08-20-2005, 09:31 AM
YuunliAug 19 2005, 11:42 PM Quote: DEEPLY DISTURBED that in many Nations lack of quality sex education can lead, many times, to unplanned teen pregnancies and unnecessary abortion [/quote]
This resolution does not enforce quality sex education. It just urges members to give "information" about various sex topics.
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My government is considering voting in favour, and while we agree that the resolution doesn't specifically say "quality" education, the preamble made it clear to us that the sex education needed to be non-judgemental, which seems to imply that it should be a quality program.
It also included a list of possible options / educational elements:
"information about male sexuality, female sexuality, opposite-sex relationships, same-sex relationships, masturbation, birth control methods, abortion right, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases without any value judgment"
At this point we are still undecided, but another reason we are considering voting in favour is that we do feel that sex education might help with population control as well as to a much lesser degree encourage gender equality. The reason we say this, is the programs seem to debunk some myths about the genders, but focusing on what makes men and women similar and what makes them different.
We certainly do agree that this is a human rights issue. However, all that said, the age of 18 require actually seems a bit late for many societies. The fact that a specific age is mentioned does seem a bit problematic ... as some societies might want to begin this programs earlier, others later.
We regrett that we did not catch this clause easlier, as we feel a more appropriate measure might have been "prior to a time when the local popluations typically become sexually active".
This resolution does not enforce quality sex education. It just urges members to give "information" about various sex topics.
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My government is considering voting in favour, and while we agree that the resolution doesn't specifically say "quality" education, the preamble made it clear to us that the sex education needed to be non-judgemental, which seems to imply that it should be a quality program.
It also included a list of possible options / educational elements:
"information about male sexuality, female sexuality, opposite-sex relationships, same-sex relationships, masturbation, birth control methods, abortion right, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases without any value judgment"
At this point we are still undecided, but another reason we are considering voting in favour is that we do feel that sex education might help with population control as well as to a much lesser degree encourage gender equality. The reason we say this, is the programs seem to debunk some myths about the genders, but focusing on what makes men and women similar and what makes them different.
We certainly do agree that this is a human rights issue. However, all that said, the age of 18 require actually seems a bit late for many societies. The fact that a specific age is mentioned does seem a bit problematic ... as some societies might want to begin this programs earlier, others later.
We regrett that we did not catch this clause easlier, as we feel a more appropriate measure might have been "prior to a time when the local popluations typically become sexually active".