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This position paper is based on UNICEF’s mandate to promote and protect the rights of all children. UNICEF will continue working to protect all children from discrimination, including those who identify as LGBT.
BACKGROUND: Evidence linking violence against women and HIV has grown, including on the cycle of violence and the links between violence against children and women. To create an effective response to the HIV epidemic, it is key to prevent sexual violence against children and intimate partner violence (IPV) against adolescent girls. …
El documento que presentamos es un resumen del trabajo conjunto elaborado por le Dirección de Tutoría y Orientación Educativa del Ministerio de Educación y la Representación de la UNESCO en Perú, cuyo propósito es proveer información y argumentación con respecto a la necesidad e importancia de la educación sexual integral en la formación de los niños, la niñas y los/as adolescentes, así como proporcionar elementos de juicio orientados a fortalecer los lineamientos de política educativa en materia de educación sexual. …
Este material educativo elaborado por la Dirección de Tutoría y Orientación Educativa (DITOE) del Ministerio de Educación para trabajar con madres y padres de familia, se enmarca en los Lineamientos Educativos y Orientaciones Pedagógicas para la Educación Sexual Integral (DITOE, 2008a). En dichos Lineamientos se identifican algunas dificultades que tienen madres y padres de familia para brindar información y orientación a sus hijas e hijos en temas de sexualidad, entre ellas puede mencionarse las siguientes: - No se sienten preparados para orientar en temas de sexualidad a sus hijas e hijos. …
The author argues that the interests of transgendered children are being ignored by the Department for Children, Schools and Families [UK] and that the publication of guidance on homophobic bullying only serves to highlight deficiencies in the way these children are excluded within the education system.
This report highlights the issues faced by children living with HIV, adolescents engaged in risky behaviors, pregnant women using drugs, and the more than one million children and young people who live or work on the streets of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Marginalized young people are exposed on a daily basis to multiple risks, including drug use, commercial sex and other exploitation and abuse, putting them at higher risk of contracting HIV. The trends are especially troubling, as the region is home to 3.7 million injecting drug users - almost a quarter of the world's total. …
Ecole et SIDA. Guide de l'Animateur est un document développé par le Ministère de l'enseignement primaire et secondaire de la République du Congo avec le soutien de l'UNICEF. "Ecole et Sida" est une boîte à images, c'est-à-dire un assemblage d'affiches imprimées qui véhiculent chacune un message éducatif, et servent de supports à l'action de communication avec les élèves lors des séances éducatives sur le SIDA. …
This study covers children and young people living in vulnerable communities in high resettlement areas and a high-density poor peri-urban area in Luanda. The study carried out over three months highlighted that low levels of awareness and a lack of information in terms of quality reproductive and sexual health, within both rural and urban communities, is compounded by a lack of resources within social sectors. Young girls, the disabled and those involved or impacted upon by conflict are particularly vulnerable. …
This study assesses trends in the prevalence and status of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) based on data from 2005-06, 1999, and 1994 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys (ZDHS). The study examines four categories of OVC - orphans, fostered children, children in households with no adults age 18-59, and children in households with chronic illness or recent death due to chronic illness. …
This publication is addressed to people who work with adolescents in West Africa, be it as teachers, nurses or social workers, as activists, politicians or bureaucrats, in national institutions or in international organisations. It draws attention to the rights and needs of a demographic group that is often neglected in social development initiatives. The publication is part of Plan's effort to refocus the lens used to view the African continent. …
This report examines sexuality and children's rights in relation to the HIV epidemic in selected countries of Africa. The study is grounded in the principle laid down in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report summarizes literature on children's perspectives and opinions on the issue of sexuality and related concerns. It shows that some of the policies and programmes directed toward children are using messages that do not correspond to children's reality. …
Este livro, que foi realizado pela Save The Children UK em Moçambique, procura de forma clara e simples orientar a criança de modo a que esta possa estar informada sozinha, com amigos ou pessoas adultas sobre os vários assuntos relacionados com as DST's/HIV/SIDA. Vários exercícios, desenhos e questionários, permitem à criança ter conhecimento de diferentes temas entre os quais : o corpo humano, o aparelho reprodutor feminino e masculino, as DST's, o HIV/SIDA e o abuso sexual.
Sexual Health, HIV and AIDS is the first booklet in a serie of two booklet produced by the Child-to-Child Trust. It provides information and ideas for teaching children and young people about sexual health, HIV and AIDS. The main aim is to protect children and young people from the many risks of early sex. The booklet is for teachers, health workers and other development workers involved in teaching children and young people about sexual health, HIV and AIDS. It is also useful for those caring for children from families affected by HIV and AIDS. …
This parents' guide offers tips and techniques for talking easily and openly with children ages 8 to 12 about sex, HIV/AIDS, violence, and drugs and alcohol.
The fact sheet first explains why good reproductive health for young people is important and then presents a situation of the reproductive lives of young people today. Lastly, the paper recounts what the international community has agreed to do to support the reproductive health of young people.
