IN THE latest twist in the long-running saga over sexuality education, the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) says that it will not offer its programme to schools for now.
Called Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), the programme was the subject of a huge controversy last year as it was found to have gone beyond the guidelines set by the Ministry of Education (MOE).
Aware president Dana Lam told The Sunday Times that it 'has not offered CSE to the MOE' for vetting.
She said that the programme has been 'badly misrepresented by a few people who have had no experience with it'.
However, she added: 'We hope that the discussions generated on related issues would mean that other vendors are now more aware of and more prepared to address the real needs of the young.
'We are happy to leave it to them, and to focus our energies on other pressing gender issues that are not receiving sufficient attention now.' These include sexual harassment, violence against women and unfair dismissal of pregnant women.
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