This series of policy briefs on sexuality education have been created in collaboration with the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) (a WHO collaborating centre for sexual and reproductive health) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Regional Office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to clarify key issues associated with sexuality education.
This policy brief provides an overview of what sexuality education means and dispels the myth that it encourages children to engage in sexual acts. This brief examines the benefits of providing sexuality education by fulfilling the basic human right of access to appropriate health information.
This policy brief examines the benefits of sexuality education. The evidence demonstrates that there are measurable benefits such decrease in teenage pregnancies and abortion, as well as soft skills like better parent-child communication skills. The evidence suggests sexuality education lays the foundation for more empathic and respectful adults.
This policy brief describes the steps for advocating sexuality education in Europe and Central Asia. This brief stresses taking the time to determine appropriate stakeholders, building cooperative relationships and understanding development of material will be an iterative process. Opposition to sexuality education is expected and this document provides suggestions on how to approach them.
This policy brief provides the rationale for delivering sexuality education in a school setting. Furthermore, it outlines different models that could be applied to sexuality education implementation and the resources required to for successful education.
