| Dear WAS Members and Friends,
Across the world, people seek sexual health care from professionals whose training varies widely. Some providers receive structured, evidence-based education in sexology. Others receive very little formal preparation.
This raises crucial questions for our field: - How do we ensure quality, rigor, and consistency in clinical sexology education globally?
- What standards and frameworks are needed?
On Thursday, 20 November 2025, the WAS Professional Education in Sexology (PES) Committee will host a free webinar reflecting on these questions and sharing key developments in sexology training worldwide. | | | Thursday November 20, 2025 | | | | Reflecting on Professional Education in Sexology | | | Date: November 20, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM SAST (Find your local time here)
About the WAS PES Committee
The Professional Education in Sexology (PES) Committee was established as an ad hoc committee in 2021 to focus on training and education in clinical sexology. It brings together representatives from all six WAS regional federations, ensuring perspectives from Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia-Oceania, Africa, and the Eastern Mediterranean are included in its work.
Speakers: - Host: Stefano Eleuteri (Italy) – WAS Sexuality Education Committee | Advisory and Executive Committee Member of WAS
- Leiszle Lapping-Carr (USA) — Chair, WAS PES Committee
- Osmar Matsui (Mexico) — Co-Chair, WAS PES Committee
- Anthony Smith (South Africa) — Co-Chair, WAS PES Committee
- Elsa Almås (Norway) — Past Chair, WAS PES Committee
Together, they'll share progress from 2021–2025 and outline the next phase (2025–2029) of the Committee's global strategy — strengthening professional education, advancing ethical standards, and supporting capacity building in clinical sexology across regions.
| | | The Committee's activities from 2021–2025 have included: - Surveying the state of clinical sexology education worldwide through the GLOPES Study and reporting findings to WAS leadership and the broader professional community.
- Organizing sessions at WAS Congresses, including a symposium at the 2023 Congress and a roundtable at WAS 2025 on the definition of sexology.
- Contributing to a forthcoming Special Issue of the International Journal of Sexual Health on professional sexology training (planned for late 2025/early 2026).
- Developing recommendations for a future accreditation system through WAS to help guide standards in clinical sexology education.
In this webinar, PES Committee leaders will:
- Reflect on progress in professional education in sexology from 2021–2025, including key learnings from global mapping and committee activities.
- Outline priorities for 2025–2029, building on WAS's strategic aim to develop and regulate professional standards based on ethical and best-practice guidelines.
- Discuss how standards, guidelines, and potential accreditation frameworks can support high-quality, evidence-based training in diverse regions and contexts.
| | | Together, they will share how the Committee's work contributes to WAS's broader mission to advance sexual health, rights, justice, and pleasure worldwide.
We warmly invite clinicians, educators, researchers, students, and all those involved in sexual health and sexology training to join this important conversation.
Warm regards,
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