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On 3 July, more than 80 trainers and managers from family planning associations of 12 different provinces and cities gathered at a meeting in Jilin City of Northeast China to share experiences and celebrate their achievements in the first year of the Connections programme that trained parents on how to communicate with adolescents about sexual and reproductive health (SRH) issues.
Parents, peers and teachers of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex youth urged to show support for LGBTI youth and create safe spaces for LGBTI students. Far too many of this region’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) youth experience dread walking through their schools’ doors, knowing that taunting, exclusion and even violence may await.
Inside this issue: Spotlight on girls' education UNAIDS IATT Symposium; Preventing early and unintended pregnancy; Integrating diversity, anti-discrimination and gender equality activities into classrooms in West Africa
This thematic brief provides an overview of the issue of early and unintended pregnancy, looking particularly at how the education sector can respond to the issue.
As Myanmar opens up, it is essential that focus remains not only on the country’s economic potential, but on the health and well-being of its citizens. To that end, Yangon University of Economics’ rector welcomed a recent UNESCO-led sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV training programme for youth leaders held at the school.
While Thailand is justifiably celebrated for its openness and the important strides it has made in recognizing LGBTI rights, millions continue to face discrimination, inequality and exclusion.
Advocates for youth most at risk of HIV exposure in Myanmar found hope for a new era of openness and improved access to policy-makers following a recent event in Nay Pyi Taw.
UNESCO is seeking applications for an Associate Project Officer in HIV and Health Education - based in Dakar (Senegal). Within the framework of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), s/he will provide support to the strengthening and national scale-up of education sector responses to HIV in West and Central Africa (WCA), with a particular focus on the Sahel sub-region.
BANGKOK, 19 June, 2015 – Asia-Pacific countries have committed to taking steps to address homophobic and transphobic bullying in their schools during a three-day regional consultation organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia-Pacific regional offices.
“I was bullied, I was hated." "I was spat on" "... and I couldn't tell anyone.". UNESCO's new video "Imagine That" puts viewers into the shoes of young people who face this type of type of torment daily as victims of homophobic and transphobic bullying in Asia-Pacific schools.
