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Date
9-Oct-2001
 
Start 14:00 End 15:30
 
Preventing risky sexual behaviour among young people: findings from social and behavioural research
 

The session will highlight the evidence in developing countries on factors hypothesized to play an important role in enhancing sexual and reproductive health among young people. Panellists will present a short overview of the situation, the gaps and the programmatic implications.
 
Confirmed faculty to date
 
Chair: Pramilla Senanayake, Assistant Director General, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), United Kingdom 
 
Presenter: Rachel Jewkes, Director, Gender and Health Group, Medical Research Council, South Africa 
Title of presentation: Programmes imparting life skills and sexuality education: do they work? 
 
Presenter: Ivonne Szasz, Salud Reproductiva y Sociedad, CEDDU, El Colegio de Mexico, Mexico 
Title of presentation: Overcoming gender double standards and power imbalances 
 
Presenter: Judith Senderowitz, Senior Adolescent Reproductive Health Advisor, Programs Department, Pathfinder International, USA 
Title of presentation: Obstacles to timely and appropriate health seeking among young people 
 
Presenter: Roger Ingham, Director, Center for Sexual Health Research, University of Southampton, United Kingdom 
Title of presentation: Understanding the contexts of young people's lives and factors that constrain and facilitate sexual health 
 
Rapporteur: Shireen Jejeebhoy, Family and Community Health, Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization (WHO)
 


25-Oct-2001