From ideas to action: addressing barriers to comprehensive sexuality education in the classroom
Evidence for the positive outcomes of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is well documented.
Evidence for the positive outcomes of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) on adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is well documented.
In spite of the importance of sexuality education and HIV and AIDS education in preventing HIV infections, Zimbabwean secondary school Guidance and Counseling teachers are not engaging optimally with the current Guidance and Counseling, HIV and AIDS & Life Skills education curriculum, and hen
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a key component of efforts to improve sexual and reproductive outcomes for young people. While many governments have established policies and curricula for CSE, there are no quantitative measures of the quality of their implementation in schools.
Impact evaluations focused on school absenteeism commonly use school records of untested quality or expensive spot-check data.
With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in partnership with the South African National Department of Basic Education (DBE), the MEASURE Evaluation project is conducting an impact evaluation of the implementation of scripted lesson plans (SLPs) and supp
Proponents have promoted sexuality education as a means of empowering adolescents, yet it has been thwarted in many low and middle-income countries. Nigeria represents an exception. Despite social opposition, the government in 1999 unexpectedly approved sexuality education policy.
Comme pour la plupart des pays, les racines de l’éducation sexuelle au Bénin remontent à des projets initiaux sur l’enseignement des aptitudes/compétences à la vie quotidienne et sur la population. L’UNFPA soutient les projets d’EPD (Environnement-Population-Développement) depuis 1998.
Le Togo a une longue histoire d’introduction de l’enseignement sexuel dans le secteur éducatif commençant en 1987 avec l’EPD/SR.
Comme la plupart des pays, les racines de l’éducation sexuelle en Côte d’Ivoire remontent aux années 1990s et à des projets initiaux sur l’enseignement des aptitudes/compétences à la vie courante et sur la population.
Au Sénégal, il n’existe aucune restriction légale à l’accès des jeunes à la contraception et à d’autres services de santé élémentaires, tels que les tests de grossesse et d’IST, sauf la nécessité d’avoir au moins 15 ans pour consentir au test du VIH.