Disability-inclusive comprehensive sexuality education in Asia and the Pacific: an assessment of teacher needs
People with disabilities deserve equal access to high-quality education, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE).
People with disabilities deserve equal access to high-quality education, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE).
This case study is part of a series covering Mongolia, Nepal and the Philippines that highlights findings from a research study which explores how teachers in the Asia-Pacific region can be supported to provide comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to learners with disabilities.
This case study is part of a series covering Mongolia, Nepal and the Philippines that highlights findings from a research study which explores how teachers in the Asia-Pacific region can be supported to provide comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to learners with disabilities.
This case study is part of a series covering Mongolia, Nepal and the Philippines that highlights findings from a research study which explores how teachers in the Asia-Pacific region can be supported to provide comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to learners with disabilities.
Comprehensive sexuality education is an important means of promoting sexual well-being amongst young people and is key to preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). However, sexuality education is not currently included in the formal curriculum in Italian schools.
Since around 2014, lawmakers at the federal, state, and municipal levels in Brazil have introduced over 200 legislative proposals prohibiting gender and sexuality education in schools under the guise of protecting children and adolescents from “gender ideology” and “indoctrination".
Background: Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) plays a critical role in promoting youth and adolescent’s sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing. However, little is known about the enablers and barriers afecting the integration of CSE into educational programmes.
Background and purpose: In 2020, the New Zealand Ministry of Education updated the national curriculum policy for sexuality education, broadening the focus to ‘relationships and sexuality education’ and strengthening guidance for both primary (Years 1–8) and secondary (Years 9–13) schools.
Children’s experience of harm and abuse has a profound impact on their health and well-being.
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee, examines the importance of sexuality education as an integral part of sexual and reproductive health and rights of children and young peopl