UNESCO Publishes Guidelines for Sex Education

Reduction of HIV / AIDS cases among young children and improving reproductive and sexual health needs of effective education programs. Unfortunately, the program was not yet available in many countries in the world.

Many young people who lack access to knowledge that can help them have the correct information in order to distance from the tragic consequences. Among other conditions cause more than 5 million young people living with HIV. As many as 45 percent of which occurred in the age of 15-24 years.

Other data show, every year at least 111 million new cases of disease transmission through sexual contact occurred at age 10-24 years. Other cases, as many as 4.4 million children aged 15-19 years old women having an abortion is not safe. Approximately 10 percent of the world’s births occur among adolescent girls are vulnerable to death during childbirth.

To overcome the fact that, UNESCO developed new guidelines entitled “International Guidelines on Sexuality Education”. Guidelines that explain, what is sex education and why it is important to say.

In the guidelines, the material must include the six concepts, namely the relationship of values; attitudes and skills; culture, society, and law; human development; sexual behavior; as well as reproductive and sexual health. Sex education itself is divided in age groups 5-8 years, 9-12 years, 12-15 years, and 15-18 to the top.

“At the present time, education becomes a powerful weapon to deal with matters relating to the issues important to prevent young children from the mistake of looking at sex,” says Mark Richmond, Director of the Division for the Coordination of UN Priorities Education and Coordinator of the Global HIV and AIDS Unesco.

“Based on the evidence, many young people who do not have access to knowledge that can help them get the right information so they can avoid the wrong action. These new guidelines are expected to overcome the gap,” said Mark.