Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parents and guardians in Acholi region are responsible for the high number of teenage pregnancies according to a section of cultural leaders. They particularly accuse parents and guardians of failure to monitor their children’s lifestyles. Cases of teenage pregnancies have skyrocketed in the region ever …
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How parents should do it | ÁINE AVENTIN | Parents and children need to be able to discuss sex – but often they avoid these conversations. As part of our sex education research, we spoke to UK teenagers about why they don’t talk to their parents about sex. Visions of …
Read More »Health rights body sues Govt over blanket ban on sex education
Centre for Health, Human Rights and Development (CEHURD) has dragged government to the Kampala High Court, challenging the delay by the Ministry of Education and Sports to issue a policy on comprehensive sex education. There was a heated debate in Parliament in August following a motion urging the Ministry of Education …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs want action on Greenhill Academy over Sexually material
NBS: Primary Education state minister Rosemary Sseninde says the ministry will deliver a report to parliament on what action will be taken against the management of Green hill academy after books containing sexual explicit content were confiscated. This as MPs faulted the ministry for failing in its supervision role as …
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