Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health Education 2016 and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in this last condition are the right of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, as well as other methods of their choice for regulation of fertility which are not against the law, and the right of access to appropriate health‐care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant. In line with the above definition of reproductive health, reproductive health care is defined as the constellation of methods, techniques and services that contribute to reproductive health and well‐ being by preventing and solving reproductive health problems. It also includes sexual health, the purpose of which is the enhancement of life and personal relations, and not merely counseling and care related to reproduction and sexually transmitted diseases.”28 Definition of Sexual Health “A state of physical, mental and social well‐being in relation to sexuality; it is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity. Sexual health requires a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships, as well as the possibility of having pleasurable and safe sexual experiences, free of coercion, discrimination and violence.”29 2.2 Significance of SRH Although SRH is amongst the most vital aspects of life, to most populaces, a discussion on human sexuality or RH is deemed to be taboo, socially too sensitive, or too private to discuss in an open forum. Consequently, a lot of people are denied their right to RH. Women and young adults face an ever increasing social and economic hardships due to unavailability of RH information and services such as family planning and contraception. RH has a different insinuation for a girl or a woman than for a boy or a man, as the former face more problems related with RH especially during the reproductive years. Every year hundreds of women die from complications 28 Glasier, A., Gülmezoglu, A.M., Schmid, G.P., Moreno, C.G., Van Look, P. FA (2006). Sexual and reproductive health: a matter of life and death, (1), p.2. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/general /lancet_1.pdf 29 Ibid 16 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION FROM A RIGHTS PERSPECT