OPINIONISTA: Sexuality education is not new or foreign to African culture

This year, the African Union theme of the year is Arts, Culture and Heritage and as the AU Goodwill Ambassador on Ending Child Marriage, and building on my work with the Rosaria Memorial Trust, I can confidently say that sexuality education is not new or foreign to African culture.

Definitely, some of them need to be transformed and reformed so that we remove the negative and the toxic approaches that are not aligned with human rights values, but our culture has been so rich and sexuality education is embedded within our own values as a people. It’s even depicted in African dress. We have such a sexualised dress code, but it doesn’t mean that it gives licence for girls to be touched or to be abused.

We have just concluded the Third AU Girls Summit, looking at harmful practices, especially female genital mutilation and child marriage. Within it was a re-commitment of Africa to sexual and reproductive health and rights and to age-appropriate and context-specific comprehensive sexuality education. This continental commitment to action exists; therefore, we are calling for implementation by the governments in the eastern and southern Africa region through the renewal of the ESA Commitment.

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Perhaps do the education without the practicals.

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