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Sex Education as the best Weapon against Gender Violence

2021-1-ES02-KA220-YOU-0000285272021Cooperation partnerships in youthfinalizedGood practice
Countries: ES|PL|HR|EL · Grant: €101,995
Promoting gender equalityResearch and innovationNew learning and teaching methods and approaches

Objectives

We start from the idea that a good sexual education will prevent behaviors related to gender violence and for this we establish the following objectives: 1-Identify what content, what frequency and what quality have sexual education programs destined to young people (13-18). 2-Carry out a research which will show that effective sex education prevents sexist violence. 3-Develop a guide of good practices about health and affective-sexual rights of young people. 4-Develop an identification plan that includes all those macho attitudes related to sexist violence. 5-Establish a prevention and action manual that explains what to do in case such attitudes appear. 6-Train formal and non-formal teaching professionals. 7-Establish a support and information program for families in the area of sexual education. 8-Involve young people in the realization, application and conclusion of materials. 9-Integrate young people in the promotion of the materials and activities created, with the aim of structuring them in three lines of action: identification, action and behavior change. 10-Instruct through interaction with young people in the relation between sex and technology.

Background

Sex education is a legal requirement in almost all EU countries, but the content and quality vary. According to the report "Policies for sex education in the EU" of the European Parliament (2013), the Nordic countries and Benelux have sex education of the highest quality, while the states of eastern and southern Europe have poor or non-existent programs. Although sex education is integrated into the school curriculum in Greece, Spain and Croatia, it is rarely implemented. In addition, according to the School Education Gateway survey on sex education (2019), most teachers, parents and institutions support sex education in schools, however there is no support for educators to manage information and education is limited to human body and its development. We intend to respond to the PROPOSAL FOR A RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, on the situation of health and sexual and reproductive rights in the Union, within the framework of women's health (2019/2165 (INI), in the section that promotes comprehensive sexuality education for the benefit of young people, urging Member States to ensure access to comprehensive and scientifically correct sexuality education for all primary and secondary school students.

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