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Aug 13, 2020
13 min

Apply Now: Evaluation of the Ministerial Commitment on comprehensive sexuality education and sexual

Re-advertised: Terms of Reference Evaluation of the Ministerial Commitment on comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and...

Jun 8, 2020
1 min

APPLY NOW: CALL FOR APPLICATION: UPDATING THE CSE ONLINE COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND PRACTITIONERS

OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST Introduction Over the last decade, countries in the East and Southern African (ESA) region have...

May 5, 2020
8 min

APPLY NOW :UNESCO-UNFPA : UPDATING THE CSE ONLINE COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER PRACTITIONERS

1. INTRODUCTION Over the last decade, countries in the East and Southern African (ESA) region have taken major strides towards the...

Feb 26, 2020
7 min

Apply Now: DEVELOPMENT OF GUIDANCE FOR LOCAL HOSTING OF THE CSE ONLINE COURSE FOR TEACHERS

UNESCO : Terms of Reference INTRODUCTION As part of the ESA Ministerial Commitment for scaling up Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)...

Nov 20, 2019
2 min

Launch of the “Let’s Talk” National Campaign on Early and Unintended Pregnancy in

by Oratilwe Moerane I am 19 years of age, a mother to a 2 year old little cute man. “Being a teen mum means we met a little early but it...

Oct 14, 2019
2 min

Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) Malawi Launch

UNESCO officially launched the Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) Programme in Malawi in partnership with the Ministry of Science,...

Dec 13, 2018
2 min

UNESCO Signs Grant Agreement with the David and Lucille Packard Foundation for Regional Campaign to

Harare, Zimbabwe – The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has granted a sum of $100,000 towards UNESCO’s efforts to reduce Early and...

Jun 21, 2018
2 min

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...

Jun 20, 2018
2 min

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...

Jun 12, 2018
2 min

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...

Jun 5, 2018
1 min

Young People Speaking Out on Discrimination

Article from our Technical Coordination Group Member, SAfAIDS Many of the young people who take part in youth groups like the Youth for...

May 29, 2018
3 min

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...

Mar 10, 2018
2 min

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,...

Feb 19, 2018
2 min

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...

Jan 16, 2018
3 min

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...

Jan 14, 2018
2 min

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,...

Dec 8, 2017
1 min

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...

Nov 23, 2017
1 min

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

#CSE #ICASA #sexualityeducation #SRH

Nov 7, 2017
2 min

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...

Nov 4, 2017
1 min

#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...