Children Webinar | Development of Sexuality Education in China
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2nd Children Webinar
Development of Sexuality Education in China
As Chinese adolescents are becoming more sexually liberal and active, increasing social attention has been paid to their sexual and reproductive health and rights. Sexuality education, as an important means to bridge the knowledge and attitude gaps of human sexuality among Chinese children and adolescents while protecting their rights, has increasingly become critical and urgent. Sexuality education can help adolescents and children to acquire knowledge, skills, and motivation to make healthy decisions and life choices. Over the past few decades, multiple efforts have been made by diverse stakeholders to deliver sexuality education, with varying degrees of success and challenges. However, there still remain major policy, operational, and social–cultural bottlenecks which prevent children and adolescents from accessing high-quality sexuality education in China.
Through the Special Issue of Children we collected 11 papers that address the relevant critical research topics regarding sexuality education in China from different professional fields, including but not limited to education, cultural and media studies, sociology, psychology, and public health. This webinar will showcase the findings of these research papers and instigate discussions around the various topics and issues around sexuality education in China.
Date: 10 January 2023
Time: 7:00 am CET | 1:00 am EST | 2:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 836 0712 0577
Webinar Secretariat: children.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Kun Tang
Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China;
Dr. Kun Tang is currently working as associate professor at Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University. Prior to his current functions, he was the Founding Director of the China Youth Network, a first-ever youth NGO working to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights in China. He served as the National Standing Council Member of the China Family Planning Association, and the Governing Council Member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. He was a member of the XVI International AIDS Conference Scientific Programme Committee, and the Chair of the Youth Committee in the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. He now serves as the global health adviser of the Chinese Delegation to the World Health Organization Executive Board and the World Health Assembly. He has extensive working experience on a number of global health projects in Zimbabwe, Papua New Guinea and Myanmar. He obtained my M.B.B.S. from Peking University, a Master’s in Global Health from Harvard University, and D.Phil. from the University of Oxford.
Dr. Justine Coulson
UNFPA China Office;
Justine Coulson is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative to China and Country Director for UNFPA in Mongolia. She joined UNFPA in 2016 as the Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa. Prior to this, she spent over 10 years with MSI Reproductive Choices in a number of country leadership positions and finally as the Regional Director for Asia. Ms. Coulson began her career in international development as the Social Development and Gender Adviser in the Global Urban Research Unit at the University of Newcastle, UK before moving to the Economic Policy Unit at Save the Children, UK. She has worked in Asia, Latin America and Africa across a broad portfolio of development issues, always with a focus on addressing inequality and upholding the rights of women and girls. She holds a Ph.D. in Gender and International Development from the University of Newcastle, UK and a Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies from the University of Liverpool, UK.
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Organizer
On Tuesday, 10 January 2023, MDPI and the Children Journal organized the 2nd Children webinar, entitled "Development of Sexuality Education in China".
The introduction was held by the Chairs of the webinar, Dr. Kun Tang and Dr. Justine Coulson. Dr. Kun Tang is currently working as associate professor at Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University. Dr. Justine Coulson is the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative to China and Country Director for UNFPA in Mongolia.
The webinar offered 10 presentations. The presentations were followed by a Q&A moderated by the Chairs, and a panel discussion with 4 panelists. The webinar was offered via Zoom and required registration to attend. The full recording can be found here on Sciforum website. In order to stay updated on the next webinars on Children be sure to sign up for our newsletter by clicking on “Subscribe” at the top of the page.
Development of Sex Education in China
Guest Editors: Dr. Kun Tang, Dr. Justine Coulson & Ms. Hongyan Li
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022)
A section of Children (ISSN 2227-9067).