World Contraception Day takes place each year on 26 September and focuses on putting sexual rights and family planning in the spotlight across more than 70 countries. The day strives to create political, media and public awareness about these issues and works to highlight the efforts of the Your Life campaign, whose vision is a world in which every pregnancy is wanted.
This year, World Contraception Day (WCD) is celebrating its 12th global anniversary and the WCD Coalition has released the results of an international survey, conducted by GfK Healthcare, concerning perceptions of sex and contraception. 3 013 young women and men, aged 13 to 25, from countries in Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and North America were surveyed to begin to better understand young people’s attitudes towards sex and contraception.
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It is clear that there is a lot more work to be done in raising awareness about the use of contraception, not only to avoid unwanted pregnancies, but as protection against STIs as well. “The results are both encouraging and worrying,” said Tasniem Patel, head of communications at Bayer, a pharmaceutics company. “The good news is that the overall knowledge about contraception methods seems to have improved. The bad news is that more young people are having unprotected sex than in previous years.”
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With the majority of respondents citing schools and teachers as their primary source of information on sex and contraceptions, but with the vast majority of those unsatisfied with the information provided, it is of the utmost importance for schools to focus more attention on the sex education they provide. We also need to work towards erasing the taboo element that is associated with discussing contraceptions. “Our goal is to educate and empower young people to encourage them to talk openly about sex and contraception with current and future partners, as well as their doctor, teachers and their parents,” says Patel. “For this, we need to work together to hopefully make a real difference to the lives of young people around the world.”
For the and for information on contraceptions, visit Your-Life.com.
