Advocacy for school-based sexuality education: lessons from India and Nigeria |
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| Authors: | Fiona Samuels Jari Kivela Dhianaraj Chetty Joanna Herat Chris Castle Evert Ketting |
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| Institution: | 1. Overseas Development Institute (ODI) , London , UK f.samuels@odi.org.uk;3. Qalys , Amsterdam , The Netherlands;4. Division of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development , Section of Education and HIV &5. AIDS, Education Sector, UNESCO , Paris , France;6. Department of Primary and Community Care , Nijmegen International Center for Health Systems Research and Education (NICHE), Radboud University , Nijmegen , The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Drawing on evidence from a wider study on the cost and cost-effectiveness of sexuality education programmes in six countries, and focusing on the examples of India and Nigeria, this paper argues that advocacy is a key, yet often neglected component of school-based sexuality education programmes, especially where sex and sexuality are politically or culturally sensitive issues. It also suggests that advocacy is not a one-off activity but needs to be carried out continuously and adapted as contexts and needs change. Overall, this piece recommends that advocacy should be a key component of sexuality education work, and needs to be planned and budgeted for. Without such investment, country-level sexuality education programmes are likely to fail. |
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| Keywords: | sexuality education advocacy community ownership India Nigeria |
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