Vraag 2 | Why does Yemen’s sex education follow the Dutch model? (Dutch spoken)
Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the Week van de Lentekriebels. It is the week when many schoolchildren receive sex education. Dutch sex education is not only popular at home, but also abroad. Why do children in countries like Yemen and Indonesia receive sex education according to the Dutch model? Listen to anthropologist Willemijn Krebbekx in the latest episode of Vraag 2 on Spotify.
In this episode, editor Jip Koene visits anthropologist Willemijn Krebbekx at Roeterseilandcampus. Krebbekx researches gender, sexuality and diversity. With her Veni research project Traveling Sex Education, she investigates how sex education programmes originate in the Netherlands, how NGOs translate them and how they are eventually applied in Indonesian classrooms.
‘Dutch sex education has long been promoted as the Netherlands’ best export product,' says Krebbekx. ‘The Dutch way of pragmatism, realism and dealing with sexuality was thereby very much linked to Dutch identity.’
With the announced cuts by Foreign Trade and Development Minister Reinette Klever (PVV), Dutch sex education abroad is coming under pressure. ‘The current cabinet believes that we have gone much too far in terms of gender and diversity,’ says Krebbekx. ‘It is unfortunate that young people's sexuality is now deployed of a political game. We see this internationally as well. You wish they could shape themselves independently of that.’
Listen to the latest podcast episode on Dutch sex education on Spotify.
Production & presentation: Jip Koene
Final editing: Irene Schoenmacker
Music: Paolo Argento
