The Project created a conducive and
supporting environment for youth reproductive health
promotion
First: The 22nd Arab Scout Congress, held in Qatar (Doha)
in 1988, gave its blessing to the Project in view of the
importance of the role that the Scout Movement should
assume in meeting the RH needs of young people in the
region. The President of the 22nd Congress provided strong
support to the
Project and attended regional activities
whenever he was Egypt at the International Scouting Center
where regional activities were organized.
Second: The project established a regional network of 47
trained Boy Scout and Girl Guide Commissioners/ Focal
Points from Jordan (5 BS/5 GG), United Arab Emirates ( 3
BS/ 2 GG), Bahrain ( 3 BS/ 2 GG), Tunisia ( 3 BS/ 4 GG),
Sudan ( 3 BS/2 GG), Morocco (3 BS/ 1 GG), Lebanon ( 2 BS/
5 GG), and West Bank and Gaza ( 2BS/2 GG). It is to be
noted that Palestinians withdrew from the network due to
their special circumstances and were replaced by Lebanon.
Third: All partner Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations
adopted Adolescent Reproductive Health and incorporated it
in their regular current educational and community
development programs. RH committees have been established
at the central national and local levels .
Fourth: As a result of of national ARH IEC and advocacy
activities carried out by the Girl Guide Association in
the United Arab Emirates, the Ministry of Education issued
decree 2/964 in 1999 regarding the creation of a technical
committee for the integration of RH concepts into school
curricula and textbooks. The MOE multidisciplinary
committee held five meetings (13/12/1999; 20/12/1999;
3/1/2000; 10/1/2000; and 27/2/2000) and recommended the
integration of RH contents into school curricula and text
books from grade 4 of primary education to grade 12
(Secondary Education), as well as in extra curricular
activities.
Fifth: :Feature and press articles on adolescent health
and sexuality education were published in Gulf States
dailies and weekly magazines. Mr. Hassan Bouhaza’a , Boy
Scout Commissioner and national coordinator of Project RMI/98/P01
prepared feature articles on adolescent health and needs
which were published in the Family Magazine entitled “An
Adolescent at Home” (2nd issue Oct-Dec.1999) as well as
feature articles in Gulf News daily in the All Family
column, Moreover , an article on youth and sexuality was
published in the front page of Islamic Gulf News ( No:
8058 dated 12/5/2000) underscoring the need for sexuality
education and the responsibility of parents in this
regard. |
