Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini has implored members of parliament to interrogate the Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) policy and appreciate its content in relation to the process of its development, culminating into its implementation.
Dr.Matibini said interrogating the CSE policy was cardinal as it covers the provision of the right to adolescent health and education.
He said this at parliament building today during the official opening of the multi-stakeholder meeting on comprehensive sexuality education for selected members of parliament.
From a representative role, Dr.Matibini underscored that he expects Members of Parliament to cross-examine the framework through the lens of the health and educational needs of the communities they represent in relation to the socio-economic and cultural dynamics at play in the context of Zambia.
“I wish to urge you not to keep a clear focus on your functions, particularly your oversight and representative roles. To this effect, I implore you to interrogate the CSE policy from an oversight perspective and appreciate its content in relation to the process of its development, culminating into its application or implementation. From a representative role, the expectation is that Members of Parliament will interrogate the framework through the lens of the health and educational needs of the communities you represent in relation to the socio-economic and cultural dynamics at play in the context of Zambia,” he charged.
The Speaker of the National Assembly noted that assertion that the teaching of Comprehensive Sexual Education in schools erodes established cultural and traditional norms has raised public debate which can be absorbed by sufficient information that will make people have informed decisions.
He emphasized that the engagement on CSE will help in providing leadership even beyond the deliberations, in the continuing public debate on CSE.
And Clerk of the National Assembly Cecilia Mbewe, pointed out that the Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), which has been organized by the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Parliamentary Forum Project in collaboration with the Zambia National Women Parliamentarians Caucus and the Parliamentary Caucus on Children will help share the contents of the CSE framework.
Mrs Mbewe explained that the meeting is aimed at highlighting the existing regulatory and legislative framework of CSE in Zambia and to share information on its content and implementation with selected Parliamentarians.
She stated that the meeting which was being held virtually will culminate into a communiqué, to be shared with members of the public through the media.
“This meeting has been prompted by the call from Members of Parliament who want to interrogate and understand CSE in general and in particular, its implementation in Zambia, in view of the public debate that has ensued on the teaching of CSE in the Zambian school curriculum. Members of Parliament should, therefore, be commended for taking this initiative to engage with stakeholders in line with their mandate as the peoples’ representatives,” She said.
Mrs Mbewe further said the National Assembly of Zambia remains grateful for this support rendered by stakeholders such as SADC Parliamentary Forum, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Ministries of Education and Health, who have provided both technical and financial support to the initiative.
CSE framework was launched and rolled out as part of the Zambian school curriculum, by government in 2014.
Notwithstanding seven years of its (Comprehensive sexual education policy) implementation, some sections of society have raised concerns regarding the content and appropriateness of the framework as it is being implemented in Zambia.
Timely advice. Can the MPs get to work asap and show us why they draw a salarly. This is particularly aimed at those group of MPs who are good or rather experts at running away from parliament everytime things do not go their way. I am talking about those MPs who throw their toys out of their prams. They know who they are and are from a specific oppositon party
Excellent, we thank God. Our children should not be exposed to the LGBTQ agenda as the norm. Their activism has led to their propaganda being adopted in all facets of public life and now the UN. We need to show our independence by demonstrating that we are competent as a people to decide what is good for our society and not be blown with the wind wherever it blows. I’m impressed. May God continue to Bless President EL and his administration. For those upset with my endorsement read your Bible, Romans 13.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Poland is set to vote on Thursday on a law that would jail people who promote underage sex for up to three years, in a move which liberals said aimed to ban sex education by labelling those who teach it as paedophiles and LGBT+ activists.
The authors of the bill said sex educators were often people who “groom and familiarise children with homosexuality”, in one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries where gay marriage is illegal.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has called the promotion of LGBT rights an “ideology” more destructive than communism, in a campaign speech.
Poland like Zambia is a Christian Nation, we Know the LGBTQ agenda of pushing their agenda with the threat of withdrawing the financial benefit associated, they tried to do it with donor aid, now through the UN and payments to CSO’s and NGO who will sell their souls for a few $’s.
USA: At least 1,006 openly LGBTQ people ran or are still running for office this election cycle, up from 716 in the 2018 midterms, according to Victory’s Out on the Trail report. Of these candidates, 574 will appear on the general election ballot in November, up from 432 in 2018, representing a 33 percent increase.
There are eight nonincumbent LGBTQ candidates running for the House of Representatives. If they all win, they would more than double LGBTQ representation in Congress’ lower chamber from seven to 15. There are currently two LGBTQ U.S. senators — Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz. — though neither is up for re-election this year.
USA MSNBC NEWS: Over 500 LGBTQ candidates to appear on November ballots, shattering records
A lesbian Air Force veteran in Texas, a transgender advocate in Delaware and a gay attorney in New York are among those running for office.
This $ex outbreak in Zambia is unbelieable, like locusts!
No wonder we are at the bottom of the food chain! The Slavery Mindset is still alive in Africans, especially Zambians. Africans are self-haters! They think anything African is inferior to the West. Unfortunately, PhDs have lamentably Failed to cure this slave mindset!
African had an Extended Family system like the Biblical ones. Uncles and Aunties used to take care of CSE issues. Then came the oppressor who confused the African with Nuclear Families through miseducation.
Instead of keeping our children busy with technical subjects, we are busy teaching them what is already programmed in their bodies. Do you have to teach a new born how to suckle from it’s mother’s breast or instinct knows when to kick in? CSE is like trying to put out a fire using petrol! The CSE agenda serves the…
We are just bombading children with too much rubbish just for a few dollars from the worst oh meat west. When sponsors are busy teaching their children science and technology they are busy sponsoring us to teach our children how to start sex early and have more children at tender age. This cse should just leave our children alone. Lets concentrate on science, mathematics and technology and other social sciences and not sex education. Children will learn these things elsewhere not at school. Its like legalising sex in schools now. School going children are now experimenting on each other due to such rubbish. Ministry of Education should not come back with this rubbish just because of workshops in Kabwe – marubbish!!!!!
Disaster
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We, as concerned citizens, medical and mental health professionals, religious and civic leaders, officers of government, legislators, parents, teachers, and youth, representing millions of people in over 170 countries, are deeply concerned that highly controversial “comprehensive sexuality education” (CSE) programs are increasingly being presented to children around the world and are harming them in many ways.
Please sign the petition calling upon the United Nations, governments and schools everywhere to immediately stop promoting and funding harmful comprehensive sexuality education (CSE).
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