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• CASAREO, Akirresha S.
• CALONA, Julia Pauline F.
• CRUZ, Jose Luis
• AMPIL, Daniel Francis V.

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• Casareo (leader) -- created the draft (padlet), thought of the questions, & Movie Reco
• Calona -- Implied different kinds of information about Sex Ed, Answered the Questions & thought of the questions
• Cruz -- Answered the Questions
• Ampil -- Answered the Questions & info about Sex Ed Myths

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Teenage pregnancy cases in the Philippines continue to soar.

With 504 teenage mothers giving birth every day as of this year, the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) urges President Duterte to declare adolescent pregnancy as a national emergency.

PopCom cited “moral decadence” as the top reason for the rise of teenage pregnancy in the country. Regional director Lydio Español Jr. expressed his concern that “contribution of religious belief to abstain from premarital sexual activities” has dwindled over the years. And aside from declaring a national emergency, PopCom said that it’s important to rally the religious sector in curbing teen pregnancy.

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The Politics of Sex Education in the Philippines 

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The Politics of Sex Education in the Philippines 

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Republic Act 10354, The RP-RH Act of 2012
- This is a national policy that mandates the Philippine Government to comprehensively address the needs of the Filipino citizens when it comes to responsible parenthood and reproductive health. Relevant salient provisions include:
1) access to reproductive health and family planning services
2) maternal health care services, including building capacities of skilled birth attendants and improving facility-based deliveries
3) delivery of comprehensive sexuality education for the youth.

While the RH bill was finally enacted under the Aquino administration, its implementation was delayed by legal questions raised by its critics before the Supreme Court.

According to the latest report on the implementation of the RH law, the education department has not yet developed the minimum standards of comprehensive sexuality education that schools should comply with.

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Around 80% of the Philippine population identifies as Roman Catholic. Accordingly, the Catholic Church largely influences the state of sex education in the country. The Catholic Church opposes sex outside of marriage and fears sex education will increase sexual relations. The Catholic Church consequently remains critical of the RH Act, increasing difficulties in putting the RH Act into concrete action.

Additionally, the Catholic Church opposes implementing sex education in schools as well as the distribution of contraceptives. The Church prefers to rely on parents to teach their kids about reproductive health. However, many families are either unequipped to do so or will not address the subject directly with their children.

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Sex education is high quality teaching and learning about a broad variety of topics related to sex and sexuality, exploring values and beliefs about those topics and gaining the skills that are needed to navigate relationships and manage one’s own sexual health. Sex education may take place in schools, in community settings, or online. Sex education should occur throughout a student’s grade levels, with information appropriate to students’ development and cultural background. It should include information about puberty and reproduction, abstinence, contraception and condoms, relationships, sexual violence prevention, body image, gender identity and sexual orientation. Planned Parenthood believes that parents play a critical and central role in providing sex education.

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What is the importance of learning Sex Ed?

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What is the importance of learning Sex Ed?

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Sex education is the provision of information about bodily development, sex, sexuality, and relationships, along with skills-building to help young people communicate about and make informed decisions regarding sex and their sexual health.

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Why should Comprehensive Sex Education be implemented in Public and Private Schools? 

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Why should Comprehensive Sex Education be implemented in Public and Private Schools? 

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A curriculum-based process of teaching and learning, Comprehensive Sex Education (CSE) is anchored on cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality that is scientific, age- and developmentally appropriate, culturally and gender-responsive, and with rights-based approach.

Every child should know that they can decide who can touch them. Puberty brings out dramatic physical and mental change to an unprepared child.

The general purpose of sex education is to inform youth on topics including sex, sexuality and bodily development. Quality sex education can lead to better prevention in STDs and unwanted pregnancy. Furthermore, it decreases the risks of having unsafe sex and increases responsible family planning.

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What social change can we expect upon learning the importance of it?

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What social change can we expect upon learning the importance of it?

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Sex Education is a vehicle for social change. With sex education, we have a golden opportunity to create a culture shift–tackling the misinformation, shame, and stigma that create the basis for many of today’s sexual and reproductive health and rights issues, like:

Reproductive justice

LGBTQ equality

Sexual violence prevention

Gender equity

Dismantling white supremacy

At the root of each of the issues above (among the many more that exist) is a need to teach people about them in an appropriate, unbiased, and accurate way–presenting young people, early on, with the evidence, not the ideologies.

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Preventing teenage pregnancy is no mere task especially in this day and age. I believe that to prevent or even lessen teenage pregnancy, we must educate ourselves and our surroundings as to what sex is and the consequences it holds. Educating the younger generation must start at a very young age. In this day and age, kids get exposed to teen pregnancy at a very young age through the means of the internet and many other social platforms. By showing them what can happen and all the different paths teenagers could take if they get pregnant and how awful it can be for everyone, not just the teenager but also the families and the future child.

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For everyone to understand, we recommend y'all to watch the Netflix series "Sex Education"

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For everyone to understand, we recommend y'all to watch the Netflix series "Sex Education"

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Sex Education is a British comedy-drama streaming television series created by Laurie Nunn for Netflix. The series follows the lives of the students, staff, and parents of the fictitious Moordale Secondary School as they contend with various personal dilemmas, often related to sexual intimacy.

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•https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/for-educators/what-sex-education

•https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_(TV_series)#:~:text=Sex%20Education%20is%20a%20British,often%20related%20to%20sexual%20intimacy.

•https://siecus.org/sex-ed-is-a-vehicle-for-social-change/?fbclid=IwAR0v7x3h6wjjg8_2yV5d9UNXfnkcjKVbDVXC7GKsta8jYFgJ8P7EuXp6Qtk

•https://www.modernfilipina.ph/health/health-issues/sex-education-in-the-philippines

•https://tciurbanhealth.org/courses/philippines-toolkit-community-support/lessons/comprehensive-sexuality-education-2/

•https://borgenproject.org/sex-education-in-the-philippines/

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You may proceed with Activity 7 this week, Async and Sync Classes.

* please make sure to brainstorm with all the members and if possible change the petition name ".....to empower learners"

take note:
("Empowerment happens through student authorization and action upon gaining a sense of power.")