{"id":235360,"date":"2020-11-30T13:46:26","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T19:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=235360"},"modified":"2020-11-30T00:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T06:24:48","slug":"un-agency-force-controversial-sex-ed-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/un-agency-force-controversial-sex-ed-children\/","title":{"rendered":"UN agency wants to force controversial sex-ed on all children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/c-fam.org\/friday_fax\/un-agency-wants-to-force-controversial-sex-ed-on-all-children\/\">Washington, D.C. &#8211; C-Fam<\/a>)\u00a0With students around the world struggling to continue their education in the midst of the pandemic, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has published a guidance document to ensure they receive the UN\u2019s controversial sex education, wherever they are.<\/p>\n<p>The new document \u201ccomplements and refers to\u201d the controversial technical guidance on \u201ccomprehensive sexuality education\u201d (CSE) that was <a href=\"https:\/\/c-fam.org\/friday_fax\/un-agency-defies-general-assembly-promotes-comprehensive-sexuality-education-part-1\/\">published<\/a> in 2018 by UNESCO. Despite the fact that \u201ccomprehensive sexuality education\u201d was rejected by the General Assembly, and widespread opposition to it in countries and local communities, UNFPA has set out to ensure children receive it no matter what. It would be required for children in school, out of school, and even at home.<\/p>\n<p>According to UNFPA, \u201ccomprehensive sexuality education\u201d might be delivered by computers or phones, or in face-to-face settings such as youth centers, summer camps, religious organizations, and refugee camps.\u00a0 Out-of-school, it could also \u201cinclude challenging topics\u201d and frame issues \u201cin a way that may not always be feasible or acceptable in school settings.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance contains large sections on sexual orientation and gender identity, and while it acknowledges the \u201cabsence of extensive literature\u201d on sex education for children who identify as transgender, it based its recommendations on interviews with members of transgender organizations<\/p>\n<p>Based on these conversations, UNFPA calls for \u201cinclusive\u201d anatomical diagrams which are not labeled as male and female and where \u201cbody parts should not be assigned to one gender.\u201d If possible, the guidance urges facilitators to \u201csensitize parents about gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/planned-parenthood-sex-ed-families-covid-19\/\"><em>Planned Parenthood pushes its sex ed agenda on families during COVID-19<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The guidance also addresses delivery of \u201ccomprehensive sexuality education\u201d to child prostitutes. While acknowledging that prostitution under the age of 18 is considered exploitation regardless of the child\u2019s willingness, it also insists that \u201csex work is consensual sex between adults.\u201d\u00a0 Its recommendations are therefore intended for those over 18, although the \u201clegal, political, and ethical challenges\u201d in providing the controversial program to prostituted minors \u201cshould not\u2026 be used as a justification for keeping young people under 18 from accessing information, prevention and care services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guidance encourages facilitators to use \u201ccritical pedagogy\u201d as developed by the Brazilian Marxist scholar Paulo Freire and guides students to \u201cquestion and challenge prevailing power dynamics and domination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 UNESCO guide on sex-ed controversially promoted teaching children that gender is a social construct as early as five years of age, and promoted \u201cnon-traditional\u201d family structures, as well as a heavy emphasis on LGBTQ+ rights.\u00a0 It also notably called for the program to be mandatory in schools.<\/p>\n<p>This new guidance, along with other UNFPA initiatives promoting peer education by young people themselves, is part of a larger effort to ensure that no child can escape the most controversial elements of the UN\u2019s sex-ed curricula.<\/p>\n<p>The publication of the new guidance was funded by Norway, one of the leading proponents of sex-ed at the UN.\u00a0 At last year\u2019s UNFPA-sponsored Nairobi Summit, Norway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nairobisummiticpd.org\/commitment\/norway-supports-comprehensive-sexuality-education-cse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pledged<\/a> to support \u201ccomprehensive sexuality education\u201d both in and out of school, adding that it \u201cmainly supports CSE through UNFPA, UNESCO and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. writes<\/em><i>\u00a0for C-Fam. <a href=\"https:\/\/c-fam.org\/friday_fax\/un-agency-wants-to-force-controversial-sex-ed-on-all-children\/\">This article<\/a> first appeared at C-Fam (Center for Family &amp; Human Rights), a New York and Washington DC-based research institute (<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/c-fam.org\/\"><i>https:\/\/c-fam.org\/<\/i><\/a><i>). This article appears with permission.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Washington, D.C. &#8211; C-Fam)\u00a0With students around the world struggling to continue their education in the midst of the pandemic, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has published a guidance document to ensure they receive the UN\u2019s controversial sex education, wherever they are. 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