Nov 24, 2025 · Sexual health cannot be defined, understood or made operational without a broad consideration of sexuality, which underlies important behaviours and outcomes related to sexual …

Sexual rights There is a growing consensus that sexual health cannot be achieved and maintained without respect for, and protection of, certain human rights. The working definition of sexual rights …

Nov 5, 2025 · The World Health Organization defines sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction …

Aug 31, 2022 · Sexual health is relevant throughout a person’s life, through to adolescence and into older age. The World Health Organization (WHO) working definition of sexual health addresses not …

May 18, 2023 · Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) gives young people accurate, age-appropriate information about sexuality and their sexual and reproductive health, which is critical for …

Feb 11, 2022 · Sexual health is a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being related to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a …

Dec 11, 2024 · Drawing on current evidence, this issue of the Bulletin covers sexual health topics affecting people in all their diversity and across various life stages, including women from pre …

Sexual health Sexual health Our vision is the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) includes access …

We lead WHO’s work on sexual and reproductive health across the life course. This work includes HRP, the UN's Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human …

Sep 4, 2025 · World Sexual Health Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the importance of sexual health to overall health and well-being.