Sex education for children is extremely important, helping children understand themselves, know how to protect themselves and avoid many risks or bad traps.

The Thai government has been introducing new laws to protect the education rights of teenager mothers, ensuring that they can have a better future.

The People’s Committee of the southern province of Dong Nai on July 9 held a working session with the Institute of Researching Educational Sciences (IRES) on piloting a sex education programme for children from 3-5 years old to prevent sexual abuse against them.

A workshop to start a project on protecting rights of children from ethnic minority groups to access reproductive health care services and sex education was held in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai on June 11.

Thailand’s Ministry of Education will include a test on sex education and life skills in the Ordinary National Educational Test from this year onwards as part of efforts to prevent teenage pregnancy.

Public concern is once again inspiring changes to education programmes in schools, with calls for more sex education to be included in the curriculum.

Vietnam’s population policy overhaul should work towards maintaining the birth rate at 2.1 and gender balance to provide a workforce that can drive the economy forwards.