{"id":23262,"date":"2019-10-02T15:39:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=23262"},"modified":"2019-10-02T15:39:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T15:39:04","slug":"ghanian-sex-rights-education-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/ghanian-sex-rights-education-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanian sex rights education started in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The introduction of Ghanian sex rights education is set to transform this nation\u2019s system. This approach is being made so that students can be conscientized about their <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.niehs.nih.gov\/health\/topics\/conditions\/repro-health\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>reproductive health<\/b><\/a><b> and sexual rights.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless, this new development has been criticized by both churches and teachers.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Ghanian sex rights education under CSE<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ghanian sex rights education is being run under the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program, whereby primary school learners aged four (4) years have been targeted.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>It has been stipulated that one of the primary goals of this form of education is the broadening of school children\u2019s knowledge base about reproductive health and sexuality issues.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<b>As a result, some attributes, such as open-mind, self-respect, and positive attitudes, will be nurtured.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, they will be taught on being non-judgmental and responsible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Ghanian sex rights education supported by UNESCO<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>The United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has backed the Ghanian sex rights education based on its transformative aspect.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Irish and Swedish governments have also been funding the CSE initiative, and this has been instrumental in its success.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ghanian government has defended its decision to have children as young as four (4) taught sex rights education.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>It has been stipulated that they will be empowered with considerable insights crucial in sexual harassment protection.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nevertheless, this program is being opposed by teachers and churches based on moralistic issues.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various African countries are gearing towards introducing sex education into their curriculum. They include Zambia, Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, and Malawi.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, this trend is being embraced across the globe. For instance, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/sex-education-philippine-high-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sex education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is not categorized as a taboo in Philippine high schools.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Expressly, the Department of Education issued a policy guideline in 2018 regarding the implementation of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). The guideline is geared towards solving the rising incidences of teenage pregnancy, sexual harassment, and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) among young Filipinos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The introduction of Ghanian sex rights education is set to transform this nation\u2019s system. This approach is being made so that students can be conscientized about their reproductive health and sexual rights.\u00a0 Nevertheless, this new development has been criticized by both churches and teachers.\u00a0 Ghanian sex rights education under CSE The Ghanian sex rights education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":23263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}