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Comprehensive, age-appropriate life-skills-based sexuality and reproductive health education equips children with knowledge about bodily autonomy, consent, online safety, and where to seek help.
Just nine countries have mandatory life-skills-based sexuality and reproductive health education that includes information about recognizing and seeking help for sexual abuse, including online safety in lower secondary school (approximately ages 11-14).
More than one in three countries has no mandatory life-skills sexuality education at all.
Half of countries have mandatory education that could be strengthened with the addition of content on sexual abuse and online safety.
| Indicator | What it measures | Why it matters | Score range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 Education for students | Whether the national curriculum includes life skills-based sexuality and reproductive health education for lower-secondary students, including awareness of sexual violence against children and adolescents, online safety, and help-seeking | A child or adolescent who has never been taught what sexual violence looks like may not recognize it when it happens to them — or know how to seek hel | 0–3 |
How to interpret your country's score
2.1 Education for students (0–3)
| 0 | No mandatory life skills-based sexuality and reproductive health education in the national curriculum, just abstinence-only education is covered or information is not publicly available. |
| +1 | Life skills-based sexuality and reproductive health education is included in the national curriculum. Abstinence may be emphasized, but additional information (eg, about contraception and condom use) must also be included. |
| +1 | The curriculum also includes awareness of childhood sexual violence, including how to identify it and seek help. |
| +1 | The curriculum covers online safety and the risks of sexual violence through digital technologies. |
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Use this as a guide to strengthen your advocacy requests and create targeted ‘asks’ to decision-makers within the right Ministry (for example: Foreign Affairs, Social Welfare, or Finance)
| Indicator | What it tracks | Budget-line-to target | Template language |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 Education for students | Whether the national curriculum includes life skills-based sexuality and reproductive health education for lower-secondary students, including sexual violence awareness and online safety | Ministry of Education: curriculum development, teacher training, teaching materials, integration of sexual violence awareness and online safety content | “Allocate [amount] for the development and mandatory rollout of age-appropriate, life skills-based sexuality education across all lower-secondary schools, including content on sexual violence awareness, help-seeking, and online safety.” |
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Break your ask into building blocks a Finance Ministry would recognize. Even a rough component-based estimate signals seriousness:
| Indicator | Examples of components to estimate |
|---|---|
| 2.1 Education for students | Curriculum development and review; teacher training rollout; teaching materials and digital resources; integration of online safety content; monitoring of delivery |
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