What’s Happening at the Observatory – Newsletter Issue 002

Dear Community, The Caribbean Observatory on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights team are very excited to share with you the 2nd edition of our Newsletter! For this special issue, we share a message from our CEO, meet the team, share our virtual knowledge platform invitation, our caribbean cloud, meeting highlights, our featured blog piece […]

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Gender-based Violence and the Young Jamaican Woman   “Are we ready to put in the work?  Does the Jamaican government value our women and girls? Do they value the work of the CSO’s?”   These challenging questions were posed recently by 30-year-old Rushell Gray. In her own words, Rushell is “an empowered woman, mother, childhood […]

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Infographic: Why do young people in Latin America and the Caribbean need Comprehensive Sexuality Education?]

At the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, thirty health and education ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean pledged to dramatically increase young people’s access to comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services by 2015. Over the past few years, we have worked in collaboration with Demysex (Mexico) to support a […]

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Money Matters in Middle-Income Countries: Funding Sexual and Reproductive Health in Latin America and the Caribbean

View Publication Despite a marked economic growth in Latin America in recent years, public health spending is still insufficient, and is far below the world average. In addition, official development assistance (ODA) to the region has been reduced, especially in the health sector. The result of the reduction in ODA and inadequate financing for health […]

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Everyone’s Right to Know: Delivering Comprehensive Sexuality Education for all Young People

View Publication This report is intended to inform advocates and decision makers about how to support the sexual reproductive rights of young people around the world. It argues that comprehensive sexuality education is critical for young people to realize their rights. A Critical Pathway for Young People  This report recommends that high quality comprehensive sexuality […]

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