WAS to celebrate the World Sexual Health Day in September 4th
2013 and the World Congress of Sexual Health in Porto Alegre-
Brazil September 21-24, 2013 In 2010, the World Association for
Sexual Health (WAS) called all their organizations to celebrate,
on each September 4th, World Sexual Health Day in an effort to
promote a greater social awareness on sexual health across the
globe. The first World Sexual Health Day was celebrated with the
slogan “Let’s talk about it!” to start breaking fears and taboos
surrounding sexuality. The topic of WSHD 2010 was addressed in
different forums, many of which were intergenerational
discussions. World Sexual Health Day 2011 focused on youth
sexual health with the slogan “Youth’s sexual health: Shared
rights and responsibilities”. The topic of WSHD was a
consequence of the creation of the WAS Youth Initiative and in
the context of the International Year of Youth proclaimed by
United Nations. Within WAS, the different members of the
Advisory Committee and the Youth Initiative