Friday, August 28 2020 16:17

ArmInfo. There is no such subject as sex education in schools. Lusine Aleksanyan, responsible for the section "Healthy Lifestyle and Me" in the school curriculum, said this in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent.

She noted that in schools, textbooks on social studies and anatomy  will include a section "Healthy Lifestyle and Me". , Aleksanyan emphasized.

Aleksanyan also noted that issues related to healthy relationships  will be taught directly in high school and will be included in the  anatomy section. More detailed questions regarding the relationship  between the sexes will be taught directly in high school, from grades  9 to 12. The introduction of this section will help children to  better orient themselves and will have a positive effect on their  general educational level, "Aleksanyan noted.

She also emphasized that in the textbooks on anatomy, there were  previously sections related to human sexuality and relationships  between the sexes.

It should be noted that the Armenian parliament at the meeting on May  11 approved a bill signed in Lanzarote on the ratification of the  Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against  Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse. The CE Convention was adopted  on October 25, 2007 and entered into force on July 1, 2010. It was  signed by 47 countries and entered into force in 45 states. The  Republic of Armenia signed the Convention on September 29, 2010.

The Convention, by setting common standards and definitions  applicable in all European countries, aims to protect children from  sexual exploitation and abuse. The objectives of the Convention are  to prevent and combat the sexual exploitation of children and sexual  abuse, to protect the rights of children who have suffered from  sexual crimes, and to stimulate domestic and international  cooperation in the fight against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse  of children.

By ratifying this Convention, the Republic of Armenia undertakes to  take the necessary legislative or other measures to prevent all forms  of sexual exploitation and use of children, as well as to protect  children, including developing and implementing appropriate  mechanisms, especially in the fields of education, health care,  social services, as well as in law enforcement and judicial  authorities. Cooperation between the States parties to the Convention  will be carried out with the aim of preventing and combating the  sexual exploitation and abuse of children, protecting and assisting  victims of violence, conducting investigations and proceedings as  provided for by the Convention.

Thus, the ratification of the Convention will create an opportunity  to introduce relevant legislative amendments in Armenia aimed at  combating the sexual exploitation of children and sexual violence,  protecting the rights of children who have suffered from sexual  exploitation and sexual abuse. Moreover, the ratification of the  Convention will promote the prioritization of the best interests of  the child in all actions for children, and stimulate international  cooperation between the parties to the Convention.