This week, we commemorate two very meaningful dates: the Week for the Prevention of Unintended Adolescent Pregnancy and World Contraception Day.
These dates remind us of the importance of our shared mission: to provide adolescents with safe, accessible, comprehensive, and high-quality care in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. Our role extends beyond clinical practice; it also involves listening, guiding, and accompanying them so they can make informed, free, and responsible decisions about their health and future.
Unintended pregnancy in adolescence is not only a health challenge but also a social one, with consequences that can profoundly affect the lives of young people, their families, and their communities. As specialists, we have both the responsibility and the privilege to help prevent these situations through education, counselling, access to effective contraceptive methods, and the upholding of sexual and reproductive rights.The provision of evidence-based, personalised contraceptive counselling, focused on the individual’s priorities, is essential to build trust and combat the misinformation about the safety and efficacy of contraceptive methods that has proliferated on social media essential that the care we provide be grounded in respect, confidentiality, empathy, and truth, always promoting each adolescent’s autonomy. This means ensuring that they can exercise their sexual and reproductive rights in an environment free from stigma, discrimination, or coercion—one that recognizes and values diversity. Only then can we ensure that every young person receives dignified, transformative, and equitable care.
Let us take this week as an opportunity to renew our commitment, share best practices, and continue strengthening the support networks that ensure every adolescent, wherever they live, receives quality care, protection of their rights, and opportunities to build a healthy and fulfilling future.
Thank you for your dedication and for the work you do every day. Together, we can continue to make a difference.