Three cheers for the news that nearly one in three secondary schools are now running sexual health clinics for pupils - some as young as 11 - offering condoms, pregnancy tests and the morning-after pill.
This figure is revealed in a new report from the Sex Education Forum. And I think it makes encouraging reading.
I’m wholly [...]
Sex education is predominately being taught in our schools across the nation, with a medley of variations on how to teach the subject. More and more schools are choosing to teach their students about sexual health, risks, and general knowledge and foregoing the idea that abstinence is the only answer. The educational facilities who address [...]
Tina Armenta’s car broke down the day she and her 13-year-old daughter planned to attend a sex education class at Planned Parenthood last week.
As if that would stop her. Armenta has already rescheduled.
“Parents need to open their eyes and stop being naive about what they think their child may or may not know,” she said.
Armenta, [...]
At a time when San Bernardino County has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state, several area school districts are not offering enough lessons in sexual health education in the classroom, according to a report released Wednesday.
Sexual Health Education in Public Schools, a Guide for Parents, issued by Planned Parenthood of Orange [...]
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: The Cayman Islands Red Cross, an Overseas Branch of the British Red Cross, has launched a powerful campaign raising awareness of HIV %26ndash; by using t-shirts. Carolina Ferreira, programmes manager, explained why the campaign is so effective: %26quot;It is not everyday in Cayman that you see people wearing a t-shirt that [...]
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the results of a study it conducted of girls ages 14 to 19. The study found that one in four teenage girls has an STD. That’s more than 3 million teens. Nearly half of the black girls [...]
