ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH

Press Releases (2002)

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October 25, 2002

Advocates for Youth's International Youth Leadership Council Honored by United Nations Association: Ms. Naina Dhingra Wins "Young Visionary" Award

 

August 21, 2002

Advocates for Youth and Rock the Vote Team Up to Say No to Abstinence-Only Sex Education: Advocates for Youth and Rock the Vote Launch Campaign to Help Young People Tell Congress to Fund Honest and Medically Accurate Sex Education, Not Programs that Promote Ignorance

 

June 19, 2002

President Announces Additional $300 Million for Fighting Global AIDS Pandemic: Advocates for Youth Asks: What About Adolescents?

June 17, 2002

Why Are Politicians Rewriting Some of Life's Most Important Lessons? Advocates for Youth Questions President Bush's Half a Billion Dollar Request for Abstinence-Only "Mis-Education" that Parents, Teens, and Medical Experts Agree Is a Disservice to Young People

June 7, 2002

Senate Misses Golden Opportunity to Save Adolescents' Lives: Advocates for Youth Urges Policy Makers to Support Global AIDS

June 6, 2002

Teenage Birth Rate Falls to Record Low: Experts Say Drop Caused by Increased Abstinence and Proper Use of Contraception Among Teens

 

May 8, 2002

U.S. Trying to "Export" Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Policy at UN Special Session: Advocates for Youth Cites Conflict between the "Powell Doctrine" and the "Thompson Doctrine" on Condoms and Sex Education

 

April 24, 2002

Hypocrisy of Abstinence-Only Proponents Exposed: Statement of James Wagoner, President of Advocates for Youth

April 23, 2002

HHS "Non-Report" on Abstinence-Only Programs Challenged by Advocates for Comprehensive Sex Education: Advocates for Youth Questions Politics and Timing of HHS Effort

April 16, 2002

Advocates for Youth Launches Partnership with MTV for Fight for Your Rights: Protect Yourself Campaign: Young People Will Take the Lead in Nationwide Campaign to Promote Sexual Health

 

March 27, 2002

What about AIDS Prevention? Advocates for Youth Calls on the Administration to Prioritize HIV/AIDS Prevention Education

 

February 21, 2002

PRESS ADVISORY - What REALLY Works in Sexuality Education? Forum to Discuss Ways to Provide Young People With Information on Abstinence and Contraception

February 15, 2002

PRESS ADVISORY - International Youth to Address Their Role in Fighting HIV/AIDS

February 8, 2002

77 National and State Organizations Urge President Bush to Withdraw Support for Unproven Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs

 

January 31, 2002

Administration to Dump More Taxpayer Money Into Unproven Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs

January 24, 2002

Advocates for Youth Questions PACHA Appointments: Concerned Council Will Put Ideology Over Science and Research