When Hannah Harp took her 6th-grade sex education course in upstate New York, she learned about sex at its most traditional form—it was for reproduction, her teacher told her, and was supposed to involve a penis.
The British government is consulting on a new curriculum for sex and relationship education in English schools. This change provides a timely opportunity to update how, when and what children are taught about puberty.
The International technical guidance on sexuality education (the Guidance) was developed to assist education, health and other relevant authorities in the development and implementation of school-based and out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education programmes and materials.
