Member Associations

SEXUAL HEALTH SWITZERLAND (SANTÉ SEXUELLE SUISSE) is the umbrella organization of the Swiss centers for sexual and reproductive health and the services for sexuality education. In its role as umbrella organisation, SEXUAL HEALTH Switzerland advocates for SRHR on cantonal, national and international level, offers information and guidelines for professionals, and develops and coordinates the training for professionals together with the universities of applied sciences. SEXUAL HEALTH Switzerland has developed a broad variety of materials on different SRHR topics that contribute to reach out to different target groups. Another important area of work is the promotion of comprehensive sexuality education in Switzerland. SEXUAL HEALTH SWITZERLAND provides the secretariat of the Swiss parliamentary group Sexual health and rights and is partner of Countdown 2030 Europe, a European consortium under the lead of IPPF Europe that advocates for increased international aid for family planning and sexual and reproductive health.

The National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) is a teaching, research and assistance institution in the area of sexualities. CENESEX was founded on December 28, 1988, when the first resolution on the creation of the institution was issued. Later, other legal norms have specified its social purpose. It was created as an institution of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP), but it is the result of the institutionalization process of a previous experience, that of the National Working Group on Sex Education (GNTES), which was created in 1972 at the initiative of Vilma Espín as president of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), and whose main objective was to develop and monitor the implementation of the National Sex Education Program. Open to scientific research, exchange of experiences and dialogue of knowledge, CENESEX has professionals of recognized prestige from different scientific disciplines that address, with a comprehensive approach, the study of sexualities.   Twitter Instagram