The facts of life on video for young Mexicans.

Mexicos family planning programs have been directed towards women of childbearing age. However Mexicos family planning movement is now mature enough to set more ambitious goals. This paper deals exclusively with the programs for young people. MEXFAMs basic strategy has been to create not a separate structure but rather a movement that infiltrates all the other youth organizations. In general terms the objectives of MEXFAMs young peoples movement are to promote knowledgeable participants among those who do not have sexual relations yet obtain active users of birth control among those who already have sexual relations and retard the 1st pregnancy until after the woman is 20 years old. For a better chance to reach these goals the young peoples movement is using a series of untraditional methods so as to avoid the authoritarian options dictated by adult criteria. One of these educational mediums that awaken the consciousness and sense of responsibility in the youth is the video. MEXFAMs youth films are directed to different aspects of sexuality. "Dream of Reality" and "With Hands in the Pockets" deal with adolescent pregnancy; "Like Buddies" with parent-child relationships; "Escape" with drug addiction and sexual responsibility and "The Last Train" with myths and taboos that go with 1st sexual relations. 4 of these films were produced with the help of JOICFP. 5 films planned for this year are on: the adolescent mother and communication with her own mother communication in the adolescent couple prostitution the media and sexuality and contagious sexual illness.