Comprehensive sexuality education, known by different names across countries, is one of the most effective ways to equip young people with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values they need to build respectful relationships, make informed decisions about their health and well-being, and protect their rights. Yet evidence on what learners actually gain from national programmes, and on the conditions that make them work, remains uneven across countries.
To help close this gap, UNESCO’s new report, Learning about healthy relationships: Effects of school-based sexuality education, looked at the outcomes in five settings: Armenia, the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina, Lao PDR, Lagos State in Nigeria and Namibia. Across these settings, learners who received comprehensive, rights-based sexuality education describe more positive relationships, greater self-confidence and a stronger sense of inclusion. The report also highlights the institutional and pedagogical conditions that enable or constrain these outcomes.
This webinar will mark the public release of the report. It will bring together government partners, UN agencies, civil society organisations, youth networks, researchers and donors to discuss what the evidence shows about effective national sexuality education programmes, and how the findings can inform policy and practice at country, regional and global levels.
Interpretation will be available in English, French and Spanish
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