Your Voice, Your Rights: Promoting sex ed advocacy online

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Your Voice, Your RightsPromoting sex ed
advocacy online

• Rana Barar, MPH, Program Manager
• Sharanya Durvasula, Sex, Etc. alumna
• Answer, Rutgers University

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About Answer

• Founded in 1981
• Based at Rutgers Center for Applied Psychology
• Two Major Initiatives
• Sex, Etc. Magazine and Web site (www.sexetc.org)
• Sexuality Education Training Initiative
  (http//answer.rutgers.edu)

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Sexetc.org
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Sex, Etc. magazine
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Teens may not be getting it in school
Of districts with sex education policies
The Guttmacher Institute
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Abstinence-Only Funding
Funding in millions
The Guttmacher Institute
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Teens say they need more sex education in school
than they currently receive
The Guttmacher Institute
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They are not getting it at home either

• Teens DO listen to their parents
• BUT only 51 of teens discussed sex with their
  parents (AFY)
• AND parents only addressed 7 topics out of 22
  (Pediatrics)
• Which ones did they leave out?

National Campaign, Advocates for Youth, Pediatrics
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Why did you come to Sexetc.org the first time?
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So what about advocacy?

• Advocacy
• Almost 90 of teens surveyed by Sex, Etc. want to
  make a difference.
• The first step is making them aware that theres
  problem.
• Your Voice, Your Rights

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YVYR helping teens identify the problem

• Break up into groups and gather around people who
  have computers
• Go to www.sexetc.org/yourvoice
• Complete a profile online use test in your user
  name, please.

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YVYR helping teens become the solution

• Many teens know they arent getting the info they
  need, but dont know what to do about it.
• We are meeting them where they are (online,
  off-hours)
• We plan to provide resources and highlight that
  teens CAN and DO make a difference.
• It is still a work in progress.

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Contact Information

• Rana Barar
• rbarar_at_rci.rutgers.edu
• 732.445.7929 ext. 227
• Sharanya Durvasula
• shardurv_at_eden.rutgers.edu