Paraguay sex ed curriculum welcomed

Iain Taylor  |  World
Date posted:  27 Sep 2024
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Paraguay sex ed curriculum welcomed

A school in Caacupé, Paraguay. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Evangelicals and other Christians are expressing strong support for Paraguay’s first national sex education curriculum, to be rolled out in 2025.

The initiative is a response to the crisis by which the country has the second highest rate of teenage pregnancy in South America, surpassed only by Venezuela. Paraguayan government figures show that, in 2023, 10,697 adolescents aged 15–19, and 405 girls aged 10–14 gave birth in the country, which has a population of under 7 million.

Equally alarming are the figures on sexual abuse, with 4,084 girls and adolescents falling victim last year.

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