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Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20211 min read
Symposium seeks solutions to school-related gender-based violence
A Global Learning Symposium on ending school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) will be held from 26 to 28 March 2019 in Johannesburg,...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
UNESCO launches the Early and Unintended Pregnancy Campaign
UNESCO launched a campaign to reduce Early and Unintended Pregnancy (EUP) in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) on 20th June 2018 during...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
20 ESA countries meet to review progress on the landmark ESA Commitment on Comprehensive Sexuality E
Government officials from ministries of education and health from 20 countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa met from 18 and 19 June...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Four Countries in ESA Region to Pilot Connect-With-Respect-Tool on ending SRGBV
15 June, 2018 – Harare, Zimbabwe 40 Master Trainers from Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania, as well as national partner, regional...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Zimbabwe launches the much anticipated School Health Policy
Zimbabwe launched its School Health Policy on 11th June 2018 in Harare as a strategic means to promote positive health determinants while...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20213 min read
Memorandum of Understanding on The Right to Health for the Education Sector Campaign signed by South
Juba, South Sudan – The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MOGEI) has signed a Memorandum of...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20211 min read
UNESCO 2017 ICASA Side Event: Revised Technical Guidelines on Sexuality Education
#CSE #ICASA #sexualityeducation #SRH
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20211 min read
2017 AfriYAN General Assembly
The African Youth and Adolescents Networking on Population and Development (AfriYAN) 2017 General Assembly and capacity building workshop...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Introducing Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future #O3Campaign
The UNESCO/Swedish funded project, “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future” was officially launched in Paris, France on 3rd November 2017 at...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20211 min read
Launch of “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future”: Sweden’s support to UNESCO for expanding comprehensiv
Friday 3 November 2017 from 2pm to 2:45 pm, UNESCO HQ, Hall Ségur The event will launch the project “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future”,...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20211 min read
World Poetry Day Contest Winner Announced!
Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our World Poetry Day contest. Every submission was so beautiful and thoughtful – it is...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Enter now! Young People Today Poetry Contest
[:en]Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO once said: “every poem is unique but each reflects the universal in human experience, the...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20215 min read
That’s a wrap! Outtakes from the Pre-Youth Symposium
[:en]Over the past three days 173 young people from 28 countries across Africa were brought together at the Pre-Youth Symposium in...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Workshops held at The National Cultural Festival in Mozambique
Every two years, the Ministry of Culture organizes the National Cultural Festival in the province of Inhambane in Mozambique. The...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Equipping Teachers for Sexuality Education Curriculum
5 October 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of World Teachers’ Day. Education is only as good as its teachers. They are central to ensuring...
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20213 min read
Preparing Teachers to Close the Knowledge and Skills Gap in Sexuality Education
A regional meeting was held this week to focus on teacher training in comprehensive sexuality education in Eastern and Southern Africa....
Melanie Vendette
Jun 9, 20213 min read
ESA Commitment Update
[:en]Country information meetings have taken place in 14 countries with further meetings or alternative processes being planned for the...
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