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Sexuality education

The World Health Organization says sexuality — or sex — education is about teaching young people responsible sexual behavior, and that research in Europe shows young people do not get sexually active earlier as a result.

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Shift-Sendung AI Chatbots Indien

Sex education with AI in India

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International Condom Day in Lima, Peru, a young person learns how to put a condom on a fake penis

International Condom Day in Lima, Peru, a young person learns how to put a condom on a fake penis

'Concerning' rise in unprotected sex among teenagers

Many teenagers in Europe, central Asia, and Canada don't use condoms. Experts warn of unwanted pregnancies and STIs.

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A family, a mother and three children, eat a meal together

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DW I The 77 Percent show

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77 Percent Sendung #185

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Loveland

Loveland

The app 'Love Land'’ teaches sex education

The app, "Love Land," helps educate teenagers on topics around love and sex.

Teenage students sit in a classroom in Rome listening to a female teacher

Teenage students sit in a classroom in Rome listening to a female teacher

Italy shies away from sex education

Italy is one of nine EU countries without compulsory sex education. Experts say this puts young people at risk.

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent | Postpartum Depression

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A screenshot from the Loveland app shows a character dressed in yellow running through a jungle, with blue power waves coming from her hands

A screenshot from the Loveland app shows a character dressed in yellow running through a jungle, with blue power waves coming from her hands

Sex education app aims to dispel taboos

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Efforts to end virginity tests in Mongolia

Deutsche Welle joins a group campaigning to end the outdated practice of virginity tests in Mongolia.

A large gay pride flag, two people behind it, at a don't say gay bill protest

A large gay pride flag, two people behind it, at a don't say gay bill protest

When teaching about sexual orientation is taboo

Florida is set to ban teaching sexual orientation and gender identity to children under the age of 10.

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent Sendung13

Kibera's king of condoms

After losing a close friend to HIV/AIDS, Stanley Ngara now advocates for the importance of safe sex.

Nour Emad, women's activist in Egypt

Nour Emad, women's activist in Egypt

Let's talk about sex, habibi!

The Mideast taboo on sex education is slowly lifting. On social media, millions dare to ask everything about "it."

Girlz off Mute | Malawi | Mkwichi Secondary School in Lilongwe

Girlz off Mute | Malawi | Mkwichi Secondary School in Lilongwe

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent |Folge #45

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DW Dokumentationen Sex als Kulturkampf

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The topic of sexuality has polarized polish society.

Two veiled women brwose in a wedding dress store.

Two veiled women brwose in a wedding dress store.

Moroccan movement aims to end virginity tests

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent

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Students in a Myanamr school

Students in a Myanamr school

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Conservative politicians and monks in Myanmar argue that sex education undermines Burmese culture.

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Spread

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77 Percent Relationship and sex blogger Karen Lucas

77 Percent Relationship and sex blogger Karen Lucas

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Our love expert KAZ tells us everything we need to know about the most common sexually transmitted infection: HPV.

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DW Sendung - The 77 Percent - "Karen Lucas - Abortion"

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Our resident sex and relationship expert, Kaz, has some advice for a young woman who has a difficult choice

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent | Karen Lucas - Paranting

The Spread: Sex-positive parenting

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Teen pregnancy in the Philippines

Limited access to sex education and family planning contribute to high rates of teen pregnancy.

77 Percent Relationship and sex blogger Karen Lucas

77 Percent Relationship and sex blogger Karen Lucas

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Sex education for madrasa girls in Bangladesh

Despite threats from fundamentalists, hundreds of Bangladeshi girls have been taking sex education in religious schools.

Heavily Pregnant, a woman collects muskmelons during a heat wave

Heavily Pregnant, a woman collects muskmelons during a heat wave

Family planning advocates take on Pakistan's sex ed taboo

In conservative Pakistan, fear of backlash from clerics prevents public discussion of family planning.

DW The 77 Percent | Karen Lucas

DW The 77 Percent | Karen Lucas

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Our love and relationship expert Kaz reveals what's really behind Kenya's anti-gay laws.

Protestors hold banners during a protest against a draft law amendments penalising sexual education in front of the Parliament

Protestors hold banners during a protest against a draft law amendments penalising sexual education in front of the Parliament

New Polish bill treats sex ed as 'pedophilia'

A new bill tabled in Poland would ban sex education, criminalizing "the promotion of underage sexual activity."

Pakistan's impending population catastrophe

Pakistan's impending population catastrophe

Can sex education defuse Pakistan's population crisis?

More education on family planning and reproductive health is needed to avert a catastrophe in Pakistan, say experts.

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DW Sendung The 77 Percent Sendung13

The Spread: Virginity

DW resident sex expert Kaz dispels the myths surrounding virginity.

Global 3000 - The Globalization Program

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Sendung The 77 Percent

The Spread: Sexual consent

KAZ offers some refreshingly honest advice on the importance of understanding and respecting sexual consent.

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Male and female pictograms

Berlin row about sex ed guide for kindergarten teachers

Conservatives are protesting a primer for educators they say teaches kids too much too soon about gender and sex.

Symbolic picture for HIV prevention and sex education. Taken in Kenya but this is being used to illustrate a piece on sex education to prevent pregnancy and disease transmission in Zambia to improve women's rights

Symbolic picture for HIV prevention and sex education. Taken in Kenya but this is being used to illustrate a piece on sex education to prevent pregnancy and disease transmission in Zambia to improve women's rights

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Südafrika Johannesburg Demonstration Vergewaltigung

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Scrabble pieces with the word Sex

Scrabble pieces with the word Sex

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A hand holds condoms as onlookers pass by

A hand holds condoms as onlookers pass by

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Sexualität Partnerschaft Symbolbild Kondom mit Banane Verhütung

Ring, ring: Sex education call center in Senegal

In Senegal, sex remains a largely taboo subject – but it’s now possible to get accurate medical advice over the phone.

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Philippinen HIV und Aids

Rising HIV infections

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Symbolbild Schwangerschaft Leihmutter

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According to Cameroon Medical Council 25 percent of pregnancies occur in teenage school girls.

A symbolic picture for sex education, showing a blackboard with the words sex education written on it and the masculine and feminine symbols drawn on it.

A symbolic picture for sex education, showing a blackboard with the words sex education written on it and the masculine and feminine symbols drawn on it.

Pulse: Let's talk about sex in Ghana

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Deutschland Demo für Alle

Sex education sparks protests

Several German states have adopted new guidelines for discussing the LGBT community as part of sexual education classes.

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Symbolbild - Kondome

AfD publishes sex-ed proposal

The party's policy paper outlines its opposition to schools educating children on sexual diversity.

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DW Sexuelle Aufklärung über YouTube

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Screenshot Zanzu Erklärungsseite für Flüchtlinge in Deutschland

Sex education for migrants

Do refugees in Germany need sex education? Yes, says the government - and refers to a new website, Zanzu.

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Nur für Life Links - Symbolbild Sex

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Symbolbild Sex education Aufklärung Sexualerziehung

Pulse listeners sound off on sex

Last week’s episode about sex education sparked an online conversation on our Facebook page with listeners weighing in.