ABSTRACT

The Christian Council was at the heart of promoting sex education in Ghana in the mid-twentieth century, through its own institutions and through schools. It was responding to perceived and real shifts in Ghanaian society, and the need to control sexuality, as the nation pushed for ‘modernity’, whilst some worried about the loss of ‘tradition’. This article outlines the beginnings of sex education and family planning provision, and the influence of Christian organisations in Ghana. It argues that Christian leaders pushed for the dissemination of biomedical knowledge within the boundaries of Christian morality and spirituality, in order to put a stop to clandestine abortion, and to promote the idea of a monogamous, Christian and moral citizenry in decolonising Ghana.

摘要

在 20 世纪中叶，基督教理事会通过其自己的机构和学校，处于促进加纳性教育的核心。这是对加纳社会感知和实际变化的回应，以及控制性行为的需要，因为该国推动“现代性”，同时一些人担心“传统”的丧失。本文概述了性教育和计划生育服务的开端，以及基督教组织在加纳的影响。它认为，基督教领袖推动在基督教道德和灵性范围内传播生物医学知识，以制止秘密堕胎，并在加纳非殖民化中推广一夫一妻制、基督教和道德公民的理念。