The Need to Integrate Sex Education into the Haitian Education System

The article reviews the origins and characteristics of the current Haitian education system, the reasons for including sex education, the obstacles to doing so and the expected benefits. It ends with proposals for implementation.

The author says the initiative could reduce early pregnancies and school dropout. He adds that it requires confronting religious obscurantism and traditions that keep the status quo, training teachers and health workers, developing programs suited to Haiti's cultural and social realities, and running awareness campaigns with parents, educators, religious leaders and NGOs, together with evaluation of the impact on youth health.