YOUTH

1- Youth, Peace and Security agenda in Tunisia :

On October 16th, an online expert group meeting was held to discuss the main preliminary results of the national youth survey analysis on its “Youth, Peace and Security” section. Representatives of both public institutions, civil society organizations and international organizations working on youth, peace and security issues in Tunisia were invited to this meeting to jointly identify the strategic interventions to be integrated into the national strategy on "Youth, Peace and Security" piloted by the National Youth Observatory with the support of UNFPA in Tunisia. As an outcome of the meeting, it was recommended to give priority in both the national strategy and its operational plan to the following axes: prevention, participation, culture and informal education, emphasizing the challenges of employment and employability, reform of the educational system, improve accessibility to quality sexual and reproductive health services and information, gender equality and gender based violence as well as the generalization of an education for peace and non-violence.

2- Youth Participation in UNFPA Tunisia projects :

Recalling that “Nothing for them, without them”, UNFPA Tunisia discussed its new Country Programme Document for the period 2021-2025 - Youth Outcome - with a group of young civil society activists to determine jointly the main lines of intervention that UNFPA should support in Tunisia. Thus, axes such as advocacy for a comprehensive sexuality education, which is accessible to young people and adolescents in and out of school and the support and defense of the right of young people to participate in policy dialogue and development and peace and security programs were discussed and validated with the young people. Likewise, and within the framework of the project to integrate sexuality education in schools, young people were consulted to jointly discuss a communication strategy aimed at explaining the concepts of comprehensive sexuality education among adolescents and youth. Finally, within a youth mental health project, a group of young people was consulted in order to jointly define the key messages for the promotion of the hotline of psychological support for adolescents and young people.