework. At the International Conference on Family Planning that concluded recently in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, its Executive Director, expanded further why the inclusion of this goal is important.
Recognizing that young people are a vital force that must be front and centre in global development efforts. Dr Osotimehin said,