In March 2024, the Higher Council for Programs published a draft program for sex education from kindergarten to high school. Entitled “Education for emotional, relational life and sexuality”, it takes up certain “key ideas” from a report published in 2021 , highlighting the weaknesses of sex education in schools. The challenges of this education are numerous. These include contributing […] … learn more→

Sexuality is an inherent dimension of the human being. He accompanies him from his conception to the end of his days. For this reason, sex education is a fundamental need that not only has to be a family matter, but must also be approached from schools. Typically, education focuses on the more biological aspect of sexuality: genitalia […] … learn more→

In our environment we have gone from seeing sexuality as something forbidden to contemplating it as something accessible and interesting. Not only for the pleasure it can provide but also for the status it grants within the peer group. Greater sexual behavior is related to more physical attractiveness, recognition or leadership capacity within the group. This is revealed […] … learn more→

Schools play an important role in ensuring that young people receive comprehensive education about relationships and sexual health. Based on three decades of research from around the world, we know that school-based education is highly effective. It supports young people to be happy and healthy adults, and it reduces their risk of harm. Sadly, many schools around […] … learn more→

Nigeria and Mississippi are a world apart physically, but the rural American state and the African country have much in common when it comes to the obstacles they had to overcome to implement sex education in their schools. Three lessons about overcoming these obstacles come out of researchthat several colleagues and I conducted on how sex education came […] … learn more→