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Memorandum of Understanding on The Right to Health for the Education Sector Campaign signed by South

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...

UNESCO to support efforts on ending GBV in schools

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20212 min read

UNESCO to support efforts on ending GBV in schools

HARARE. UNESCO and the Ministry of Education & Training of the Kingdom of Swaziland organized a 4-day workshop from 6 to 9 March 2018,...

Comprehensive sexuality education and the global vision for the education agenda

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20212 min read

Comprehensive sexuality education and the global vision for the education agenda

By: Sanet L. Steenkamp, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia The core responsibility of education...

UNESCO Launches Our Rights Our Lives Our Future (O3) Programme in Zambia

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20213 min read

UNESCO Launches Our Rights Our Lives Our Future (O3) Programme in Zambia

On January 15, 2018, the Honourable Minister for Education of Sweden, Gustav Fridolin, joined representatives from UNESCO, the Zambian...

South Africa to benefit from the UNESCO O3 Programme

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20212 min read

South Africa to benefit from the UNESCO O3 Programme

South Africa is among the focus countries for this programme together with Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo,...

ICASA 2017- Revised International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20211 min read

ICASA 2017- Revised International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education

UNESCO, UNAIDS, UNFPA and the government of Cote d’Ivoire hosted a session on the Revised International Technical Guidance on Sexuality...

UNESCO 2017 ICASA Side Event: Revised Technical Guidelines on Sexuality Education

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...

Introducing Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future #O3Campaign

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...

#YouthSRHNOW Campaign to Mobilise Youth Engagement on the ESA Commitment to Launch on 7 November 201

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20211 min read

#YouthSRHNOW Campaign to Mobilise Youth Engagement on the ESA Commitment to Launch on 7 November 201

#YouthSRHNOW is a social media campaign to mobilise youth engagement in promoting action on commitments made by 20 East and Southern...

Launch of “Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future”: Sweden’s support to UNESCO for expanding comprehensiv

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”,...

Radio programme on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in South Sudan

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20211 min read

Radio programme on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in South Sudan

[:en] Panelists during an episode on Wanasa Dukuri The media remains central in informing, educating and entertaining communities. In...

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20211 min read

Girls’ Progress = Goals’ Progress: What Counts for Girls

[:en]In support of the International Day of the Girl Child – October 11,2016- see what a senior chief in Malawi is doing to protect the...

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20211 min read

Being a Young Person

[:en] As part of efforts to ensure all young people have access to comprehensive, life-skills based sexuality education, UNESCO screened...

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20211 min read

Launching two years of progress of the ESA Commitment: How far have we come?

[:en]In December 2013, ministers of health and education from 20 Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) gathered in Cape Town and endorsed a...

New sexuality education books launched to help young people make positive choices about their health

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20212 min read

New sexuality education books launched to help young people make positive choices about their health

[:en]With the new, nation-wide scale-up of comprehensive sexuality education integrated into primary and secondary schools, Zambia has...

Through the eyes of young people: Meet our guest bloggers!

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20212 min read

Through the eyes of young people: Meet our guest bloggers!

[:en]We’re excited to host young guest bloggers to the Young People Today site! What better time to launch these guest bloggers than...

Melanie Vendette

Jun 9, 20216 min read

Ethiopia and Rwanda share best practices in addressing sexual reproductive health needs for young pe

[:en]As progress continues towards the ESA Commitment targets, it is crucial that countries are continuously sharing information and...

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...