Montreal Youth Commissioner Tommy Kulczyk has plans to implement sex education for children between the ages of three and five.
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Kulczyk, a former employee of Sun Youth, said the city would like to use sex education as a tool against sexual abuse.
“Sexual abuse on children is a major social problem that touches one out of five girls and one of 10 boys before the age of 18,” Kulczyk said.
The city is partnering with the Marie-Vincent Foundation, an organization dedicated to preventing sexual abuse.
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The group aims to develop an education plan that will focus on gender equality and what is considered “acceptable relations” between boys and girls.
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He said the city is developing the program to adapt its cultural identities.
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“The objective of the tool is adapting it to socio-cultural realities of the neighbourhood,” Kulczyk said.
“That’s why they need to work in two different types of neighbourhood to have full picture and adapt the tool accordingly.”
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