There are several factors that indicate the need for sexuality education during schooling. However, sexuality education programmes are very heterogeneous. The aim of this research is to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of school-based sexuality education programmes for adolescents.
The aim of the research was to investigate the appropriateness, feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of activities to train and support facilitators to deliver comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) to adolescents from the age of 10 with special needs or living in circumstances in the o
Despite considerable efforts, progress in the implementation of sexuality education (SE) has been uneven.
School re-entry for pregnant girls and young mothers is increasingly recognized by African governments as a critical measure to improve the education of marginalized adolescents and mitigate school pushout.
Though government institutions have allocated funding for responding to school-based sexual violence, the funding has been inconsistent and, as demonstrated by the persistence of staffing shortages, insufficient.
Intimate partner violence is a serious public health problem and negatively affects short-term and long-term health, development, and wellbeing of adolescent girls. Global estimates from WHO have shown that adolescent girls aged 15–19 years experience high rates of intimate partner violence.
An assessment of the compulsory curriculum in the Republic of Moldova was carried out in 2021, the results of which were compared with those of a similar assessment conducted four years earlier, in 2017.
Kyrgyzstan’s education system was assessed in 2021 and 2022. The assessment highlighted that, despite Kyrgyzstan’s favourable legal framework, students have limited access to sexuality education, with none provided to children aged 5–8.
This brief has been developed to support conversations on addressing violence in and through education.
Comprehensive sexuality education is crucial for helping young people develop healthy sexual behaviours, respectful relationships and an understanding of their rights.