Sexual education 2010, para. 25

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In general, treaty monitoring bodies have expressly recommended that sexual and reproductive health education should be a mandatory component of learning. For example, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has called upon States to provide sexual education in a compulsory and systematic manner in schools, including in vocational training, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child has recommended that States include sexual education in the official programmes of primary and secondary education.
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
  • Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Women
Year
2010
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/162, para. 25.
Paragraph number
25