UNFPA calls for effective sex education

Friday, October 21, 2016

UNFPA Assistant Representative Mareledi Segotso launching SWOP Report at media briefing.PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO.jpg

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) launched the State of the World Population (SWOP) report yesterday amidst challenges such as deficient and non-responsive policies in the area of sexual reproduction inter alia. This has consequently resulted in gender discrepancies.

The 2016 report makes the case that few, if any, of the Sustainable Development Goals can be achieved if large swaths of humanity are unable to exercise their rights and realise their full potential.

UNFPA Botswana’s Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) specialist, Kefilwe Koogotsitse, who presented the report, explained that information surrounding sexuality lagged behind mainly due to ineffective sexuality education in the country.

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