BURKINA FASO | AFRICA
School Materials on FGM, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Child Marriage
Type of Measure
Prevention > Education > Formal education
Form of Violence
Female genital mutilation;
Child early and forced marriage
Year
2016
Brief Description
With the aim of taking sex education into account in teaching, modules and lesson sheets related to FGM, sexual and reproductive health and child marriage have been designed for preschoolers, primary and post-primary. The process of experimenting the sheets and modules is underway in 06 regions of the country. In addition, between 2016 and 2018, 45 designers of new curricula, 536 educational supervisors and 324 preschool, primary, post-primary and non-formal teachers were trained with a view to experimenting with new curricula for the basic education.
Source of Information
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