CHOICE for Youth and Sexuality
Ximena Arguello Calle, Executive Director
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We respect your privacy. Read the privacy policy hereThe evidence is clear – Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) leads to increased gender equality and positive health outcomes for young people.
SheDecides works to ensure that young people have access to quality education and information about their health, bodies, sexuality and relationships, without stigma or shame.
14 Ministers from 10 countries plus 40 leading health & gender equality experts from across the world signed the joint SheDecides statement in support of Comprehensive Sexuality Education and its vital role in building a gender equal world for all.
Published in global media outlet Al Jazeera, the joint statement calls for governments to invest more in CSE as key to reaching global goals on gender equality and health.
SheDecides co-hosted a high-level roundtable on CSE in New York, ahead of the Transforming Education Summit. The event highlighted political leadership on CSE, with examples of progress and best practice from Rwanda, Argentina, Namibia, SheDecides Champions and young people.
SheDecides is part of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (coordinated by UNESCO/UNFPA and WHO). The forum mobilises leaders and experts around political opportunities to speak out for CSE.
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13th September 2022
By Lindiwe Zulu, Minister for Social Development, South Africa and Meryame Kitir, Minister for Development Cooperation and Major Cities Policy, Belgium.
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13th May 2021
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17th June 2020
Ximena Arguello Calle, Executive Director
Dr. Sangeeta Mishra, Director General, Department of Health Services
Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs
Traci L. Baird, President and Chief Executive Officer
Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade
Minister of Social Development
Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation
Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Minister of State for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination
Dr. Faith Mwangi-Powell, Chief Executive Officer
Founder, SLÉTÅTE
Kathleen Sherwin, Chief Strategy and Engagement Officer
National Representative, Cuso International
Ndiilokelwa Nthengwe, Co-founder
Founder and Executive Director, Uganda Youth and Adolescents Health Forum (UYAHF)
Memory Zonde-Kachambwa, Executive Director and Chair of SheDecides Guiding Group
Sylvia Hamata
Member of Parliament, Belgium
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
President
Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director
Kate Hampton, Chief Executive Officer
Jovana Rios, Executive Director
Transform Education
Dr. Alvaro Bermejo, Director General
Alexander de Croo, Prime Minister