A review of Ireland’s sex education programme found that it did not reflect the lives of today’s pupils. The Junior Cert SPHE curriculum has been updated after over 25 years. Junior Cert students will learn about consent, gender identity, and emotional well-being in an updated sex education curriculum. The new syllabus will be introduced in […]
2 years ago
Her’s Digital Cover Star for February 2022 is holistic sex educator Jenny Keane. “Education gives your sexuality context.” Professionally trained holistic sex educator Jenny Keane is on a mission to ignite a sexual revolution in Ireland, and when you consider the year she’s had, it seems we’re truly on the brink. For quite some time now, […]
4 years ago
An Irish youth group are trying to break down the stigma associated with sexual health and young people in the LGBT community. BeLonG To’s ‘The Ladybirds’ want to start a conversation among young lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women and non-binary people about the importance of sex education that doesn’t discriminate against gender identity or sexual […]
7 years ago
The majority of students are unhappy with the sex education they received in Irish schools. 71 percent of women and 63 percent of men have said that they found their sex ed to be unsatisfactory, with 15 percent and 20 percent respectively saying that they were happy with the education they received. The remaining students […]
7 years ago
Sex education did not prepare me for sex. This is probably not a statement that’s specific to me or people that I know – in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever met anybody who went to school in Ireland who said that their sex ed taught them everything they needed to know. Because it just […]
8 years ago
Young people in Ireland deserve better than this.
9 years ago