TYP is excited to announce the “Be Safe Campaign,” a transformative initiative dedicated to empowering adolescent girls and young women (aged 15-24) with comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and access to quality health services. Running from February 14th to March 1st, the campaign will be featured on all TYP social media platforms and our website.

“Be Safe Campaign ” aims to break down barriers, eliminate stigma, and empower adolescent girls and young women to take control of their SRHR with confidence and dignity. We will address critical areas such as STI and HIV prevention and testing, family planning and contraceptives, and access to safe abortion care at designated government health facilities.

The campaign will utilize engaging messages, facilitate open conversations, and share adolescent girls’ and young women’s understanding and perspectives on SRHR. Experts will provide fact-based analysis to dispel myths and misconceptions, and we will host discussions on the “Real Talk Show” about preventive measures adolescent girls and young women can use and benefit from.

Access to safe and comprehensive SRH services is a fundamental human right. “Be Safe Campaign” addresses the challenges many adolescent girls and young women face, including stigma, lack of information, and limited access to quality services, by:

• Increasing Awareness: Educating adolescent girls and young women about their SRH rights and available services.
• Building Confidence: Encouraging adolescent girls and young women to seek services without fear of judgment.
• Ensuring Accessibility: Promoting free, confidential, and adolescent-friendly services at health facilities.

The “Be Safe Campaign” focuses on:

• Increased Prevention Awareness: Providing accurate information on preventing STIs/HIV, unintended pregnancies, and unsafe abortions, ensuring access to free and confidential services, and combating stigma and misinformation.
• Family Planning and Contraceptive Services: Educating adolescents girls and young women about family planning options, promoting effective methods (including LARCs), supporting informed decision-making, increasing access to free contraceptives, linking them to facilities that provide adolescent-friendly services /counseling, and addressing myths and misconceptions.
• Linkage to Services. Linkages to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services will be provided, including: STI and HIV prevention and testing services, Family planning and contraceptive and counseling services related to the prevention of unintended pregnancies, including referrals for comprehensive safe abortion care at designated government health facilities.
• Increase Access to SRHR information and quality health services.
• Reduce Unintended Pregnancies:Reduce unintended pregnancies and unsafe abortions by enhancing awareness of preventive measures and empowering young women to make informed SRHR decisions, free from fear and stigma.

 How You Can Get Involved:

• Engage with our daily online campaign: comment, share, and repost.
• Become a youth advocate.
• Attend training workshops, online awareness sessions, and the “Real Talk Show.”
• Share information on social media and in your networks.
• Visit your nearest health facility for free, confidential, and youth-friendly services.

Join the “Be Safe” Campaign! Be informed. Be empowered. Be safe.