The 1st Chilean Congress on Comprehensive Sexual Education is held at the UC

The event was organized by the Foundation Chile needs ESI It had the support of the UC and other institutions. It became a landmark event, bringing together the academic world and the public.

More than 450 people attended the First Congress on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Chile, held on October 23 at the Faculty of Education of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

The event was organized by the Chile Needs Comprehensive Sexuality Education Foundation, whose board includes Ana Luisa Muñoz, an academic from the Catholic University of Chile's Department of Education.It had the support of various universities, public bodies and civil society organizations, becoming an unprecedented space for academic and citizen dialogue on the teaching of sexuality from a comprehensive and inclusive perspective.

Teaching sexuality from a comprehensive, inclusive and rights-based perspective

The meeting was extended until October 25 with the aim of promoting the exchange of knowledge and experiences regarding sexual education.

Among the authorities present were the Minister of Social Development and Family, Javiera Toro; the deputy Emilia SchneiderRepresentatives of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Chile. The Director of Undergraduate Studies at the UC Faculty of Education, Malba Barahona He valued the holding of this congress and highlighted it as a significant milestone. “Comprehensive sexuality education is, without a doubt, an essential dimension of human development that invites us to think about education from a profoundly ethical, inclusive and respectful perspective of diversity.”He pointed out. However, there is an outstanding debt in initial teacher training, since this “it does not yet occupy an explicit and systematic place”, he clarified.

The day included exhibitions by Nancy Kendall (University of Wisconsin–Madison) and EJ Renold (Government of Wales), who shared international experiences on democratization and curricular co-creation in sex education.

Presentations, workshops and fair of social organizations

Representing UC Education, the academics Malba Barahona, Valentina Errazuriz and the doctoral students Valeria Breull y Carolina Muñoz The academic committee was responsible for selecting the diverse topics covered in the more than 50 academic presentations, including the challenges of the digital environment, inclusion, and programs on affectivity and gender.

The UC Faculty of Education, together with the Diego Portales University and the HELLOThey also hosted practical workshops where the attendees received “International Technical Guidelines on Sexuality Education” of the UNESCO.

Learn about the participation of researchers and doctoral students from UC Education:

Panel

Algorithms, disinformation and radicalization: Digital challenges for gender and sexuality education
Exhibitor: Valentina Errazuriz
Panel Moderation: International Experiences:
The Nordic case – Ana Luisa Muñoz

Presentations by doctoral students

• Sexual and gender diversity in teacher training programs: A review of experiences
  Carla Lobos
• Children's agencies in a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program with a feminist perspective
  Valeria Breull
• (Re)constructing the consensuses and controversies of a public policy of Comprehensive Sexuality Education in Chile
  Pablo Barrientos Saavedra

Workshop

Feminist proposals for anti-sexist (un)learning in educational contexts
Lelya Troncoso Pérez & Carolina Muñoz Rojas (PhD Candidate in Education, UC). Associated Project: Ring Project “DISONANCES. Community, University and Feminist Irruption” (2022-2025). In collaboration with the R&D Center.