Comprehensive Sexuality Education as a Tool towards Gender Equality
Abstract
The attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is a
global imperative. In order to achieve the goal of gender equality, there is a growing
realization that respecting everyone’s rights to sexual and reproductive health is
of paramount importance. This foregrounds the importance of comprehensive
sexuality education (CSE) towards the attainment of universal sexual and
reproductive health. Thus, this chapter focuses on the need for sexuality education
to drive the agenda for sustainable communities and the achievement of the SDGs. It highlights the current challenges towards sexuality education in schools and how
these can be overcome. It also brings forth the need for changed laws supporting
the rights of women and girls to sexual and reproductive health. Finally, it discusses
how communities that embrace CSE can be enabled to reach a state of equitable
treatment of all.
