Why is comprehensive sex education important?
Did you know that only 34% of adolescents worldwide currently have accurate knowledge about HIV transmission and prevention? In some countries, two-thirds of girls do not understand what is happening when menstruation comes? That's one of the two reasons why high-quality comprehensive sex education (CSE) is so important.
Earlier this month, UNESCO issued a comprehensively updated Technical Guidance Framework for International Sex Education, which advocates for the promotion of human health and well-being through high-quality comprehensive sex education (CSE), respect for human rights and gender equality, and the empowerment of children and young people to live healthy, safe and creative lives.
Comprehensive sex education is a curriculum-based teaching process involving cognitive, emotional, physical and social knowledge related to sex. It aims to help children and adolescents acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable them to achieve their own health, well-being and dignity;
During the transition from childhood to adulthood, most people are exposed to information about confusion and conflict between relationships and sex. This has led to an increasing demand for reliable information from adolescents that prepares them for a safe, creative and fulfilling life. If properly implemented, comprehensive sex education will meet this need, empower young people to make informed decisions about their relationships and relationships, and help them to pursue a better life in a society where gender-based violence, gender inequality, early and unwanted pregnancies, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) continue to be a serious threat to their health and well-being. Correspondingly, the lack of high-quality and age- and developmental education on sexual and intersex relationships may make children and adolescents more vulnerable to harmful sexual behaviour and even sexual assault.
Comprehensive sex education plays a vital role in ensuring the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Based on a learner-centred approach, comprehensive sex education not only provides children and adolescents with age- and age-appropriate education on human rights, gender equality, gender relations, reproduction, sexual risk and disease prevention, but also provides opportunities to demonstrate sexual growth in a positive manner through education that emphasizes values such as respect, inclusion, non-discrimination, equality, empathy, responsibility and reciprocity. What evidence is available on the importance of comprehensive sex education?
Sex education has an active role, including helping adolescents to adopt responsible attitudes and behaviour towards sexual and reproductive health. Sex education, whether on or off campus, does not increase the risk of sexual activity, high-risk sexual activity or sexually transmitted diseases/HIV infection.
Programmes that use abstinence as the only option have been ineffective in delaying sexual contact and reducing the frequency of sexual activity and the number of partners among adolescents. A scheme that combines deferred activities with other content is effective.
Gender-focused programmes are more effective than "gender-neutral" programmes in terms of health outcomes such as reducing rates of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
Sex education can be maximized if school education is coordinated by parents, teachers, training institutions and youth services. Why do I need technical guidance on sex education?
There is growing awareness of the importance of empowering young people with the knowledge and skills to make responsible choices about their lives. Comprehensive sex education helps to empower adolescents by improving their life skills in the areas of sex, human rights, values, health and respect-based relationships, cultural and social norms, gender equality, non-discrimination, sexual behaviour, violence and gender-based violence, licensing, sexual abuse and harmful practices.
The original international technical guidance, published in 2009, focused sex education as part of the aids response. However, while AIDS prevention remains important, evidence and practice show that sex education is much more widely linked to other issues, and that qualified sex education is of great importance not only to the sexual and reproductive health of young people, but also to their overall health and personal development.
Comprehensive sex education is not limited to education on reproduction, risk and disease, so the revised outline presents sexual knowledge in a positive manner. It reaffirms the place of sex education within the framework of human rights and gender equality and reflects its contribution to the achievement of a number of internationally agreed commitments on sexual and reproductive health, as well as to the goals of the 2030 Agenda on health and welfare, quality and inclusive education, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
Earlier this month, UNESCO issued a comprehensively updated Technical Guidance Framework for International Sex Education, which advocates for the promotion of human health and well-being through high-quality comprehensive sex education (CSE), respect for human rights and gender equality, and the empowerment of children and young people to live healthy, safe and creative lives.
What is comprehensive sex education?
Comprehensive sex education is a curriculum-based teaching process involving cognitive, emotional, physical and social knowledge related to sex. It aims to help children and adolescents acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable them to achieve their own health, well-being and dignity;
Why do adolescents need comprehensive sex education?
During the transition from childhood to adulthood, most people are exposed to information about confusion and conflict between relationships and sex. This has led to an increasing demand for reliable information from adolescents that prepares them for a safe, creative and fulfilling life. If properly implemented, comprehensive sex education will meet this need, empower young people to make informed decisions about their relationships and relationships, and help them to pursue a better life in a society where gender-based violence, gender inequality, early and unwanted pregnancies, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STIs) continue to be a serious threat to their health and well-being. Correspondingly, the lack of high-quality and age- and developmental education on sexual and intersex relationships may make children and adolescents more vulnerable to harmful sexual behaviour and even sexual assault.
Comprehensive sex education plays a vital role in ensuring the health and well-being of children and adolescents. Based on a learner-centred approach, comprehensive sex education not only provides children and adolescents with age- and age-appropriate education on human rights, gender equality, gender relations, reproduction, sexual risk and disease prevention, but also provides opportunities to demonstrate sexual growth in a positive manner through education that emphasizes values such as respect, inclusion, non-discrimination, equality, empathy, responsibility and reciprocity. What evidence is available on the importance of comprehensive sex education?
There is important evidence on the impact of sex education:
Sex education has an active role, including helping adolescents to adopt responsible attitudes and behaviour towards sexual and reproductive health. Sex education, whether on or off campus, does not increase the risk of sexual activity, high-risk sexual activity or sexually transmitted diseases/HIV infection.
Programmes that use abstinence as the only option have been ineffective in delaying sexual contact and reducing the frequency of sexual activity and the number of partners among adolescents. A scheme that combines deferred activities with other content is effective.
Gender-focused programmes are more effective than "gender-neutral" programmes in terms of health outcomes such as reducing rates of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections.
Sex education can be maximized if school education is coordinated by parents, teachers, training institutions and youth services. Why do I need technical guidance on sex education?
There is growing awareness of the importance of empowering young people with the knowledge and skills to make responsible choices about their lives. Comprehensive sex education helps to empower adolescents by improving their life skills in the areas of sex, human rights, values, health and respect-based relationships, cultural and social norms, gender equality, non-discrimination, sexual behaviour, violence and gender-based violence, licensing, sexual abuse and harmful practices.
What's new in the revised outline?
The original international technical guidance, published in 2009, focused sex education as part of the aids response. However, while AIDS prevention remains important, evidence and practice show that sex education is much more widely linked to other issues, and that qualified sex education is of great importance not only to the sexual and reproductive health of young people, but also to their overall health and personal development.
Comprehensive sex education is not limited to education on reproduction, risk and disease, so the revised outline presents sexual knowledge in a positive manner. It reaffirms the place of sex education within the framework of human rights and gender equality and reflects its contribution to the achievement of a number of internationally agreed commitments on sexual and reproductive health, as well as to the goals of the 2030 Agenda on health and welfare, quality and inclusive education, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
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