MYSISTAHS ONLINE PEER EDUCATION PROGRAM

MySistahs is a Web site created by and for young women of color to provide information and offer support on sexual and reproductive health issues through education and advocacy. Through monthly features and online peer education, young women receive information on activism, culture, sexual health, and other issues that are important to them.

Online peer educators answer questions posed by visitors and point visitors to appropriate resources. Online peer educators do not provide medical advice. They help in developing content by writing articles for MySistahs. Finally, they provide advice and ideas to support Advocates for Youth in its mission.

The deadline for the 2007-2008 school year has passed. Please check back next summer to apply.

MySistahs is a project of Advocates for Youth. Advocates for Youth is dedicated to creating programs and advocating for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health. Advocates provides information, training, and strategic assistance to youth-serving organizations, policy makers, youth activists, and the media in the United States and in developing countries.

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Advocates for Youth believes that:

• Adolescents have the right to balanced, accurate, and realistic sexuality education, confidential and affordable sexual health services, and a secure stake in the future.
• Youth deserve respect. Today, they are perceived only as part of the problem. Valuing young people means they are part of the solution and are included in the development of programs and policies that affect their well-being.
• Society has the responsibility to provide young people with the tools they need to safeguard their sexual health and young people have the responsibility to protect themselves from too early childbearing and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.