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The vocal minority turns up the volume on protesting sex education
The smartphone generation, my two teenage children included, have had to deal with the lure and pressures of 24/7 access to the digital...
Leah Jewett
Feb 20, 20195 min read
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Government consultation on sex education – Outspoken responses
A crucial turning point for sex education in the UK was 7 November 2018, the deadline for the Department for Education's consultation...
Sophie Manning
Nov 13, 201831 min read
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The power of positive teaching: how to approach porn and pleasure in sex ed – Yoan Reed interview #3
Outspoken co-founders in conversation – relationships and sex (RSE) educator Yoan Reed (above right) talks to Leah Jewett (left) in the...
Leah Jewett
Jul 3, 20188 min read
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State of play: how relationships and sex education (RSE) is changing – Yoan Reed interview #2
Relationships and sex-education educator Yoan Reed (pictured giving a lecture in 2017) talks to Outspoken co-founder Leah Jewett in the...
Leah Jewett
Jun 28, 20187 min read
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Sex ed at home: the importance of parental engagement – Yoan Reed interview #1
Outspoken co-founders in conversation – relationships and sex (RSE) educator Yoan Reed (above right) talks to Leah Jewett (left) in the...
Leah Jewett
Jun 19, 201811 min read
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Candy shop, self-harm, easy, a void: how children see porn
We are, all of us, among the first generations to be vulnerable to and blindsided by an easy access to porn. In some American states...
Leah Jewett
Jun 11, 20186 min read
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WOW: The lowdown on sex ed
The full-on three-day WOW (Women of the World) festival, now in its eighth great year at London’s Southbank Centre, is galvanising and...
Leah Jewett
Mar 16, 20187 min read
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Hiding in plain sight: what’s missing from your children’s sex education
What is one of the most important elements that is missing from your children’s sex education? What’s missing is you – their parent....
Leah Jewett
Feb 13, 20185 min read
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The importance of educating parents to educate their children
In today’s digital and highly sexualised world, there is a pressing need for relationships and sex education (RSE). Recent media coverage...
Leah Jewett
Feb 9, 20183 min read
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Where Outspoken stands on the government consultation on relationships and sex education (RSE)
Near midnight on 12 February 2018, the website for the Department for Education (DfE) seemed close to crashing. The deadline was imminent...
Leah Jewett
Feb 8, 201813 min read
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