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Activism & Feminism

Contraception & Family Planning - Reaction to Book on Fertility Charting for Teens
Read definitions of feminism and submit your own.
Advertisements you can use for free - from Pro-Choice Education Project (PEP)
F-Word Zine - a publication that strives to expose/defeat all the bad "isms" in the world.
Fat and Feminist
Youth and HIV/AIDS Work in Bangkok, Thailand
Teenagesafety.org - tell your senators you oppose abstinence-only sex ed!
Activist Links - take action
Girls' Bill of Rights from Girls, Inc. - a strong statement for strong girls
Shop4choice you can buy things here to support pro-choice activism
Teen Talking Circles
Top 30 Under 30 - new leaders for reproductive rights
Generation Awards - to young pro-choice leaders
A video called Voices of Choice: Physicians Who Provided Abortions Before Roe v. Wade documents the courageous stories of illegal and legal abortion provision prior to 1973 as told by the physicians who provided these essential health services and those who worked on abortion reform
Where do I vote? Find your polling place here.
Declare Yourself - voter education for young people.
Voter X.com - concerts and activism to encourage young people to vote.
1000Flowers.org - We liked the imagery of colorful flowers, and dreamed of gardens of engaged citizens blooming across the country. We wanted to do something fun, edgy and effective so we launched the "Nail the Election" campaign to reach women voters in 1000 nail and beauty salons across the country. We are a non-partisan, non-profit effort aimed at registering voters -- especially single women -- to ensure that our democratic process is more inclusive of all voices.
YOUR VOTE YOUR CHOICE - learn all the reasons why young people should vote.
Abstinence-only Shortchanges Students: States Move Toward Alternative Sex-Ed Models - Why "abstinence only until marriage" sex education is not working.
R U Thinking about sex and relationships - a special website to give you answers to your questions.

Your Body

Answers to your questions about birth control, abortion, and more!
Center for Young Women's Health in Boston
The NEW 2005 Our Bodies, Ourselves is out! Find excerpts online.
It's okay to peek! how to do a self exam
What's down there? get to know your sexual anatomy from scarleteen.com
Talk About Sex - learn about sex and sexuality with this usefull 44 page booklet
Learn about your menstrual cycles
What to expect from your first visit to a gynecologist from scarleteen.com
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
FREE birth control for teens in washington state
Options for birth control, including emergency contraception
All about sexually transmitted diseases
All about abortion
Reproductive health care: do you know your rights? from sex.etc
State by state guide to minors' access to abortion from naral
Self Defense Basics - tools for protecting your body and your mind from the Nemours Foundation
F-Word Zine - a publication that strives to expose/defeat all the bad "isms" in the world.
Teen pregnancy and contraception fact sheet
A study suggests that teens would forgo birth control if they needed parental consent to receive it from family planning clinics. The study arrives as lawmakers consider whether to mandate parental notification for clinics that receive federal funds. from Women's E-News on Jan. 20, 2004
Teen health news
Learn about HPV and the HPV test
Healthy Teen Network is a national membership network that serves as a leader, a national voice, and an educational resource to professionals working in the area of adolescent reproductive health – specifically teen pregnancy prevention, pregnancy and parenting.
Get Fit Get Right - fitness for teens - get the 411 on healthy eating and great ideas for getting your 60 minutes of exercise each day.
Positive Actions and Choices for Teens - produces videos for teen awareness.

By Young Women

Real stories from teens making choices about abortion. email your story!
"Knowing My Sexual Body" - by Jeanne
What teens have to say about preventing teen pregnancy
Narcissa's web reviews (created on "take our daughters to work day" 2000)
"Do you have a healthy body image?" an article on body image by Risha on mysistahs.org
"Our Lives Are on the Line: Why We Oppose Abstinence-Until-Marriage Sex Ed" by the teen editors of sex, etc.
Teen voices magazine - written by and for teen women
GirlMom.com - a politically progressive, left-aligned, pro-choice, feminist website with a mission to support young mothers, of all backgrounds, in their struggles for reproductive freedom and social support.
F-Word Zine - a publication that strives to expose/defeat all the bad "isms" in the world.
American Moroccan International Exchange - based in Issaquah in Washington State, USA - founded by a 12 year old girl, Iman Belali.

Parents of Teens

Study released in May 2003 - 14 and Younger: The Sexual Behavior of Young Adolescents
What teens want from the national campaign to prevent teen pregnancy
Ten tips for parents to help your children avoid teen pregnancy
What teens have to say about preventing teen pregnancy
"Courageous Trust," a review of Judith Levine's book Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex. Review by Joanne Alcantara.
Components of promising teen pregnancy prevention programs from advocates for youth
Mom Dad, I'm Pregnant a reource for teens and their parents from the Abortion Conversation Project
The Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) in the United States released a strong position paper critiquing (U.S. domestic) federally funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in the Journal of Adolescent Medicine. This and related papers can be found at http://www.genderhealth.org/HIVprevention.php. The position paper concludes the following: “Current U.S. federal law and guidelines regarding abstinence-only funding are ethically flawed and interfere with fundamental human rights” and "Current funding for abstinence only programs should be replaced with funding for programs that offer comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education.”
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy released Emerging Answers 2007, a report authored by Dr. Douglas Kirby, a leading sexual health researcher, discussing what programs work in preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV.
Center for Young Women's Health in Boston - find everything you need

Links

Advocates for youth - health info and ways to get involved
Choice USA - building a new generation of leaders for the reproductive freedom movement
Canadian Birth Control Info - your guide to the differences between Canadian and US birth control pills.
Candie's foundation - sexy and independent messages from destiny's child
Crisis hotline numbers
DigiGirlz programs at Microsoft provide high school girls with opportunities to learn about careers in technology, and enjoy hands-on computer and technology workshops, camps and other activities.
Daughters sisters project
Emergency contraception
Emily cartoons
Get Fit Get Right - fitness for teens - get the 411 on healthy eating and great ideas for getting your 60 minutes of exercise each day.
Girl power
Girlmom.com - for teens who are also mothers
Gyn101 - how to ace your first gynecological exam
It's your sex life from the kaiser foundation
Mysistahs.org - by and for young women of color
National campaign to prevent teen pregnancy
New moon - magazine for girls and their dreams
Powerful voices
Seventeen magazine and the kaiser family foundation and are coming together to promote sexual health. according to the survey done by the two groups, teenage girls from 15 to 17 have a lot to learn about their sexual health and contraception options.
Sex etc. - a website by teens for teens
Scarleteen.com - sex education for the real world
Take our daughters to work day - sponsored by the ms. foundation.
Teen Talking Circles
Teen voices online - because you're more than just a pretty face
Youth resource
Abstinence-Only Sex Education Programs 'Threaten' Health of Young People - 2002 Report by Human Rights Watch
See www.Birth-Conrol-Comparison.info for complete information about every form of birth control.

For Teens & Young Women!