1. The WAS Youth Initiative Committee was created with two Co-Chairs: Antón Castellanos Usigli and Esther Corona. It started with 10 Members: Ase Werner (Sweden), Carlos Cotiz (Venezuela), Emma Skarpas (Sweden), Magdalena Rivera (Chile), Pablo Fernandez (Australia), Rola Yasmine (Lebanon), Samuel Muchoki (Kenya), Stefano Eleuteri (Italy), Vijayasarathi Ramanathan (India), Yasmany Díaz Figueroa (Cuba).
The Committee was approved at the 20th World Congress for Sexual Health in Glasgow, United Kingdom (June 2011).
Antón Castellanos Usigli & Esther Corona in 2011, Glasgow
Emma Skarpas, Stefano Eleuteri & Antón Castellanos Usigli in 2011, Glasgow
2. The WAS Youth Initiative had a very strong participation during World Sexual Health Day 2011, with the topic: “Youth’s sexual health: Shared rights & responsibilities”.
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- Round Tables to discuss sexual health, organized by Stefano Eleuteri in Rome, 2011
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- Yasmany Díaz organized a sexual health fair in Cuba in
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- Emma Skarpas and Ase Werner talked about the WAS Youth Initiative in Sweden
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- Carlos Cotiz organized a sexual health forum in Venezuela
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- Rola Yasmine organized an arts exhibition in Lebanon
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- Antón Castellanos Usigli co-organized a public event about sexual rights in Mexico City
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- Youth Forum in Mexico City, co-organized by Antón Castellanos Usigli
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- Press Conference at the Human Rights Comission of Mexico City, co-organized by Antón Castellanos Usigli
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- Sexual health fair in Chile, organized by Magdalena Rivera
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- Improvisational theatre in Chile, organized by Magdalena Rivera
3. The WAS Youth Initiative started its Facebook, Twitter and Youtube pages. In the Youtube Page, we have featured interviews with different international experts that talk about youth’s sexual health in the 21st Century.
Antón Castellanos Usigli interviewed Eli Coleman in Chiapas, Mexico, 2011
Antón Castellanos Usigli interviewed Joycelyn Elders (15th US Surgeon General) in Chiapas, Mexico.
4. Spreading the word! Different YIC members talked about the WAS Youth Initiative in various conferences.
Vijay Ramanathan talking about the WAS Youth Initiative in India.
Antón Castellanos Usigli in a Conference, Mexico City, 2011.
Samuel Muchoki showing the WAS Youth Initiative Facebook in Australia.