Dw News
@dwnews·6.3M subscribers·48.6K videos
'Condoms can't be trusted' - Paraguay's first sex-ed plan worries health educators | DW News
Posted
September 11, 2024
Views
10,217
Likes
132
Comments
13
Engagement
September 11, 2024
10,217
132
13
1.42%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
0:54Now PlayingParaguay is adding sex-ed to its education curriculum for the first time ever. But the plan has health educators worried: it sows doubt over the effectiveness of condoms and perpetuates sexist stereotypes like "boys don't cry easily" and "girls don't like taking risks."
Condoms have repeatedly been shown to be highly effective in preventing unwanted pregnancies and the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, when used correctly.
But many in the largely Catholic nation are in favor of the abstinence-first program.
For more news go to
Follow DW on social media:
Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie
#paraguay #sexed #education
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
