BY JOY OFASIA
SEX education helps young people gain the information, skills, and motivation to make healthy decisions about sex and sexuality.
Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association (SIPPA) is the country’s largest provider of sex education, reaching the population in both urban and rural communities.
Speaking to Solomon Women, SIPPA Volunteer, George Gnangafu said youths must be encouraged to involve in sexual health training organized by communities, organizations, and Government Ministries.
“It is good to start involving young people in sexual health training programs because by doing this we are helping them to develop a mindset to become wise decision-makers.
“However, most young people (youths) nowadays are afraid and shy to discuss openly sexual health-related issues, however, they should start now so that they could become advocators and models for others in their community.
“The importance to involve in sexual health training is to equip our young people to know their rights to honest sexual health information and accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services,” he added.
Sex education is high-quality teaching and learning about a broad variety of topics related to sex and sexuality, exploring values and beliefs about those topics, and gaining the skills that are needed to navigate relationships and manage one’s sexual health.
