Sexuality Research and Social Policy ( IF 2.484 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-19 , DOI: 10.1007/s13178-021-00584-9 Erin V Moore 1 , Jennifer S Hirsch 2 , Esther Spindler 3 , Fred Nalugoda 4 , John S Santelli 3
Introduction
This article examines recent moral panics over sex education in Uganda from historical perspectives. Public outcry over comprehensive sexuality education erupted in 2016 over claims that children were being taught “homosexuality” by international NGOs. Subsequent debates over sex education revolved around defending what public figures claimed were national, religious, and cultural values from foreign infiltration.
Methods
This paper is grounded in a survey of Uganda’s two English-print national newspapers (2016–2018), archival research of newspapers held at Uganda’s Vision Group media company (1985–2005), analyses of public rhetoric as reported in internationally and nationally circulating media, textual analysis of Uganda’s National Sexuality Education Framework (2018), formal interviews with Ugandan NGO officers (3), and semi-structured interviews with Ugandan educators (3).
Results
Uganda’s current panic over sex education reignited longstanding anxieties over foreign interventions into the sexual health and rights of Ugandans. We argue that in the wake of a 35-year battle with HIV/AIDS and more recent controversies over LGBT rights, both of which brought international donor resources and governance, the issue of where and how to teach young people about sex became a new battleground over the state’s authority to govern the health and economic prosperity of its citizens.
Conclusions
Ethno- and religio-nationalist rhetoric used to oppose the state’s new sexuality education policy was also used to justify sex education as a tool for economic development.
Policy Implications
Analyzing rhetoric mobilized by both supporters and detractors of sex education reveals the contested political terrain policy advocates must navigate in Uganda and other postcolonial contexts.
中文翻译:
辩论性与主权:乌干达新的国家性教育政策
介绍
本文从历史的角度审视了乌干达最近对性教育的道德恐慌。公众对全面性教育的强烈抗议在 2016 年爆发,原因是声称国际非政府组织正在向儿童教授“同性恋”。随后关于性教育的辩论围绕着捍卫公众人物声称的国家、宗教和文化价值观免受外国渗透。
方法
本文基于对乌干达两家英文版国家报纸(2016-2018 年)的调查、对乌干达Vision Group媒体公司的报纸档案研究(1985-2005 年)、对国际和国内流通媒体报道的公共言论的分析,乌干达国家性教育框架(2018)的文本分析,对乌干达非政府组织官员的正式访谈(3),以及对乌干达教育工作者的半结构化访谈(3)。
结果
乌干达目前对性教育的恐慌再次引发了长期以来对外国干预乌干达人的性健康和权利的焦虑。我们认为,在与艾滋病毒/艾滋病进行了 35 年的斗争以及最近关于 LGBT 权利的争议(这两者都带来了国际捐助资源和治理)之后,在哪里以及如何向年轻人传授性知识的问题成为一个新的战场国家有权管理其公民的健康和经济繁荣。
结论
用来反对国家新的性教育政策的民族和宗教民族主义言论也被用来证明性教育是经济发展的工具。
政策影响
分析性教育的支持者和反对者所动用的言论揭示了有争议的政治领域政策倡导者必须在乌干达和其他后殖民背景下驾驭。