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<strong>and</strong> communities to challenge <strong>the</strong> status quo of gender<strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>equalities <strong>and</strong> actively model social changeto improve access to family plann<strong>in</strong>g services for all <strong>in</strong>need.encourage greater participation of men <strong>in</strong> contraception,<strong>and</strong> dispel myths about male methods of contraception5. Recogniz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> respond<strong>in</strong>gto <strong>the</strong> unique needs of youngpeople for quality sexual<strong>and</strong> reproductive health<strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> servicesrecognise <strong>the</strong> heterogeneity of youth, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> diverseneeds of different segments of youth, for example, <strong>the</strong>married <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> unmarried, those <strong>in</strong> rural <strong>and</strong> urbanareas, those <strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong> out of school etc, <strong>and</strong> promote <strong>in</strong>tersectorall<strong>in</strong>kages to enable effective <strong>and</strong> acceptable reachof services to youth <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se different circumstances ;promote enabl<strong>in</strong>g policies encompass<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> married<strong>and</strong> unmarried young people;streng<strong>the</strong>n mean<strong>in</strong>gful <strong>in</strong>volvement of young people,<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> married people <strong>in</strong> policy <strong>and</strong> programmedevelopment;<strong>in</strong>stitute youth friendly service delivery mechanismsthat will facilitate youth access to contraceptive supplies,counsell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> treatment <strong>in</strong> a non-threaten<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> safeenvironment;sensitise providers to shed traditional ambivalence orprejudices about provid<strong>in</strong>g sexual <strong>and</strong> reproductivehealth services to <strong>the</strong> unmarried <strong>and</strong> enhance <strong>the</strong>irskills <strong>in</strong> engag<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> unmarried.ensure access to comprehensive <strong>and</strong> age-appropriatesexual <strong>and</strong> reproductive health education, beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g atan early age <strong>and</strong> prior to sexual <strong>in</strong>itiation both for youngpeople out of school, <strong>and</strong> those <strong>in</strong> school, <strong>and</strong> work toexp<strong>and</strong> sexuality education <strong>in</strong> schools <strong>and</strong> universitiesrecognize that <strong>in</strong> sett<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> which child marriagepersists, married young women are particularlydisadvantaged <strong>and</strong> unlikely to seek care, <strong>and</strong> services for<strong>the</strong>m must <strong>in</strong>clude outreach <strong>and</strong> sensitive counsell<strong>in</strong>g;implement activities that promote more equitablerelationships <strong>and</strong> more open communication on sexual<strong>and</strong> reproductive health issues between young people<strong>and</strong> adult gate keepers <strong>and</strong> particularly parents;work towards more equitable cultural <strong>and</strong> gendernorms; engage men <strong>and</strong> boys to take action with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>irfamilies <strong>and</strong> communities to challenge <strong>the</strong> status quo ofgender <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r <strong>in</strong>equalities <strong>and</strong> actively model socialchange to improve access to family plann<strong>in</strong>g services forall <strong>in</strong> need.6. Ensur<strong>in</strong>g commodity securitythrough establishment offavourable policy, f<strong>in</strong>anc<strong>in</strong>g<strong>and</strong> effective systems forsupply cha<strong>in</strong> management,to ensure susta<strong>in</strong>ablesupplies of a broad range ofcontraceptives to allundertake/update country situation analysis forimproved reproductive health commodity securityprogramm<strong>in</strong>g by:us<strong>in</strong>g disaggregated data, regional economic <strong>and</strong>education differences <strong>and</strong> disadvantaged groupsto underst<strong>and</strong> fully gaps for reproductive healthcommodity security,analys<strong>in</strong>g policy <strong>and</strong> programm<strong>in</strong>g barriers, e.g.procurement logistics, human resources needs<strong>and</strong> quality, for reproductive health commoditysecurity strategy for advocacy, cost effectiveness <strong>and</strong>predictable <strong>and</strong> susta<strong>in</strong>able fund<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g forconsideration at <strong>the</strong> sub-national level consider<strong>in</strong>gdevolved, decentralised systems;develop/update national reproductive health commoditysecurity strategies for advocacy; cost-effectiveness <strong>and</strong>predictable <strong>and</strong> susta<strong>in</strong>able fund<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g forconsideration at <strong>the</strong> sub-national level <strong>and</strong> consider<strong>in</strong>gdevolved, decentralised systems;support procurement of contraceptives for broadenedmethod mix <strong>in</strong> all service delivery po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>and</strong> communityoutlets;streng<strong>the</strong>n capacity for forecast<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g forunmarried people through appropriate capacity build<strong>in</strong>gat all levels of <strong>the</strong> supply cha<strong>in</strong>;facilitate proper management of <strong>in</strong>ventory <strong>and</strong> systemswith consideration to <strong>in</strong>tegration of contraceptivelogistics management <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> health system supplycha<strong>in</strong> management;undertake capacity build<strong>in</strong>g of commodity managers<strong>and</strong> health care providers manag<strong>in</strong>g commodities <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>primary health care sett<strong>in</strong>g with particular attention onmonitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> evaluation;promote <strong>and</strong> adhere to prequalification mechanisms ofWHO for quality product availability for both public<strong>and</strong> private sector:governments work with manufacturers to ensureadherence to <strong>in</strong>ternational st<strong>and</strong>ards of quality of <strong>the</strong>commoditiescapacity build<strong>in</strong>g for regulatory agencies to monitor7