Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
2014
Abstract
This issue of Quality/Calidad/Qualité highlights the experience of Scenarios USA, an innovative nonprofit program that has integrated a gender and rights perspective—and a critical-thinking approach—into sex education curricula, while fostering new pedagogies and greater awareness among teachers. Scenarios USA approaches sexual health not as a stand-alone issue but as intertwined with young people’s overall lives and agency. As such, the organization’s “sex ed” work is part of a broader strategy of fostering self-expression, leadership, and advocacy among youth, especially among those living in marginalized communities. The approach has made Scenarios a vanguard in the field of sexuality education. Scenarios’ experience has shed light on a fresh and integrated way to promote school connectedness, academic performance, and community engagement.
DOI
10.31899/pgy4.1000
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Mazin, Rafael and Andrea Lynch. 2014. "Health + Equality + School Engagement: Scenarios USA reinvents sex education," Quality/Calidad/Qualité no. 21. New York: Population Council.
Project
Adolescent Girls' Programming: Community of Practice
Included in
Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Educational Sociology Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Public Health Education and Promotion Commons
Comments
Issue no. 21 of Quality/Calidad/Qualité, a series of case studies of high-quality, innovative programs in sexual and reproductive health.