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August 2006 update on new publications, actions you can take, and more!
Advocates for Youth's e-News Update
FDA PLACES AN UNDUE BURDEN ON YOUNG WOMEN-
Age Restriction for Plan B® Over-the-Counter Not Based on Science
On August 24, 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved over the counter (OTC) status for Plan B® emergency contraception for women 18 years and older. The decision leaves young women 17 and under with the extra burden of obtaining a prescription when time is of the utmost importance.
"We applaud the FDA for finally making a decision after nearly three years of stalling," said James Wagoner, President of Advocates for Youth, "but we are gravely concerned that, once again, politics, rather than science, is at play and the most vulnerable women-young women-will suffer."
To read the full press release, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/news/press/082406.htm
2005 Results of Sexual Behavior Survey Released: Improvements in Teen Sexual Risk Behavior Flatline
On August 10th, the CDC released in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), an analysis of the latest survey on sexual behaviors of high school students (grades 9 through 12) from 1991 to 2005. The report, "Trends in HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among High School Students - United States, 1991-2005," found that much-touted improvements in adolescent sexual risk-taking behavior actually took place from 1991 to 1999, and that fewer additional improvements occurred after 2000.
To read the full press release, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/news/press/081006.htm
Advocates for Youth Attends the XVI AIDS Conference in Toronto
Advocates for Youth attended its 3rd International AIDS Conference this year in Toronto, Canada. Advocates staff were heavily involved in planning activities for the both the Toronto YouthForce Pre-Conference (August 9-12), and youth activities for the main Conference (August 13-18).
The staff and youth activists at Advocates were on the forefront of addressing issues pertaining to youth and HIV at the conference. You can read blogs by Naina, Beth, Kayley, and Mimi at RH Reality Check, MTV's Staying Alive site and TomPaine.com.
For news on the conference, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/aids2006.htm
Job Opening at Advocates!
Program Coordinator, GLBT Initiatives
The Program Coordinator for GLBT Initiatives will expand Advocates' work on GLBT youth issues and sexual health. Activities include conducting trainings, workshops, and presentations to national, state, and local audiences; providing technical assistance; collecting information and preparing materials; developing resources on ongoing and "model" projects, particularly those focusing on African American/black and Latino/Hispanic youth; maintaining an internet intervention for GLBT youth and youth service providers; and recruiting, training, and supervising an online peer education program.
To read the full job description, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/employment.htm
New Publications at Advocates!
The In preparation for the XVI International AIDS Conference, Advocates for Youth completed three new publications: a discussion of PEPFAR, information about the new PATHWAY Act, and a report on the social conservatives' war on condoms. You can download the materials by clicking on the following:
You can help Advocates for Youth with a contribution today. To donate, visit http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/about/donatetoday.htm
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