By young people with sexual and reproductive health supporters, Robin AvilaDirector controls sin and young leader, Mexico, Amanda PhilipsonSwedish Association for Sexual Education (RFSU Malm), CSE Educator and Board Member from Sweden, Anna (Anki) MoseshviLi, International Coordinator of Advocate and Contributions in the Wi -Pir Network, Mohammad Ray Davi PingestoProject Manager, Rootgers WPF Indonesia and ENSO MANDIGESocial work student, Zimbabwe
This week, five UN agencies confirmed that despite some progress worldwide, most countries have failed to provide quality and sustainable sex education to children and youth. The news is a reminder of the need for changing life and potentially life -saving education.
We agree. For many people, this is a matter of life and death. In girls aged 15-19, 10 million initial and non-intended pregnancy, 3 million unsafe abortion, and maternity situation are the first cause of death. Comprehensive sexual education (CSE) can prevent it. Young people from all countries and all regions have been standing for years.
We are not only seeking the CSE because it can save our lives, though this happens. But since it helps us to make deliberate, respectable and informed decisions about our health, sex and relationship.
CSE is a comprehensive, age -appropriate, multi -dimensional learning process that has happened in many years. It creates personal and social ability, such as critical thinking, risk diagnosing, solving the problem and considering numerous perspectives.
Investing in CSE is investing in the United States, children and youth. We can maximize our ability to teach our education by eliminating confusion around menstruation and contraception, and eliminating social factors, which challenge our welfare, such as discrimination, violence and marriage of children.
Still, many countries say that they have policies and laws related to sex education, good curriculum and the help of teachers, but it does not always translate into young people like us that we need.
Without budget, planning and monitoring – CSE policy is nothing but practical action and delivery. Really comprehensive relationships and sex teaching provides young tools to understand young people, the world and the people within it. If governments are really committed to protecting human rights and their promises under regional, national and international agreements, they need to ensure their legal and regular implementation of the CSE in the classroom fully felt.
At the same time, CSE delivery is nothing without quality training for primary, secondary and advanced teachers.
Teachers have the authority to decide what information they should share or hide from their students. We urge teachers to consider their puberty experience, try to walk in their shoes, and do not allow their personal values to be a comprehensive CSE value. We also want more male teachers to engage in the process as our women do teachers, become champions and bring their point of view to the table.
We believe that young people need to be meaningful in the process of forming and designing the curriculum of sexual education – because many of the topics and facts we are affected today are being left behind. We need to learn about safe abortion, sexual and technology intersection, and various sexual trends, gender identity and youngsters affecting young people. These are important topics, and if they are not included, the opportunity to positively affect the welfare and development is lost.
Access is another critical issue, and when millions of children were out of school, it has been increased during the Covade 19 pandemic diseases. To help us learn about puberty, menstrual health, relationships or sex, we do not have people we can talk to, or even the Internet. We have to find creative ways to reach those facing these difficulties.
Ensuring practically standard CSE access should be given globally if we ever see a future where young people can really develop, where we are free from confusion, discrimination, violence and aggression. We know that there has been a development, and that many countries are making important efforts to provide CSE with the help of civil society and youth, but overall, we are staying behind. Young people are not fulfilling their rights to teach sex.
As a young Advocate, we lack respectable dialogue one of the most difficult things. It is as if we are working in a reaction and the opposition is coming up with heavy and strategic measures, taking advantage of the power in the decision -making process. It is important that all key stakeholders help us acknowledge the positive effects that CSE has for children and young people.
We all understand that literacy and statistics are incredibly important, and it should be the basis of our education. These days, the school, however, needs to go beyond it. It has to prepare us for the challenges of the youth and the transfer of youth.
We stand and ask you to listen to us. As a young man, we have to play a key role here. We can contribute with governments and other stakeholders to ensure that no child or young person experiences negative consequences that come with evidence -based, positive information and lack of education, or even absence.
Travel toward Comprehensive Sexuality Education: World Status Report (ENG) Summary (ENG) (FR) (SP)
UNESCO is currently developing a series with the GEM report Monday Country Profiles (Profiles Education Reviews) Focusing on the development of the country’s level towards a comprehensive sex education education next year.
