The divine gift of sex

***This programme contains discussion of adult themes***
Sex therapist Dr Rica Cruz is on a mission to destigmatise sex in the deeply Catholic Philippines. As a practicing Catholic herself, she believes sex is a divine gift and should be intertwined with faith rather than in conflict. Using social media to advocate for this, she earned a strong following which led to her own TV programme, Private Convos with Doc Rica. But that show was banned by the country’s broadcast TV regulator, the MTRCB.

Jay Behrouzi speaks to Dr Cruz about her fight for better sex education, which she believes is the key to a safer society for women and girls.

Presenter: Jay Behrouzi
Producer: Matt O'Donoghue
Editor: Rajeev Gupta
Production co-ordinator: Mica Nepomuceno

(Photo: Dr Rica Cruz giving her talk Unprude Awakening: Embracing Sexual Health as a Foundation to Wellness, at The Glass House, Rockwell Nepo Center. Credit: Rica Cruz)