International

By giving adolescents and young women more control over their bodies with full access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), the Future Planning Initiative provides the foundation to realize other rights and plan for their future—to complete education, to pursue employment, to decide whether or when to have a family.

This report was submitted by Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights for Canada’s review during the 57th Session of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural, taking place from February 22nd to March 4th.

With 2016 comes the implementation of the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted last September at the United Nations.