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So in Jamaica we like persons all over the world highlighted Safer Sex Week . Our main message surrounded the Empowerment of Females in relationships and as a result our major themes were “Smarter Women Always Buy, Carry and Use Condoms.” (geared towards adult females) and "Smart girls WAIT!" (geared towards our children and teens). The Ministry noted that this initiative is part of an effort encourage more responsible sexual behaviours, to increase HIV testing among women and to build awareness on condom use. Let me just use this oppportunity to say I LOVE THE THEMES...I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THE IDEA.! This for me was a great idea given my passion about addressing the passive roles females play in sexual relationships here in Jamaica and other parts of the world.
As apart of the week many activities The Ministry of Health last week Friday held what could be considered an educational fair which involved much entertainment for the youths. The entertainment involved safe sex messages being delivered through drama and music (keeping in mind that girls were our main target). This from observation excited the crowd of youths who were present. Following my interaction however with some school age persons I am not convinced that the message has be cemented in their minds. I can recall instances where students whom were very much aware of the purpose of the event were hestitant (and others firmly refused) to collect the pamphlet which contained vital information. "I Got it already" could be heard from several students as they approached the boothes however when asked to produce the pamphlets some persons stated it was at home...haha Not saying this can't be true...but their overall attitude led me to think otherwise. With the negative reaction from some persons relating to the acceptance of the written information I commend our Ministry of Heath's effort to add music and drama as means of communicating this very important message to our youths.
The lesson reinforced certainly for me following this event is the need to continue to find innovative ways to reach our youths...who knows what creative ideas we will have to come up with for future events...
Let's continue to work hard using whatever means necessary to educate our youths to make wise sexual decisions.!!
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