Young people are at the heart of the work of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).

One of the ‘Five A’s – the guiding principles of our strategic framework – is devoted to adolescents and young people.

In practice this means we provide and promote youth-friendly services to all young people, irrespective of:

• their age
• gender
• sexual orientation
• ability
• marital status
• financial situation

We recognize young people are sexual beings who have the right to safe and pleasurable sex, and to express their sexuality in whichever way they choose.

This framework is a guide for our IPPF Member Associations and affiliated/partner organisations.

It builds upon, and complements, existing frameworks and provides an IPPF perspective on peer education.

It can be used by:

• programme designers
• managers
• coordinators
• senior managers overseeing larger peer education initiatives
• supervisors
• trainers
• young people

in their work. It can be used as a basic reference tool. Depending on the stage of your programme, the framework can be used to initiate a new peer education project/programme or to help you rethink and improve your existing activities.