Documentation of advocacy work on comprehensive sexuality education in Nepal

Advocacy Materials
Family Planning Association of Nepal
IPPF South Asia Region
2010
20 p.

The goal of the project was to ensure the integration and implementation of comprehensive, gender-sensitive and rights-based sexuality education through the national curricula (primary and secondary) in Nepal. The project focused on the creation of sustainable advocacy networks with stakeholders to promote comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) and undertake a national advocacy campaign. It worked with key stakeholders to adopt a broad based sexuality education curriculum and build skills to ensure its effective implementation. The project focused on the need to promote CSE to achieve sexual and reproductive health outcomes, as well as counter the numerous religious, moral and other challenges to CSE which exist at community, national and international levels. The project's objectives were as follows: 1. To establish a sustainable advocacy network to promote CSE; 2. To work with key stakeholders to adopt a broad based sexuality education curriculum and build skills to ensure its effective application; 3. To advocate on CSE through campaigns and programs; 4. To document and disseminate CSE project experience with stakeholders such as MoE, MoY, young people, teachers, technical and steering committee members, concerned group/NGOCC, donor community.

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