A youth-led not-for-profit is leading efforts to increase consent education for teenagers, a goal federal and state governments set aside funds to achieve in this year's budgets. Consent Labs has connected with over 80,000 high school students, tertiary students, parents ...
More »We teach school kids about safe sex. We need to teach safe sexting, too
Sexting involves taking self-made naked or partially naked sexual photos, videos or explicit texts and sending them online or via a mobile phone. They are more commonly referred to as “nudes” or “dick pics” by young people. A 2021 survey ...
More »We can’t stop teenagers sexting, so let’s educate them about safety: expert
We can't stop teenagers sending and receiving sexually explicit texts, so it's time we started to include sexting as part of sex education, an expert says. Professor Andrew Goldsmith from Flinders University is part of a longitudinal study tracking a ...
More »‘Let’s Talk’: Family Planning NSW releases free sex education courses
Family Planning NSW has designed a suite of online, interactive webinars for educators and school staff to teach students about a wide range of sexual health and reproductive topics, called ‘Let’s Talk’. Funded by NSW Health, the courses are free ...
More »Teach Us Consent ‘tipping point’: petition prompts governments to act
An online petition that calls for more robust and earlier education about consent in Australian schools has amassed over 30,000 signatures as state governments react to a growing number of accounts of sexual assault on school grounds. The petition, started ...
More »Mothers sue school district over Sex education
Two mothers are suing a Californian school district, alleging its abstinence-based high-school sex education violates state law.
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