International norms and the politics of sexuality education in Nigeria

• Main Authors: Jeremy Shiffman (Author), Michael Kunnuji (Author), Yusra Ribhi Shawar (Author), Rachel Sullivan Robinson (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Background Proponents have promoted sexuality education as a means of empowering adolescents, yet it has been thwarted in many low and middle-income countries. Nigeria represents an exception. Despite social opposition, the government in 1999 unexpectedly approved sexuality education policy...