| [sexuality of adolescents in the sahel]. | the major results are presented of a study of adolescent sexuality in five sahel countries: burkina faso, gambia, mali, niger, and senegal. because of strong taboos on discussing sexuality, most studies of reproductive health in the region have paid little attention to adolescents, who constitute over one-fifth of reproductive-age women. awareness of problems in adolescent reproductive health is limited. marriage age in the five countries is among the lowest in the world. in urban areas marr ... | 1997 | 12178212 |
| pvo / ngo initiatives. the global dialogues trust -- "scenarios from the sahel". | scenarios from the sahel is an hiv/aids prevention project for adolescents and young adults in senegal, mali, burkina faso, and niger, organized by the global dialogues trust and launched in january 1997. the project invites people aged 24 years and younger to engage in a competition in which they write scenarios for a 1-5 minute video on hiv/aids. those 30 scenarios judged to be the most valuable to the hiv/aids prevention effort in the sahel will be developed into video spots by the region's ... | 1997 | 12321755 |