AlthoughTelanganasees 23.5% of Women get married before the age of 18, with most child marriages taking place in parts of Hyderabad and districts, experts say that there is a need to spread awareness on reproductive Health among the youth and adolescents.
The initiative was launched by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Through this four-year project, India-Yash will focus on family planning and reproductive health for those in the age group of 10 to 29 years and leave behind scalable and sustainable models for young people to take charge of their sexual and reproductive well-being.
To include the youngsters in the dialogue, an innovation challenge will be held to invite ideas, hand-hold them and provide incubation support to help them turn into scalable models.