ABSTRACT
The need for sex and relationship education (SRE) for children and young people is advocated by the United Nations (UN) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in international policy documents, such as the Standards for Sexuality Education in Europe (BZgA, 2010), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (UNESCO, 2009), and the International Planned Parenthood Federation's (IPPF) Framework for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (IPPF, 2010). Though SRE is often focused on the prevention of sexual ill-health, and HIV and AIDS in particular, it has also been linked to the promotion of broader individual well-being (Formby, 2014b), and to sexual exploitation and domestic abuse prevention (Brook, PSHE Association, & Sex Education Forum, 2014; Donovan & Hester, 2008).
