Body – iSEX

Ice breakers

When it comes to sex education, body-related issues and topics are the first that come to mind, but they are also the ones that could raise the most concern.

Sex education should treat sexual development as a normal, natural part of human development: learning to freely talk about it protects young people’s pshysical and mental health throughout their lives.

Respecting young people’s right of access to information empowers them to make informed decisions about relationships and sexuality and to understand their own bodies without shame and judgement, by respecting the differences that define each of us^[1].

Not only should the basics of puberty and development be taught, but sex education should also help young young people understand that they have the right to decide what behaviours they engage in.

We dedicated this chapter to the topics of embodied self-awareness and of respecting one another’s differences to overcome shame and judgement.

HOW?

By learning that everyone has a unique body that deserves respect, regardless of their gender expression, race, ability, age and that people’s feelings about their bodies can affect their health, self-image, and behaviour.
By knowing that it is natural to be curious about the functions of one’s body, including the sexual and reproductive organs.
By understanding that all cultures have different ways of understanding sex, gender, and reproduction^[2].

^[1] Sexuality Education, Advocates for Youth, https://www.advocatesforyouth.org/resources/fact-sheets/sexuality-education-2/

^[2] International technical guidance on sexuality education: an evidence-informed approach, UNESCO, https://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/ITGSE.pdf

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The Eastern- Hungarian Community Service Foundation was founded more than 20 years ago with the aim to serve and represent communities. Since then, the foundation initiates and supports various community development processes particularly to solve social, cultural and environment protection questions that occurred in the region. Pays emphasized attention to youth and unemployment issues. In the last 20 years the foundation promoted mapping, exploiting and developing the human resources of the settlements in the region and helped the birth and operation of many smaller and bigger local communities.

The foundation supported the strengthening of the civil sphere by counseling and building networks. The organization popularized the good practices of the national and international community building through professional forums, guidance, experience sharing, training and disputes. Published professional brochures and books that can help communities to operate, to get to know good practices, ideas and to build connections locally, at national level and internationally.
The Foundation ran an Information and Counseling Office and Community Database for more than a decade. Organized professional consultancy for civil organizations and non- formal groups. Organized countless professional trainings and workshops, community development programs, Civil Disputes, Community weekends and Community Surveying. Published settlement calendars and booklets presenting the local history and exploring local values and resources, bringing back forgotten local traditions and treasures, giving new options and motivating community development or simply revive „sleeping” villages.
The Foundation established the István Koppány Award to reward civil excellence. For many years, since 1997, ran the Civil Academy Workshop series.
In 2019, the original Board of Trustees and the founder of EHCSF (KMKA) decided to retire and give place for new initiatives within the organization. Beyond promoting community development further in the region, the new leadership mainly focuses on issues related to women and young people. We would like to promote and take part in local, national and international programs and initiatives that are aiming to support these aim groups to ensure acceptance, understanding, cooperation and high quality, hearty measures.