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Exploring new territories: dialogues on comprehensive sexuality education

Exploring new territories report captures new and critical thinking about comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) sets out different pedagogical (teaching and learning) approaches identifies new pr...

Exploring new territories report

captures new and critical thinking about comprehensive sexuality education (CSE)

sets out different pedagogical (teaching and learning) approaches

identifies new priorities for CSE

recognises the challenges CSE presents

asks what else we need to research and discover

"Comprehensive sexuality education should respond to and celebrate the diversity that exists among young people across the world. It should equip young people with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to determine and enjoy their sexuality. Comprehensive sexuality education should take a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, and be part of broader emotional and social development providing opportunities to acquire life skills and nurture personal values."

This document captures a discussion designed to generate critical thinking about CSE: moving beyond developing curricula and activities to thinking about delivery and different pedagogical (teaching and learning approaches); moving beyond providing knowledge to developing skills; moving beyond public health outcomes and towards human rights and gender equality; and how to measure success.

A snapshot of the challenges identified:

  • balancing broader rights and gender equality outcomes with specific public health outcomes
  • ensuring appropriateness in different contexts
  • applying evidence-based approaches to both content and method
  • pre-empting and managing resistance to new approaches

What else we need to know – new areas for research

  • developing and testing new indicators for the effectiveness and impact of CSE
  • examining how best to foster high quality rights-based teaching and learning skills
  • how to develop effective and continuous communication with parents and community leaders
  • the best strategies to link CSE with health and social service provision for young people

Includes:

  • a table of ‘challenges’ ‘opportunities’ and ‘recommendations’
  • key questions and issues explored during the workshop
  • a checklist of values that underpin CSE
  • a resource list
 

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Comprehensive Sex Education