Global education monitoring report

• GEM Report was released by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Important takeaways

• Only 17% of countries cover sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression issues – least covered areas in CSE curricula.
  • Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality.
• Only 20% countries have laws and 39% have a national policy that specifically addresses sexuality education.
• Sexuality education in primary education is compulsory in 68% countries and in secondary education in 76%.
• Contraception issues are covered in school curriculum in two-thirds of countries.