{"id":8998,"date":"2025-04-07T09:47:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T07:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/?p=8998"},"modified":"2025-04-07T09:54:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T07:54:45","slug":"article-comprehensive-sexuality-education-healthcare-professional-associations-and-the-future-of-the-worlds-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/fa\/article-comprehensive-sexuality-education-healthcare-professional-associations-and-the-future-of-the-worlds-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Article: Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Healthcare Professional Associations, and the Future of the World\u2019s Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Science Direct: \u201cComprehensive Sexuality Education, Healthcare Professional Associations, and the Future of the World\u2019s Youth\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sexual and reproductive health rights are agreed in international laws. In recent years, however, diminishing reproductive health rights have been seen across the globe, including limitations in the provision of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) for adolescents and young adults (AYAs). CSE aims to empower AYAs to realize their health and dignity, consider the impact of their health choices, and develop respectful relationships in order for them to lead their best lives. Recognizing these increasing threats to what AYAs need and want, five healthcare professional associations engaged in discussion with UN agencies and each other about advocating effectively for evidence-based CSE; this commentary summarizes five policy statements motivated by these discussions and registers publicly their collective organizations\u2019 support for CSE in schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Four common themes about CSE were drown out of the five position statements that the five associations published in 2023-24. Collectively, they offer a compelling case for the ongoing promotion and scale-up of CSE within national curricula in schools. They also highlight the roles of healthcare professionals in advocacy and in practical capacity-building support for schools, families, and communities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CSE Is Vital for the Healthy Growth and Development of Children and AYAs\u2014It is Not an \u201cOptional Extra\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSE Development Needs the Involvement of Children and AYAs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSE Is an Intersectoral Endeavor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Members of Healthcare Professional Associations Have Untapped Agency in Advocacy for Evidence-Based CSE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The five healthcare professional association:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>International Federation of Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology (FIGIJ)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Pediatric Association (IPA)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Association for Sexual Health (WAS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8999 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp--512x512.png 512w, https:\/\/unescochair-ghe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nat-edu-systems-opp-.png 1079w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jahonline.org\/article\/S1054-139X(25)00068-0\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalpartnershipforum.com\/allies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read support statements<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Nicola J. Gray, C.P. Bansal, Esther Corona, Yasmin Jayasinghe, Melissa Kang, Marisa Labovsky, Aparna Sridhar, Linda Sussman, Jonathan D. Klein. Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Healthcare Professional Associations, and the Future of the World\u2019s Youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2025. ISSN 1054-139X. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jadohealth.2025.02.002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jadohealth.2025.02.002<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, Science Direct: \u201cComprehensive Sexuality Education, Healthcare Professional Associations, and the Future of the World\u2019s Youth\u201d[1]. 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