Cuban News Agency

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During the inauguration of the 6th Congress of Sex Education, Orientation
and Therapy, the FMC representative highly praised the initiatives of the
founding president of the women´s institution, Vilma Espin who pushed
forward the work in 1962 creating spaces of reflection and debate among.

Ferrer recalled that the Heroine of the Revolution with her advanced
conceptions faced the design, development and application of a multi
disciplinary sex education program assisted by Cuban and foreign
professionals with the support of the Party and Government.

Institutional actions and the participation of political, social and grass
roots organizations were articulated in a plan that constitutes one of the
most important achievements of what is today the National Sex Education
Center, she said.

Ferrer highlighted the main objective of the Revolution which is the
formation of new generations on the ideas of equality, justice, respect
for all, without distinction of color, sex, social origin or age,
religious believes or sexual orientation and gender identity.

Mariela Castro, President of the Forum´s Organizing Committee which will
run until Thursday with representatives from 18 countries stressed that
sex education in Cuba is based on emancipation paradigms and places the
country in a commitment of social transformation that respects human
values, solidarity, equality and equity.

CENESEX gave a special recognition to the FMC and the Public Health
Ministry for the development of a sex education program on the island.

Presiding the opening of the congress were the Ministers of Education and
Health Miguel Diaz-Canel and Roberto Morales Ojeda, respectively.