Stakeholder Summary >> Turkmenistan, Review Documentation, 3

Ruhnama includes values and traditions that manifest sexist and insensitive attitudes. SRI and Labrys further noted that since independence, the Turkmenistan government has been enforcing politics of ethnic and cultural revival that significantly contribute to strengthening the traditional values, inter alia virginity, repressed female sexuality, and encouragement for male sexual activity at early adolescence. In Turkmenistan, no official school curriculum, at any academic level includes health, reproductive health or HIV prevention components. [Para 34]