“There is an emergency”, alerts Family Planning

Sarah Durocher, president of Planning, hopes that this program “is not going to be put in a drawer and never come out”.

“There is an urgent need to implement education for emotional and sexual life” at school, alert Tuesday December 3 on franceinfo Sarah Durocher, president of Family Planning, while the latest version of the program which must be presented in mid-December before the Superior Council of Education, before its official publication, triggers wrath of right-wing and far-right organizations and elected officials.

According to them, references to gender stereotypes and gender identity, in particular, have no place in school. “We have been experiencing a lot of misinformation from associations and movements for several months”reacts Sarah Durocher. The project “is not acceptable as it stands”had declared the Minister Delegate Alexandre Portier, immediately refocused by the Minister of Education Anne Genetet estimating that there was no “no ideology” in the program.

“To hear these comments, obviously, it makes us angry. Fortunately the minister took the floor again. Once again, it's just questioning the social roles of the feminine, of the masculine. I think that we is in 2024 at the height, that it is really a demand of young people”explains Sarah Durocher. “Gender theory did not exist in the programs and does not exist at all”she insists.

Sarah Durocher says refuse “lots of requests” from educational establishments “due to lack of means”. The current political crisis makes the application of this program very hypothetical: “For a year, we have been repeating the same things. We persist and we sign. We absolutely want these programs to come out so that it will be effective for all young people next year.” Sarah Durocher hopes that this program “is not going to be put in a drawer and never come out”.