Sexuality education: what is its impact?
This 'Sexuality education policy brief, no. 2' provides an overview of the impact of good quality sexuality education on the health and well-being of children and young people.
This 'Sexuality education policy brief, no. 2' provides an overview of the impact of good quality sexuality education on the health and well-being of children and young people.
This policy brief developed by the European Expert Group on Sexuality Education provides an overview of key issues in sexuality education. It focuses primarily on sexuality education in Europe and Central Asia but is also relevant to countries outside of these regions.
Promoting health and a healthy lifestyle among children and youth is a national priority for all Eastern European and Central Asian countries, and is reflected in their country policies.
Violence against women and girls is an unacceptable violation of basic human rights. It also is so widespread that ending it must be a global public health priority. An estimated one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused by an intimate partner during her lifetime.
Implementation of health education programs is often inadequately considered or not considered at all in planning, developing and evaluating interventions.
This publication is part of an ongoing programme of work initiated by UNESCO in 2008 to provide technical guidance and implementation support for sexuality education programmes, as a platform for HIV prevention, treatment and care.
Policy-makers who are making decisions on sexuality education programs face important economic questions: what are the costs of developing sexuality education programs; and what are the costs of implementing and scaling them up?
The main purpose of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD) is to collect comparable data on substance use among 15–16-year-old European students in order to monitor trends within as well as between countries.
Education, HIV and gender equality are deeply inter related aspects of personal and global development.
This report builds on a programme of work on sexuality education for young people initiated in 2008 by UNESCO.