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Many sexual activity and HIV/AIDS education programs around the world focus on the risks of unsafe sex, which behind leave loretta Young people unprepared to deal with their sexuality or lead sexually fulfilling lives, experts aforesaid at a satellite academic term on comprehensive sex department of Education at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City on Wednesday, IRIN News reports.
Maria Alcaldes, deputy manager of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, said teachers often ar not sufficiently trained to teach sex education in a manner that allows children to make informed and creditworthy decisions. She said, "There is a need for sexuality department of Education that goes beyond pedagogy the basic biology." Alcaldes noted that although Latin American countries have attached to comprehensive sex education programs, the number of teenage pregnancies in the region has increased. She said governments must work with communities to address these concerns.
Brian Ackerman, international policy manager for Advocates for Youth, criticized the U.S. global HIV/AIDS funding mechanics, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, for limiting some HIV bar education programs to abstinence and fidelity messages. "Society should not be afraid of young people having sex -- it is a reality," Ackerman said, adding that young citizenry need more information about condom use.
Prabha Nagarja of the Indian organisation Talking about Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues, which runs an anonymous aid line, aforementioned the group's efforts take shown many shortcomings in India's approach to sexuality education. She said, "A new national curriculum on sex education tells young people what not to do sexually, without telling them why or explaining to them the almost basic things, such as how social intercourse happens." She added that callers to the group's help line "have no idea how to protect themselves" from HIV/AIDS. Swedish AIDS Ambassador Lennarth Hjelmaker said, "Teaching about the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases is necessary, but it must go hand in hand with teaching around healthy sex and communicating with youth people about their experiences" (IRIN News, 8/6).
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