This Thursday, August 29, the Paralympic cauldron was lit, more than 2,000 children are living on the streets and European adolescents are using condoms less and less.
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This Thursday, August 29, the Paralympic Games are officially launched after the opening ceremony, this Wednesday evening. A three-hour show centered on dance and the highlighting of all bodies. The cauldron of the Tuileries Garden was relighted by five athletes, all Olympic champions: swimmer Elodie Lorandi, athlete Charles-Antoine Kouakou, table tennis player Fabien Lamirault and the two flag bearers: athlete Nantenin Keïta and triathlete Alexis Hanquinquant.
2,043 children sleep on the streets in France, according to a UNICEF barometer. Their number increases every year, they live mainly in large cities and more than 20% of them are under three years old. These already alarming figures are certainly underestimated according to the associations that support these families, because many of them no longer call 115 because the number is saturated.
European teenagers have been using condoms less and less over the past 10 years, and the increase in unprotected sex is worrying the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, sex education is neglected in many countries, or, where it exists, it is attacked because it encourages sexual behavior.
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