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Sexuality Education: Building an Evidence- and Rights-Based Approach to Healthy Decision-Making
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Bridges, Emily; Hauser, Debra – Advocates for Youth, 2014
As they grow up, young people face important decisions about relationships, sexuality, and sexual behavior. The decisions they make can impact their health and well-being for the rest of their lives. Young people have the right to lead healthy lives, and society has the responsibility to prepare youth by providing them with comprehensive sexual…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Health Promotion, Health Behavior, Decision Making
Barriers to Self-Sufficiency for Single Female Heads of Families. Hearings before a Subcommitee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session (July 9-10, 1985).
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Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1985
The proceedings of a House of Representatives hearing on opportunities for self-sufficiency for single women in poverty are presented in this document. Included are statements presented by three panels consisting of experts in the field of welfare and employment policy, the General Accounting Office, and representatives of the National Association…
Descriptors: Early Parenthood, Economic Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, Employed Women
Children and Youth: The Crisis at Home for American Families. Hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session Examining Services Available to Children and Youth from Impoverished Families, Focusing on Ways To Ensure That They Graduate from High School, Prepare Them for the Workforce, and/or Help Them Get Into School.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
Congressional hearings on American children and youth living in crisis were conducted in an effort to determine how the needs of these young people can assume their proper place in national priorities. A three-pronged strategy was suggested by chairman Edward Kennedy: (1) more investment in cost-effective programs that work (for example, Head…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Dropout Prevention, Early Parenthood