Young people's sexual health and rights have never been more contested, nor the case for cross-sector collaboration, research, advocacy, and funding more urgent. As human rights and democratic norms are increasingly challenged, youth populations face growing attacks and restrictions on their bodily autonomy, access to information, and other key rights essential to their health. In this moment, the need for strengthened relationships and learning across sectors, with particular attention to how movements can be youth-informed and sustainably resourced has never been more needed. 

This 90-minute virtual event will bring together young advocates alongside experts and representatives from U.N. agencies, government, academia, and civil society to take stock and consider how we can advance collectively in this rapidly shifting landscape. The conversation will be informed by three years of the Global Initiative on Young People's Sexual Rights and Health, an initiative which engaged research, policy, and educational programming in Los Angeles and São Paulo to advance young people's sexual health and rights.

The event will feature keynote remarks from Rajat Khosla, Executive Director of the Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (PMNCH), panel dialogues on youth engagement in sexual health and rights advocacy and on strengthening the research to policy pipeline, as well as time for questions and contributions from the audience.