Sexuality education in Asia: Are we delivering?

'Sexuality education in Asia: Are we delivering?' is an assessment, from a rights-based perspective, looking at the policies and strategies in place regarding sexuality education in 13 Asian countries where Plan works.

Adolescents and communities, along with Plan, see the urgency of helping young people become informed about sexuality at an appropriately early age. This ensures young people can protect themselves from coercion, abuse and exploitation, unintended teenage pregnancy and sexuality transmitted infections, including HIV.

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25 sponsored children and 25 letters every month

Everyone should know someone like Mr. Bear. He’s kind, generous and dedicated to his work and family. He’s also been sponsoring children with Plan Canada for over 30 years, and recently, he chose to sponsor an additional five children, bringing him to a total of 25 sponsored children.

Mr. Bear’s sponsored children span the globe in the Americas, Asia and Africa. He’s even posted a map in his office to keep track. Each child’s name and picture is posted on the map, and red string pinpoints their exact location around the world.

When we met with Mr. Bear, we discovered he wasn’t alone in his generous undertaking – in fact, he had a lot of help from one special person – his assistant, Rosemary.

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Verdens aids-dag

”Da mine venner fandt ud af, at jeg havde hiv, var der ingen, der turde komme i nærheden af mig.” Sådan fortæller 19-årige Tang, som er medlem af et hiv/aids-center i Thailand, som støttes af Plan.

Tang er blot 1 ud af 5 millioner mennesker i Asien, som lever med hiv. Som mange andre oplever hun en hel masse fordomme, som er forbundet med sygdommen. Heldigvis har hun fået hjælp til at leve med sygdommen på det lokale center og har nu fået livsmodet tilbage.

”Jeg føler ikke længere, at mit liv er mangelfuldt. På centret lærer jeg fra andre – vi udveksler erfaringer på en meget konstruktiv måde, ” fortæller Tang.

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