Project Information

Project Title:
Reproductive Health and Rights of Young People in the Russian Federation

Objective/s/Goal:
The project aims to provide young people with information, knowledge and skills on healthy lifestyles, provide access to youth-friendly services and safe spaces, and mobilize support for youth issues through the media and national policy makers.

Implementing Agency/s: UNFPA and UNICEF

Status on Project Activities

Eight youth information centres have been established where young people are provided with information and skills for healthy lives, and have access to youth-friendly services and safe spaces. Three centres developed a module on the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted infections and drug abuse among teenagers and presented it at an “All-Russian Peer to Peer Education” meeting attended by delegates from 20 organizations. A total of 15,000 young people have been reached through the centres. At least 60 organizations are collaborating in 14 regions to provide information and services for adolescents, especially those who are at risk and poor. An NGO coalition of youth-friendly clinics is also being set up. In addition, a ‘Youth-Friendly Clinic’ manual has been developed, based on lessons learned in the Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine. Finally, counselling and referral centres have been developed as models in several districts of St. Petersburg, aimed at reaching adolescents with a broad range of services. Public opinion is being mobilized through the media to support youth issues and needs.