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EOC supports the 7th Asian Conference on Sexuality Education
Society is changing, and sexuality education has to keep up. How can we equip students with ideas of consent and respect, for example, as they plunge into the world of online dating? How can we tailor sexuality education to the needs of students with disabilities and learning difficulties? What hurdles do we have to overcome in teaching about gender and sexual diversity?
These are some of the many issues to be addressed at the 7th Asian Conference on Sexuality Education, co-organised by The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong and the Department of Special Education and Counselling of The Education University of Hong Kong. Themed “Challenges of Sexuality Education: Inclusion, Relevance, Comprehensiveness”, the conference will take place on 18-19 October 2019 at The Education University of Hong Kong. Led by scholars, sex educators, certified sex therapists and veteran NGO workers, the panel discussions and workshops will allow policymakers, school management, teachers, parents and other stakeholders to reflect on the latest developments in sexuality education across Asia and exchange their knowledge and experience.
The EOC is honoured to be one of the supporting partners of the event. Indeed, sexuality education is closely tied to one of the Commission’s statutory functions, namely, eliminating sexual harassment. To be able to refrain from or speak out against sexual harassment, one needs to have a sense of respect for bodily autonomy and relate to values of gender equality. Cultivating these concepts among the younger generation, therefore, must be made a fundamental objective of sexuality education, as the EOC recommended in a submission to the Education Bureau (EDB) in October 2018.
For more details on the conference and the EOC’s 2018 submission to the EDB, please click the links below.
