Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 July 2021
809. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of funding provided to date through his Department to UNESCO for its programme on comprehensive sexuality education; the countries in Africa that have been and will be supported by such funding; if his attention has been drawn to the actual content of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39189/21]
View answerMy Department has supported the UNESCO programme, Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3), since 2017. supporting the empowerment, health and resilience of adolescents and young people across Sub-Saharan Africa. Ireland has provided €1,850,000 in funding to-date, to support programming in four African countries; Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. €500,000 further funding to the programme is planned for 2022. This support is in line with A Better World, the Government's policy for international development and is part of the Irish Aid international development programme.
