Right to Sexuality: Intersections with Education, Employment, Law and Citizenship

According to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) working definition, sexuality is "a central aspect of being human throughout life [that] encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction. Sexuality is experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles, and relationships. While sexuality can include all of these dimensions, not all of them are always experienced or expressed. Sexuality is influenced by the interaction of biological, psychological, social, economic, political, cultural, legal, historical, religious, and spiritual factors." Thus, sexuality is fluid, encompasses different aspects, including sex, gender, identities, expression, and pleasure, and is capable of affecting people in different ways.