Purpose School-based sex education plays a vital role in the sexual health and well-being
of young people. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness of efforts beyond …

Background Early adolescence (ages 10–14) is a period of increased expectations for boys
and girls to adhere to socially constructed and often stereotypical norms that perpetuate …

Adolescence, a period of physical, social, cognitive and emotional development, represents
a target population for sexual health promotion and education when it comes to achieving …

Purpose Updated estimates of adolescents' receipt of sex education are needed to monitor
trends and potential inequities. Methods Using nationally representative data from the 2011 …

Over the last decade, there has been an increase in global and local policy protections on
the basis of gender identity and expression in education and a recent spate of coverage of …

Innocence, Knowledge and the Construction of Childhood provides a critical examination of
the way we regulate children's access to certain knowledge and explores how this …

When young people with intellectual disability (ID) begin to explore their sexuality they face
a number of challenges accessing information and support. Unlike most of their non …

Today, more than half of the world population is under the age of 25 years and one in four is
under age 18. The urgency of expanding access to Comprehensive Sexuality Education …

School-based comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) can help adolescents achieve their
full potential and realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights. This is particularly …

Background Limited research has been conducted on the effectiveness of sexuality
education for very young adolescents (VYAs) ages 10–14 years in Sub-Saharan Africa …