PANI
Speaks
Out
on
Sex
Education
The
child
welfare
agency
PANI
has
lent
its
voice
to
supporters
of
the
Education
Ministry's
controversial
sex
education
program.
A
league
of
Evangelical
churches
has
petitioned
a
high
court
to
throw
the
program
out.
The
churches
asked
the
Constitutional
Chamber
(Sala
IV)
of
the
Supreme
Court
to
declare
the
program
unconstitutional
on
the
grounds
that
education
about
sex
is
the
sole
purvey
of
parents,
not
school
teachers.
The
Education
Ministry,
which
approved
the
program
in
June,
defends
the
measure
by
noting
that
it
contains
more
than
just
sexual
education
for
adolescents
but
touches
important
themes
of
self
esteem
and
tolerance.
In
July,
an
alliance
of
Evangelical
churches,
from
the
pulpit
and
by
Internet,
urged
parents
to
send
hundreds
of
e-mails
to
Sala
IV,
inundating
the
high
court
with
messages.
Sala
IV
is
already
inundated
with
a
large
number
of
important
issues
on
its
agenda.
PANI's
message
to
the
court
said
that
"it
is
clear
that
the
right
of
our
young
people
to
access
to
information
and
education
about
sexuality
is
limited."
The
agency
adds
its
voice
to
the
Ombudsman's
Office
and
the
National
Institute
for
Women
in
backing
the
sex
education
program.
By
Rod
Hughes,
Fijatevos.com
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