Cet article se penche sur le cas de l’éducation sexuelle auprès des jeunes au Malawi pour illustrer la manière dont différents discours mondialisés sont repris et adoptés dans des circonstances sociales, culturelles et politiques spécifiques. Tandis que le conservatisme chrétien issu du mouvement évangéliste américain est largement adopté par les intervenants malawites, les « meilleures pratiques » de la santé publique, ancrées dans les preuves scientifiques et dans le respect des droits humains, semblent n’être mises en oeuvre que partiellement. L’éducation sexuelle malawite est donc largement paralysée par l’impossibilité de mettre en oeuvre des programmes dont l’efficacité a été démontrée, au profit d’une promotion de l’abstinence qui épargne les sensibilités mais n’aide en rien les jeunes à diminuer les risques liés à la sexualité.This article examines the case of sex education among young people in Malawi to illustrate how different discourses are taken up and adopted globalized in the social, cultural and political contexts. While the conservative Christian movement from the American evangelist is widely adopted by stakeholders in Malawi, “best practices” of public health, grounded in scientific evidence and respect for human rights, seem to be only partially implemented. Sex education in Malawi is largely paralyzed by the inability to implement programs whose effectiveness has been demonstrated in favor of an abstinence sparing the sensitivities but does not help young people reduce the risks associated with sexuality.Este artículo se centra en el caso de la educación sexual de jóvenes malauíes con el fin de ilustrar la manera como diferentes discursos mundializados son tomados y adoptados en circunstancias sociales, culturales y políticas específicas. Mientras que el conservatismo cristiano proveniente del movimiento evangelista americano es ampliamente adoptado por los actores malauíes, las “mejores prácticas” de la salud pública, arraigadas a pruebas científicas y al respeto de los derechos humanos, parecen ser implementadas tan sólo parcialmente. La educación sexual malauí es entonces ampliamente paralizada por la imposibilidad de implementar programas cuya eficacia haya sido demostrada, a favor de la promoción de la abstinencia, que evita las sensibilidades pero que no ayuda en absoluto a los jóvenes a disminuir los riesgos relacionados con la sexualidad
In Malawi, as elsewhere in southern Africa, faith-based organisations (FBOs) have been integrated in the official response to HIV/AIDS. This new role, and the funding that accompanies it, has professionalised their traditional care activities around AIDS patients, widows and orphans, and it has also put them in charge of HIV prevention. As HIV preventers, they are asked to bridge epistemic differences between conflicting notions of sexuality and morality by reconciling public health messages, Christian teachings and local cosmologies. This becomes challenging when it comes to the question of sexuality education, specifically the promotion of abstinence, and condom use. Many FBO leaders’ response to this challenge is nuanced and defies stereotypes, as they try to balance their concern for young people, the demands of donors and the moral imperatives of their faith.
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