Consistency of the official curriculum for comprehensive sexual education with the criteria of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and with international standards. | Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

B.8

Consistency of the official curriculum for comprehensive sexual education with the criteria of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and with international standards.

Definition:

Existence of comprehensive universal programme of sexuality education aligned both with the criteria of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and with international standards on the subject.

Notes:

At present there are civil society monitoring mechanisms based on the follow-up of the Bi-ministerial declaration “Preventing through education” signed in Mexico in 2008. There is in fact a recent review for the period 2008-2015 [online] https://www.ippfwhr.org/es/publicaciones/evaluaci%C3%B3n-de-la-implementaci%C3%B3n-de-la-declaraci%C3%B3n-ministerial-prevenir-con-educaci%C3%B3n-2.

In addition, UNESCO Latin America and the Caribbean, in collaboration with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Western Hemisphere Region, has adapted its Sexuality Education Review and Assessment Tool (SERAT), which measures alignment of official curricula with the International Guidelines on Sexuality Education. This tool could be used because, as well as its successful track record, it offers a comparative approach between countries.

The national reports should respond to specific queries on the subject by the secretariat and reflect the systematization set out in the civil society platform.

In any case, it is agreed that more work is needed on the metadata to arrive at an expert, politically validated and measurable definition of “comprehensive sexuality education with the criteria of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development and with relevant international standards”.

Type

Qualitative

Priority Measures

B.11 - Education for sexuality

Ensure the effective implementation from early childhood of comprehensive sexuality education programmes, recognizing the emotional dimension of human relationships, with respect for the evolving capacity of boys and girls and the informed decisions of adolescents and young people regarding their sexuality, from a participatory, intercultural, gender-sensitive, and human rights perspective.

Topic

B. Girls, boys, adolescents and youth

B.11 - Education for sexuality

Percentage of children, adolescents and young people who have age-appropriate information and knowledge about sexuality and reproduction.

Incorporation of gender equality into the minimum content of basic and secondary school curricula, including the issue of discrimination on grounds of gender identity and sexual orientation.