Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria
Despite the international, regional and national commitments to sexuality education and the evidence of its effectiveness, progress on national implementation of sexuality education has been slow for a variety of reasons. The obstacles to comprehensive sexuality education are well documented and com...
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| author | Adebayo Emmanuel Essiet Abiodun Omowunmi Plesons Marina Watson Katherine Kat Chandra-Mouli Venkatraman |
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| description | Despite the international, regional and national commitments to sexuality education and the evidence of its effectiveness, progress on national implementation of sexuality education has been slow for a variety of reasons. The obstacles to comprehensive sexuality education are well documented and commonly experienced, yet the knowledge base of successful strategies to deal with resistance remain limited. This study evaluated Nigeria’s experience in creating an enabling environment for and addressing backlash to the Family Life and HIV Education (FLHE) programme; the findings reveal that FLHE supporters used both proactive and reactive strategies, whilst also making concessions and compromises to ensure the acceptance of the programme in various states of the country. These practical examples from Nigeria may inspire other countries in the planning, implementation and scale-up phases of their own CSE programmes, especially in settings where socio-cultural barriers pose challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27eda396cc80417f8eebccb0c36b3c7c2023-08-14T07:07:52ZengDe GruyterOpen Health2544-98262022-12-013115516710.1515/openhe-2022-0027Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from NigeriaAdebayo Emmanuel0Essiet Abiodun Omowunmi1Plesons Marina2Watson Katherine Kat3Chandra-Mouli Venkatraman4Adolescent Health Unit, Institute of Child Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, NigeriaICT/Donor Agencies and Civil Societies: Abuja Municipal Area Council, NigeriaUNDP-UNFPA-UNICEFWHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, DevelopmentFreelance human rights and sexual and reproductive health consultant, SingaporeUNDP-UNFPA-UNICEFWHO-World Bank Special Programme of Research, DevelopmentDespite the international, regional and national commitments to sexuality education and the evidence of its effectiveness, progress on national implementation of sexuality education has been slow for a variety of reasons. The obstacles to comprehensive sexuality education are well documented and commonly experienced, yet the knowledge base of successful strategies to deal with resistance remain limited. This study evaluated Nigeria’s experience in creating an enabling environment for and addressing backlash to the Family Life and HIV Education (FLHE) programme; the findings reveal that FLHE supporters used both proactive and reactive strategies, whilst also making concessions and compromises to ensure the acceptance of the programme in various states of the country. These practical examples from Nigeria may inspire other countries in the planning, implementation and scale-up phases of their own CSE programmes, especially in settings where socio-cultural barriers pose challenges.https://doi.org/10.1515/openhe-2022-0027sexuality educationfamily life and hiv educationnigeriayoung peopleadolescentssexual healthreproductive health |
| spellingShingle | Adebayo Emmanuel Essiet Abiodun Omowunmi Plesons Marina Watson Katherine Kat Chandra-Mouli Venkatraman Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria Open Health sexuality education family life and hiv education nigeria young people adolescents sexual health reproductive health |
| title | Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria |
| title_full | Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria |
| title_short | Commitment, Concessions and Compromise. Experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from Nigeria |
| title_sort | commitment concessions and compromise experiences of building support for and addressing resistance to sexuality education from nigeria |
| topic | sexuality education family life and hiv education nigeria young people adolescents sexual health reproductive health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/openhe-2022-0027 |
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