Facing negative reactions to sexuality education through a Multicultural Human Rights framework

Sexuality education, its protocols and planning are contingent on an ever-changing political environment that characterizes the field of sexuality in most countries. In Brazil, human rights perspectives shaped the country ’s response to the AIDS epidemic, and indirectly influenced the public acceptability of sexuality education in schools. Since 2011, however, as multiple fundamentalist movements emerged in the region, leading to recurrent waves of backlashes in all matters related to sexuality, both health and edu cational policies have begun to crawl backwards.

Source: Reproductive Health Matters - December 10, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Vera Paiva, Valeria N. Silva Tags: Feature Source Type: research