Five school children in uniform sit and talk. They are smiling.

Publisher

UNESCO, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women and WHO

Publication date

Jan 2018

Author

UNFPA

Number of pages

138

Publication

International technical guidance on sexuality education

An evidence-informed approach

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News

“Why me?” – Stigma, lack of information leave Myanmar youth in the dark on HIV

calendar_today10 January 2019

Condoms at a UNFPA-supported mobile clinic. Sithu, 21, did not know how to protect himself from HIV. © UNFPA/Yenny Gamming
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News

In Burundi, sexual health education helps youth protect themselves, their futures

calendar_today18 January 2019

Young people outside a youth-friendly health centre in Kamenge, Bujumbura. © UNFPA/Chiara Frisone
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News

“They were afraid I would die”: Early motherhood puts girls at risk in the Republic of Moldova

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Maria with her youngest daughter. She lost weight after each pregnancy, alarming her doctors. © UNFPA Moldova/Dan Gutu
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News

Girls in Azerbaijan battle disability stigma with sports

calendar_today24 July 2018

Girls attend a football programme run by UNFPA and the Special Olympics in Azerbaijan. The programme brings together girls living with disabilities and those without, to play sports and learn about their rights. © UNFPA Azerbaijan
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News

Teen moms in Peru pinpoint need for sexuality education, health services

calendar_today19 February 2018

Angie and Jazmin were both teen mothers in Lima, Peru. They both say they did not have access to comprehensive sexuality education. © Paco Chuquiure
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News

Mothers too young: Inequality fuels adolescent pregnancies in Thailand

calendar_today12 February 2018

Fern* is living in an emergency home, a shelter offering crisis care and maternal care for teen mothers. © UNFPA/Ruth Carr
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News

Life interrupted: Myanmar teen pregnancy points to need for comprehensive sexuality education

calendar_today25 January 2018

Thiri became pregnant at age 15. A marriage was hastily arranged for her, and she dropped out of school. © UNFPA Myanmar/Yenny Gamming
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Video

Teenage pregnancy in Myanmar: One girl's story

calendar_today24 January 2018

Teenage pregnancy in Myanmar: One girl's story

Teenage pregnancy in Myanmar: One girl's story

Every year, almost 50,000 teenage girls in Myanmar give birth, according to 2014 census information. Thiri was one of these girls. 

News

“I decide for myself”: South Sudanese woman shows the power of knowledge

calendar_today05 September 2017

Elizabeth Ayumpou Balang speaks with a midwife during her antenatal check-up at the Kiir Mayardit Women's Hospital in Rumbek. ©UNFPA South Sudan/Arlene Alano
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