This booklet was produced as part of the Wize up, Your Decision Your Life campaign in Swaziland, which challenges young people to take control of their health and start thinking and talking about their sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) (see Related Summaries below for more information on the campaign).
Produced by Lusweti Institute for Health Development Communication, the booklet is designed for young people but can also be used by parents, teachers, young people, and health and community workers. It seeks to help young people understand the physical and emotional changes that happen to their bodies as they grow up and offers guidance on how to handle them. It encourages abstinence and delaying sex, offers information on sexual abuse and how do deal with it, and gives information on how to protect oneself from unwanted pregnancy, HIV infection, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). It also deals with the sexual and reproductive rights of disabled people and offers guidance on how to communicate to parents about sexual issues.
The booklet contains the following sections:
- Sex and sexuality
- Physical and emotional changes of growing up
- Preventing sexual abuse
- Delaying to have sex
- Benefits of delaying to have sex
- Disability and SRH
- SRH rights for disabled people?
- Protecting yourself from unwanted pregnancy, HIV infection and STIs
- Sexual abuse – Mandisa’s story
- Understanding sexual abuse
- Talking to your parents about sexual issues
- Know your SRH rights
- Contact information for SRH services