The 14th Changemaker of the 9th season of the Sabancı Foundation Turkey’s Changemakers Program is Youth Approaches to Health Association that facilitates access of young people to their health rights and to the information.
Youth Approaches to Health that works since 2004 as a part of Y-PEER (Youth Peer Education Network), became an association in 2015 with the need of institutionalizing works in Turkey under the leadership of Bulut Öncü, a human rights activist who lost his life in a traffic accident a while ago.
The association mainly works on gender, youth sexual and reproductive health and rights, human rights and active citizenship. Besides awareness and lobbying activities in these issues, they also organize peer educations and provide a safe space to transfer information from a young person to another.
Almost 300 young peer trainers of the association tell sexual and reproductive health and rights to young people all over Turkey, inform them about sexually transmittable diseases and encourage to use youth friendly health services.
The association also considers the special needs of certain youth groups and makes projects for young LGBTIs and refugees.
Youth Approaches to Health Association aimed to provide young people to access information and have their own words about their rights. It reached thousands of young people with sexual health trainings and lobbying activities free from discrimination and prejudges, and it created a huge difference in their lives.
Date: 27.04.2019 (Season 9 – Episode 14)
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