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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, 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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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
#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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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