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Realising the seriousness of unprotected and unsafe sex among teenagers, the Department of Health, Asia-Pacific Council on Contraception, College of Public Health Science, Chulalongkorn University and Bayer Schering Pharma launched the `My Love My Control` campaign in order to improve sex education among Thai teens.

Girls, aged 12 to 18 are taking part in a project called Goal, which has been set up by Standard Chartered, an international bank along with partner Naz India.

Following opposition from Catholic laity and prelates, several representatives to the Philippines Congress have withdrawn their support for a pending population policy bill that recommends implementing a “two child” policy and funding sterilizations and the distribution of contraceptives.

Although there is no law in Nepal that recognises the couple’s marriage yet, there have been some policy changes in Nepal, which have been in favour of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex community.

According to the General Statistics Department, just 10.5 per cent of men last year participated in applying family planning methods.