Title: BARRIERS TO ACCESSING SEXUALITY EDUCATION FOR HMONG GIRLS IN SIMACAI DISTRICT, LAO CAI, VIETNAM
Authors:
Ph.D. Nguyen Thi Van Anh and Nguyen Ngoc Ha Anh
Abstract:
Sex education focuses on preparing teenagers and young adults with the necessary knowledge, skills, mentality, and values to help them: acknowledge their health status, benefits, and self-worth; develop social relationships and sexual intercourses based on the core value of respect; acknowledge how your personal decisions affect yourself and others; acknowledge and ensure that your rights are being protected. This research focuses on understanding the different types of barriers in accessing sex education for young girls in Simacai, Lao Cai based on literature reviews for clarification on key term definitions such as the definition of children, girls, barriers, education, sex education, and the importance of sex education. Additionally, the literature reviews different types of barriers to accessing sex education for young girls, including: (i) Barrier of family/Social prejudices; (ii) Barrier of limited policies on sex education; (iii) Economic barrier; (iv) Medical barrier; (v) Psychological barrier. Our team based our research on those barriers to conducting surveys on two different respondent groups which are young Hmong girls under the age of 18 in Simacai Lao Cai and adults to evaluate different barriers in accessing sex education for young girls in Simacai, Lao Cai. Based on the data, our research team will offer some discussion/suggestions for families, schools, and society in order to reduce the previous stereotypes on this issue and improve the accessibility of sex education for both young girls and children in general.
Keywords: Accessing barriers, sex education, young girls, Hmong ethnicity, Simacai district, Lao Cai province.
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