Aishwarya at UNAIDS event on World AIDS Day

UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Aishwarya Rai Bachchan stressed on the importance of sex education and spoke about the importance of making sex education compulsory in schools.

Speaking at an event organised to mark World AIDS Day, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said on Tuesday ( December 1), " Sex education is very important. We have all had it. It is important to have sex education in schools. In urban culture a lot of schools have it. I would love to find out if it it is happening across the board all over the nation."

Aishwarya also expressed satisfaction at her role as UNAIDS Goodwill ambassador as it allowed her the opportunity to reach out to women from across the world. The former Miss World also harped on the need to open communication lines as the key to bring in change.

In her capacity as the Goodwill Ambassador of UNAIDS, actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was seen talking about the importance of communicating about HIV/AIDS in order to eliminate the social stigma that comes with the disease.

She said, "As long as we keep the communication (on HIV/ AIDS) going, people will remain informed and educated. The perceived social stigma should definitely be pulled down. That will be the day when the issues are more practically discussed and that's when it becomes more effective."

During her World AIDS Day message at Cooper Hospital, she also added, "You actually address it as something that needs attention and what's the action to follow. You have concerns of the social stigma of feeling gagged to actually communicate, that is what we're constantly working towards. Once those barriers disappear, the work becomes more effective."

She also emphasised upon the importance of celebrating World AIDS Day as an important festival, "Among the many days such as festivals, the World AIDS Day is equally important, because you're drawing attention to something that is a part of humanity, part of our reality, which exists in the world and affects a lot of people. It is a current affair and once it has struck mankind it'll forever remain a current affair."

Glad to be a part of the cause, she further added, "The United Nations (UN) had been communicating with me me over a while for us to come on board together, as there are lots of causes that need attention. I was glad that at the time I did join hands with UN, it was with UNAIDS. I just wanted to help reach out to a lot of women across the world but largely even in our own country," she added.

Originally posted by: rimi2983

She looks so good when she is not all dolled up...

She is bit misinformed about "We all had sex education in school". I don't think this was introduced when she was in school ( Must be in 90s)

Originally posted by: Yankees

She looks great!! And she's 100% right. Do Indian schools provide sex education or is that taboo? lol

Sex education in schools should be banned, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan says

Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN | Jun 27, 2014, 01.30AM IST

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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan is against sex education in schools.

NEW DELHI: After suggesting that to prevent AIDS fidelity in marriage was better than use of condoms, health minister Harsh Vardhan has generated another controversy - this time by stating in his website that sex-education in schools should be banned.

In his "vision" document for Delhi schools, Vardhan, himself a doctor, has said, "So-called 'sex education' (should) to be banned." His website - drharshvardhan.com - also states the need to integrate value education with course content and put strong emphasis on exposing students to India's cultural relations.