Parents resist sexuality education through digital activism

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dc.contributor.authorNgabaza, Sisa
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-08T08:42:55Z
dc.date.available2023-03-08T08:42:55Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa has high rates of HIV infection among its young population, high rates of unintended pregnancy among the youth, and extremely high rates of gender-based violence. Given all this, it is essential that young people be taught skills that will enable them to manage their sexuality. Schools have been shown to be best placed to provide accurate and relevant information on young people�s sexualities. Through the Life Orientation (LO) curriculum, the Department of Basic Education (DBE) offers age-appropriate sexuality education as a response to these concerns. However, research in sexuality education shows that there is a lack of guidance and preparedness by educators, and this hampers how sexuality education is delivered in South African schools. A recent attempt by the DBE to upscale and strengthen the sexuality education curriculum in South African schools was met with resistance from parents and other lobby groups. This resistance was driven across many different media platforms, and particularly through an online hashtag #LeaveOurKidsAlone, largely on Facebook and Twitter. Through this resistance, we are introduced to parents/adult response to the teaching and learning of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in South African schools, a voice that has been missing to a great extent in this debate.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNgabaza, S. (2022). Parents resist sexuality education through digital activism. Journal of Education, (89) , 84-104. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i89a05en_US
dc.identifier.issn2515-5741
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2520-9868/i89a05
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/8551
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectSexual healthen_US
dc.subjectPublic healthen_US
dc.subjectGender-based violenceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleParents resist sexuality education through digital activismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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