three associations take the State to court to obtain more sessions

They only ask for one thing: respect for the law. The associations SOS Homophobia, Sidaction and Family Planning announced, Wednesday, March 1, attacking the State before the administrative justice to force it to organize each year at least three sexuality education sessions at school.

According to the Education Code, pupils in schools, colleges and high schools must benefit from at least three annual sessions, including awareness-raising on gender-based and sexual violence. In practice, we are far from the mark, according to these associations, which intend to seize the administrative court of Paris on Thursday for “hold the state up to its responsibilities”.

A “reinforcement” already demanded by the minister

The goal “obviously not done”, had already noted, in 2021, a report from the General Inspectorate of Education. However, the non-application of the law is not without consequences, insist the associations, which highlight the 33% increase in sexual violence between 2020 and 2021. In addition, “For years, we have seen a decline in young people’s knowledge of HIV”emphasizes Florence Thune, Managing Director of Sidaction.

In September, the Minister of National Education, Pap Ndiaye, ordered in a circular the “reinforcement” of sex education, asking that it become “effective from this school year”. “We have to respect the law”had hammered the minister.