sex education

sex education

Swiss ban proposed on sex education for kids

Swiss voters will decide whether to ban compulsory sex education for children under nine after conservative groups mustered enough signatures to force a plebiscite, the authorities said on Monday.

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'Sex box' initiative fails after paedophile scandal

<p><span lang="EN-GB">A popular initiative seeking to shield children from &ldquo;sexualization in pre-schools and primary schools&rdquo; has failed to obtain sufficient signatures.</span></p>

child abuse

Child abuser led anti-sex ed campaign: report

<p>One of the leaders campaigning against sex education in primary schools resigned on Thursday as details of his alleged involvement in child abuse came to light.</p>

child abuse

Sex box for kids sparks call to action

<p>Politicians from different parties have joined forces for an initiative aimed at preventing children under the age of nine from receiving sex education just months after the use of educational "sex boxes" sparked uproar in Basel. &nbsp;</p>

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'Too much information in Swiss sex ed'

<p>Olivier Fleury, an evangelical Christian, has sparked debate in Switzerland after he objected to the level of detail provided to his 14-year-old son during a recent sex education class at a school in Vaud.</p>

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Sex ed harms 'natural sense of shame': bishop

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Two Swiss Catholic bishops have traded verbal blows after the bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, argued that parents should have </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB">the right to exempt their children from sex education classes at school.</span></strong></p>