National Youth Conference on Family Planning unveiled

The Bangladesh 2nd National Youth Conference on Family Planning took place  in Dhaka recently. The event was organised by International Youth Alliance for Family Planning (IYAFP) and SERAC-Bangladesh in partnership with the United Nations Population fund (UNPFA) Bangladesh, Partners in Population and Development (PPD), and Right Here Right Now Bangladesh.

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Dipu Moni, MP, President of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Dr. Joe Thomas, Executive Director of the PPD, Mr. Iori Kato, representative of UNFPA in Bangladesh and Mr. S M Shaikat, Executive Director of SERAC-Bangladesh and Country Coordinator of IYAFP.

In her inaugural speech, Dr. Dipu Moni said that, Bangladesh government has adopted effective and timely policies and programmes focusing on young people's knowledge development, improving access to youth friendly reproductive health services.