Sexual education 2010, para. 55

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According to the International Bureau of Education, HIV/AIDS is a mandatory subject in primary education in 10 of the 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. However, in many African countries, adolescents have no access to information on sexuality. On the basis of a number of studies carried out in the region, it is estimated that almost half of the people who have received sexual education received no information on topics considered to be of key importance (contraception, pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, sexually transmitted diseases and the right to say no to sex). In the vast majority of cases, sexual education is provided through lectures; only in a few cases are more effective tools, such as interactive or group activities, used.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the right to education
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Gender
  • Health
Person(s) affected
  • Adolescents
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/162, para. 55.
Paragraph number
55