POPCOM launches Islamic values-based module for gender, health education (Photo via Betheena Unite/ MANILA BULLETIN)
Proponents and stakeholders on adolescents’ sexual reproductive health in the Philippines and Indonesia launched the Comprehensive Gender and Health Education for Youth (CGHEY) module last Feb. 24,, a statement from the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) bared Thursday, March 11.
Indonesia’s Ministry of the State Secretariat and the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and PopCom jointly released the five-section compendium that aims to educate Muslim adolescents on critical information in the areas of anatomy and physiology, gender and development, health and nutrition, social relationships, as well as human relations and spiritual responsibilities, in the context of Islamic values and principles.