Often we are asked about sex education in the Netherlands, and how we have become so open minded about sex. Our film 'Dutch Lessons in Love' has tried to answer these questions. Dutch Lessons in Love part 1 (17 min) relates about social developments and organisations such as Rutgers that took part in those social movements, resulting in a liberal sexual climate.

In Dutch Lessons in Love - part 2 (22 min) one learns how Rutgers and its partners educate and empower Dutch young people to have safe and pleasant sex, only when they are ready for it. We filmed sex education lessons at a Dutch primary school, a secondary school and at a school for children with disabilities.

Why is Rutgers’s work so important? "It seems to be central to most of the challenges we are facing", says Jocye Nairuba from one of our partner organisations in Uganda in our corporate film. Get to know our work better in both the Netherlands and abroad by watching the video (4 minutes).

Rutgers, in cooperation with Share-net international and ISS organised an expert meeting on the current state of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in the Hague, in October 2014. At the meeting we interviewed five young experts from Africa and Asia about their experiences with comprehensive sexuality education and how it influenced them to make informed decisions about relationships, sex, family planning, and their future.

Young people in Ethiopia used lino cuts to explain how comprehensive sexuality education had changed their lives.

It is not easy to break away from gender norms, but it is not impossible. Listen to the reflections of the couple Sulaeman and Indah Lestari, as they look back on their journey in co-creating a household that is based on partnership and mutual respect.