World Sexual Health Day ( 4th Sep)

In looking at this years ‘World Sexual Health Day’ , we asked a few of our key Youth Advocates on what they would like to shed light on and here is a few words from a change-maker; SRHR Youth Advocate!

๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ is one of our youth advocates who was selected to participate in the Out of School Family Life Education roll out in Port Vila. Jacky is one amazing youth advocate out of many who are pushing barriers on sexuality and conversations around inclusive sexual reproductive health everyday.

Jacky says, ” ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† – ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น-๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ’๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต & ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น-๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป. ”

Jacky is VPride’s Program Support Officer who continues to shed light on ill-treatment & experiences that our SOGIE community family face.
This is Jacky Simelum’s statement in embracing one’s identity in commemoration of the World Sexual Health Day 2022!

#WorldSexualHealthDay2022 #BodilyIntegrity #non-discrimination #BreakingBarriers #SelfDetermination

Source: Vanuatu Family Health