Hyderabad, February 16, 2023 Young FICCI Ladies Organization (YFLO), Hyderabad Chapter organized a session “Untaboo Your Parenting” for young parents with Anju Kish, Founder of UnTaboo, a company dedicated to Safety and Sex Education which has been working to break the taboos around the subject to nurture a safer society.
Speaking at the occasion, Anju Kish said, “We must decode the word sex education, and find a better term. 
Though there are some words like ‘body literacy’, ‘Adolescent Education Program’ etc are used, we need better words so the people are not scared of it”.
Changing the mindsets and making people realize that Sex education is not about sex, but about helping children transition smoothly from childhood to adulthood with a very positive and responsible attitude, is what is needed.
The session was aimed to educate and enlighten young and old as to how to communicate with children of varied age groups when it comes to topics like sex, puberty, sexual identity and various questions that children ask. The session focused on breaking the taboo and giving the right answers to raise educated children with the right knowledge on these topics.
This generation needs answers ahead of their time. Covering topics and questions for children from 2 years to 15 years, the session brought a new perspective on parenting where social stigma is broken and open communication was encouraged. This was an attempt to build a better society where every child is well-informed and not mis-informed.
India is said to have a high rate of teenage pregnancies. 53% of children in India between the ages of 5 to 
12 are sexually abused. The average age at which a child in India watches porn is 11 and experiments with sex is 14 years.
Statistics have proven that early sex education can help make a better and safer society. We need to make sex education acceptable and accessible to all.
More than 250 guests attended the session from various schools and organsiations, where Anju Kish broke “The Wall of Silence ” as she helped others on how to respond to curious questions starting from ‘How does a baby come into the tummy?’ ; ‘What is Condom, Sanitary Pad, Gay?’ to what is the meaning of showing a middle finger, and other abusive words kids commonly come across. Submitted by Solus Media
