When Sex Education Forward

In addition, effective sex education can seem daunting because it means tackling potentially sensitive issues involving a wide range of people - parents, schools, community groups and health providers. But because sex education has many individual activities that occur in a wide range of settings and time periods, there are many opportunities to contribute.

The nature of the contribution of a person depends on their relationship, role and expertise in relation to young people. For example, parents are best for young people to ensure the continuity of individual support and training early in their lives. School-based education are especially good at providing information and opportunities for skills development and attitude clarification in a more formal, through lessons within a program. Community projects that provide opportunities for young people to access advice and information less formally. Sexual health and other health and welfare may provide access to information, support and guidance of some. Sex education in the media, often supported by local, regional and national non-governmental organizations and services that can help raise awareness of sexual health issues.

    "Because sex education can take place across a wide range of settings, there are lots of opportunities to contribute."

Further development depends in part on sex education to incorporate these elements in a consistent manner to meet the needs of young people. It 'also need to pay closer attention to specific groups of young, as young parents, young lesbian, gay and bisexual people and those who may be in contact, and schools, and the socially disadvantaged, including young refugees and asylum seekers, young , young people in prisons, and also live on the street.

The circumstances and context available to parents and sex educators are different from one place to another. Realities, practices or policies of a country may limit the ability of young people who have comprehensive sex education that combines all the elements of the best. But the basic principles described here apply everywhere. In making our own contribution and improvement by others, and be guided by these principles, we can offer more sex education is working and to improve our support to young people.