EDITORIAL: Sex education needs to evolveThe Taiwan Association for Sexuality Education, the Chinese Association for the Development of Affective Education and the Action Alliance on Basic Education on Monday advocated for the implementation of more comprehensive sex education programs, saying that more emphasis must be placed on interpersonal relationships and emotional awareness. Instruction still leans heavily toward anatomy, reproduction and contraception — important subjects, but insufficient to prevent young people falling victim to sexual exploitation. Reports of child sexual abuse material linked to Taiwanese IP addresses more than doubled from 33,621 in 2019 to 72,902 in 2022. In 2024, roughly 70 percent of youth sexual exploitation cases involved online platforms. Amendments to the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例) in 2024, which raised penalties for paying to view sexual content involving minors, marked progress.

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2026 16:41 UTC