‘The World Starts With Me’: a computer-based comprehensive sexuality education programme for in- and out-of-school youth in Uganda, Kenya, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
In cooperation with Butterfly Works and SchoolNet Uganda, Rutgers WPF developed and implemented an innovative, computer-based and online curriculum on sexual and reproductive health and rights: the World Starts With Me (WSWM) in 2003.
Five countries
WSWM targets in- and out-of-school youth in the age bracket of 12-19 years in Uganda, Indonesia, Thailand, Kenya & Vietnam. It combines building IT-skills and creative expression. With WSWM, Rutgers WPF aims to contribute not only to the improvement of the sexual and reproductive health of young people, but also to their social and economic development.
UNESCO
WSWM with its positive, explicit, rights-based approach towards sexuality proves to be an effective and attractive tool, adaptable to different countries, cultures and settings. WSWM globally appreciated, underlying UNESCO’s ‘International Guidance on Sexuality Education’ (published in 2010) as one of 18 selected model curricula worldwide. It won the Global Nica Award in 2004, a prestigious annual prize for electronic art, digital community, culture and music.
Website: www.theworldstarts.org
factsheet_WSWM_ENG.pdf (118.01 KB)
