Sex education program is vital to transform gender roles. By focusing only on health outcomes, gender empowerment is difficult to achieve. Young people need information and education on critical issues of society.
In India, a healthy attitude towards development of gender is seen. This is being done by sexuality education, though; it is a controversial topic in India.
Many politicians are against the sex education program in India, for instance, Harsh Vardhan, a former health minister stated that such programs are against values of society and should be banned as they have corrupted young people.
Different politicians are afraid of experimentation, promiscuity and irresponsible sexual behavior due to sex education. Apart from this controversy, a program that empowers women and support youth is essential in such territory where high rate of sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy exist.
The sex education program is YP foundation that has set up a comprehensive curriculum for young people education. It is a progressive material that provides information about sexual diversity, gender equality and consent.
The programme is working in India and comprises of 14 classes of art, role play and games. 12-20 years old students enrolled in it. Girls play under this program stated that, ‘one game is to ask people to act like male or female and then to observe the certain kind of stereotype behavior in the society’
The teaching in this program belongs to all kind of bodies, not particularly from males and females. It focuses on sexual diversity. Such programs are ideal sex education platforms that are necessary in such societies.