#sex education

Sex education in Italian schools will require parental consent under a reform promoted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government, which also excludes it from nurseries and primary schools. ...

Independent Turkish Cypriot ‘MP’ Jale Refik Rogers on Wednesday called for compulsory sex education to be introduced in schools in the north. She made reference to the revelation that more ...

Elam brought a new bill on sex education in schools to the House education committee on Wednesday, causing a fierce debate on the subject among committee members. The party said ...

An earlier introduction of sex education in Cyprus’ schools “would have saved many children” from abuse, Volt MP Alexandra Attalides said on Monday. Speaking at a House human rights committee ...

The age of the children should be taken into account in any sex education that the ministry endorses, representatives of the Holy Synod have said. The statement was made following ...

No decision has been taken yet on dropping the Archbishop’s name day from the annual list of school holidays, the education ministry said on Tuesday. The matter was raised ...

Archbishop Georgios has come out in favour of sex education in schools saying it is better for children to be enabled to protect themselves than to be left uninformed. The ...

As the new school year approaches, the education ministry has chosen on Friday to clarify some matters about the controversial sex education debate that has been going on since parliament ...

Education Minister Athena Michaelidou on Wednesday met with teachers’ unions Poed and Oelmek to discuss a slew of issues affecting state schools, from staffing and the syllabus to the instalment ...

State schools are ready to offer the sex education classes that have sparked outrage and protests by a small group of parents urged on by their most outspoken critic, far-right ...

Two dozen protesters gathered at Eleftheria Square in Nicosia on Thursday demanding the government to stop the sex education reform it recently passed. The reform, according to what was announced ...

Independent and somewhat controversial MP Andreas Themistocleous has launched another complaint against the head of the Foni children’s rights NGO Anastasia Papadopoulou saying that people, who believe that she ...

The hunting federation is set to hold a march “in favour of the institution of the family and the protection of the child” on July 8. The federation’s chairman Nikolas ...

Following reactions about the new sex education bill voted into law by parliament, the education ministry on Monday has released a breakdown of the curriculum that will be taught to ...

Sex education is a crucial tool in combating sexual abuse as it can give children the help they need to recognise the risks at hand and know how to tackle ...

Comprehensive sex education will take place for all school years between reception and third year of secondary school, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Wednesday. His comments came after cabinet ...

2022 in review: misinformation on a crucial topic for the young The debate in parliament on whether sex education should be mandatory in schools plummeted to one of the lowest levels ...

Unions will be consulted before the material to be taught in sex education classes is decided on, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday. His statements were made in a ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has signed the legislation on sex education in schools which was passed by parliament, despite the attorney general claiming it is unconstitutional. The bill soon became engulfed ...

The contentious sex education law will be referred back to parliament as the attorney-general has deemed it unconstitutional, the government said on Thursday. Nonetheless, Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou will be ...

The future of the contentious sex education law lies in the hands of President Nicos Anastasiades who will decide whether to sign it into effect or return it to parliament, ...

Independent MP Andreas Themistocleous committed a criminal offence with the homophobic and racists rhetoric he spewed during parliament’s plenum, Akel said on Saturday. The party said it will submit ...

Parliament on Friday voted to introduce mandatory sex education in schools, in a session that House President Annita Demetriou said will go down in history for the low level the ...

Attempts by Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou to interfere in parliament’s scheduled vote on mandating sex education in schools is “blatantly unethical” and violates the separation of powers, House president ...