【全非资讯·肯尼亚】Africa (非洲)：宗教领袖推动就性议题和SRHR (性健康和生殖权利) 展开开放对话

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肯尼亚蒙巴萨 — 伊玛目 Bukuru Elie Khalfan 对开展关于性观念的公开讨论有着切身的体会。\n\n这位来自布隆迪的宗教领袖回忆说，他和妻子在年轻时就成为了父母，当时对性与生殖健康知之甚少。他们有限的知识让他们对避孕以及在面临意外怀孕风险时该如何应对感到茫然。\n\nKhalfan 在蒙巴萨举行的 MenEngage Africa 性与生殖健康及权利学习与交流研讨会上表示：我们当时是年少的青少年，对我们来说太难理解什么是性了。我们什么都不知道。\n\n在 Khalfan 艰难地试图从药店购买紧急避孕药却无果后，一位护士朋友最终帮他们弄到了药。但关于该避孕药有效期的错误信息，后来导致了另一次意外怀孕。\n\n这段经历塑造了他现在向年轻人和父母谈论性与生殖健康及权利的方式。\n\n他说，如果你现在不能说出真相，就很难理解我们社会中正在发生的事情。他决定与儿子公开谈论性与生殖健康，而不是让无知重演。这种信念不仅延伸到了他自己的家庭，还延伸到了他的信众群体以及其他宗教领袖中。他敦促宗教社团克服尴尬，创造能够公开讨论性观念的空间，包括与儿童和青少年进行交流。\n\nKhalfan 是 Alliance des Imams du Corridor en Ordre pour le Développement Humanitaire 的法定代表人，也是伊玛目支持女性（Imams for She）全球运动的负责人。他是聚集在一起参加关于性与生殖健康及权利（SRHR）小组讨论的多位宗教领袖之一，这一主题在该地区的清真寺、教堂和犹太会堂中仍然很大程度上是一个禁忌。

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他说，宗教领袖们并非在权衡是否要参与这场对话。他们已经身在其中，无论他们是否承认。他说：“地区领袖们已经是数以千万计的非洲民众和非洲家庭的一部分。人们在结婚时会来找我们，在生儿育女时，在家庭出现冲突时，以及在年轻人面临困境时……”



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Mombasa, Kenya — Imam Bukuru Elie Khalfan is very personal about the need for open conversations about sexuality.

The Burundian faith leader recalled becoming a father while he and his wife were still young and knew little about sexual and reproductive health. Their limited knowledge left them unsure about contraception and what to do when they faced an unintended pregnancy risk.

"We were young teenagers, and it was too hard for us to understand sexuality. We knew nothing," Khalfan said at the MenEngage Africa SRHR Learning and Exchange Symposium in Mombasa.

A nurse friend eventually helped them obtain emergency contraception, after Khalfan struggled to find it at a pharmacy. But misinformation about how long the contraception remained effective later contributed to another unintended pregnancy.

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That experience has shaped how he now speaks to young people and parents about sexual and reproductive health and rights.

"If you cannot tell the truth right now, it will be too hard to understand what is going on in our societies," he said, describing his decision to speak openly with his son about sexual and reproductive health rather than let ignorance repeat itself. That conviction extends beyond his own household, to his congregation, and to the fellow religious leaders. He urged faith communities to move beyond discomfort and create spaces where sexuality can be discussed openly, including with children and y

Khalfan, legal representative of the Alliance des Imams du Corridor en Ordre pour le Développement Humanitaire and global director of the "Imams for She" campaign, was one of several faith leaders gathered for a panel on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), a subject still largely unspoken in mosques, churches, and synagogues across the region.

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