3. choose any method of contraception; 4. engage in self-protection and to be protected against sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; 5. receive and benefit from family planning education, particularly in the rural areas.xxiii In this regard the state should identify and remove all barriers affecting women’s access to family planning services. mmm. Encourage partners to share information on their health status regarding sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; nnn. Educate women on the health-related aspects of menopause. ooo. Protect adolescents against sexual exploitation and practices that endanger their health, including early marriage. This includes educational measures aimed at discouraging early sexual activity and unwanted or early pregnancies. Special emphasis should be given to effective sex education which should start before sexual activity has begun. Health delivery programmes should include a focus on the needs of adolescents and this must include confidentiality. States should encourage the establishment and expansion of peer support and counselling programmes. ppp. Prevent child sexual abuse through strict enforcement of legislation criminalising such abuse and adequate punishment of offenders, through community education and mobilisation, education of medical personnel to identify signs of abuse, and through public education. qqq. Take appropriate measures to: rrr. 1. establish and strengthen existing pre-natal, delivery and post-natal h ealth and nutritional services for women during pregnancy and while breast-feeding; 2. decriminalise abortion in all cases, and particularly legalise medical abortion in case of sexual assault, rape, incest, and where the continued pregnancy endangers the mental and physical health of the mother or the life of the mother or the foetus. This should include educating health personnel on the circumstances when abortions are legally permissible. 3. provide post-abortion health-care services in appropriate locations. Reduce the maternal mortality rate, the stillbirth, infant and child mortality rate and to take measures to ensure the healthy development of the new-born and the childxxiv, which include: 32 1. Medical assistance and health care to all children with emphasis on the development of primary health care; 2. The provision of adequate nutrition and safe drinking water; 3. The combating of disease and malnutrition within the framework of primary health care through the application of appropriate technology;