Sexual health is closely related to sexual rights, which are part of human rights that apply to everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sexual rights are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to be oneself – to make one’s own decisions about one’s body, to express oneself, to have a positive attitude towards sexuality, to choose one’s own partner, to make one’s own decisions about getting into a relationship, getting married and having children;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to decide whether or not to be sexually active;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to pleasure;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to know – to receive comprehensive sexual education – to have knowledge about sexuality, contraceptive methods, sexually transmitted diseases and one’s sexual rights;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to protect oneself and be protected \u2013 against unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and sexual violence;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to counselling and health services that are confidential, accessible, high-quality and youth-friendly;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to participate in the planning of youth-oriented programs and to influence decisions;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to use contraceptives;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to safely terminate a pregnancy;<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf the right to a safe pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The implementation of sexual rights also means the obligation to respect the sexual rights of other people – the rights of one person cannot be realized through coercion and violence of another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sexual health is closely related to sexual rights, which are part of human rights that apply to everyone. Sexual rights are: \u25cf the right to be oneself – to make one’s own decisions about one’s body, to express oneself, to have a positive attitude towards sexuality, to choose one’s own partner, to make one’s own […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40312","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n