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Sri Lanka has signed and ratified several international human rights treaties that have established state obligations to provide sexuality education to young people, in and out of school.
One fifth of the population of Sri Lanka is comprised of adolescents. The National Survey on Emerging Issues among Adolescents in Sri Lanka (2004) revealed that 6% of 14–19 year olds in school and 22% of out- of-school adolescents had sexual experiences with heterosexual partners. The study also revealed that 10% of in school
6 sty 2022 · We conducted an explorative analysis using case-control data to investigate the association between sex education and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka. Cases (N=298) were self-poisoning inpatients on a toxicology ward, Teaching Hospital Peradeniya.
An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, National Legal Advisor – Sri Lanka at the International Commission of Jurists. A state minister’s recent comment has once again brought to the forefront the need to include comprehensive sex education in the Sri Lankan school curriculum.
Committee on Women and Gender, and the Ministry of Education in Sri Lanka jointly held UNFPA’s 5th Generation-to-Generation (G2G) dialogue to highlight the need for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Sri Lanka.
1 mar 2015 · This paper presents the findings of a survey examining the sexual and reproductive knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of school going adolescents in Sri Lanka which was conducted as part of a larger study exploring adolescent sexuality.
12 gru 2019 · We conducted an explorative analysis using case-control data to investigate the association between sex education and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka.
