NEW YORK, NY—Late Friday at the 45th Session of the United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD), member states issued a bold resolution in support of young people’s sexual and reproductive health and human rights.

Is this normal? Understanding your child’s sexual behaviour, a new book from Family Planning Queensland (FPQ), provides parents and carers with a traffic lights framework to help them understand and appropriately respond to children’s sexual behaviours. It shares stories about everyday situations and offers concrete tools to support communication with children about their sexuality and relationships. For more information or to purchase a copy visit www.fpq.com.au

The 2010-11 Annual Report is now available for download.

Melbourne, Australia has been chosen to host the XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), the largest international conference on HIV and AIDS, where every two years up to 25,000 participants, representing all stakeholders in the global response to HIV, meet to assess progress and identify future priorities.

According to the UN Population Fund the world’s population reached the staggering figure of 7 billion on October 31^st 2011. This is in part due to an increase in the average lifespan from 48years in the early 1950’s to 68years in 2010 (The Lancet, October 2011).