Natasha Kavanagh from the Natural Women’s Council spoke at our 2023 AGM about the recent changes in the sex education courses in Irish schools.

Here are some of the resources mentioned in the video:

https://www.bzga-whocc.de/fileadmin/user_upload/BZgA_Standards_English.pdf

Ref: The World Health Organisation Standards for Sex Education in Europe

https://youtu.be/7EX738IPaYw?si=3ue01-U5EiV-oCmY

Ref: Liam & Lucy, INTO’s teacher training video on how to facilitate the “social transition” of a primary school aged child, within the classroom.

https://youtu.be/kVxdlkt8zMs?si=8WyR2ICUfY129Zob

Ref: A video from HSE’s Health & Wellbeing campaign, under the “HI” Healthy Ireland initiative.

(Note, you’ll find that “HI” stickers have been placed on the front cover of many highly inappropriate books -containing explicit sexual content- presently on our National & school children’s library shelves, as well as on government & government affiliated and school curriculum recommended reading lists.)

https://www.sexualwellbeing.ie/for-parents/busy-bodies-english-language.pdf

Ref: Busy Bodies (Primary School)

https://irisheducationalliance.com/opt-out-letter/

A template letter that mothers/fathers/guardians of children of any age (particularly the 5th , 6th and Junior Cycle) can avail of to invoke their Natural, Constitutional & Statutory rights.

https://irisheducationalliance.com/bom-parent-letter/

A template letter to the Board of Management of your child’s school.

https://irisheducationalliance.com/optout2/

A template letter that mothers/fathers/guardians can avail to further communicate with their child’s school, in the event that they experience push back from the school (ensuring also to send the letter to Board of Management above).

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1998/act/51/section/30/enacted/en/html

Ref: Section 30 (2) (e).

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1998/act/51/section/9/enacted/en/html

Ref: Section 9 (d)

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article42

Ref: Bunreacht na hEireann, Article 42A

https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2015/act/36/enacted/en/html

Ref: Schedule 1, Section 2(1)(b), Section 10 & 11 (3)

https://www.tusla.ie/uploads/content/Children_First_National_Guidance_2017.pdf

Ref: Tusla Guidance

https://parentsrightsalliance.com/

Parents Rights Alliance

https://genspect.org/

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