Promoting health and literacy for women’s empowerment
The paper discusses the links between health, well-being, women’s empowerment and education, focusing on the role of literacy.
The paper discusses the links between health, well-being, women’s empowerment and education, focusing on the role of literacy.
Educational institutions are places where learners, regardless of their age, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation, are expected to be safe. They are also spaces with a huge potential to create social change.
This toolkit offers resources and suggest practical steps to take and share to better connect health and education services.
School feeding has led to measurable gains in education and health outcomes, as evidenced widely in the literature. There are a few evaluations showing little or no improvement in education and health outcomes. This may be less widely reported or highlighted.
This circular focuses on the importance of physical activity and healthy eating. It is acknowledged that mental and psychological well-being are a key part of healthy lifestyles. Schools support these through their work on anti-bullying and the SPHE curriculum.
Childhood obesity undermines the physical, social and psychological well-being of children and is a known risk factor for adult obesity and noncommunicable diseases. There is an urgent need to act now to improve the health of this generation and the next.
This paper focuses on senior high school students and the ways that bullying affects their school attendance.
As long as criminalization of homosexuality and stigma, discrimination and violence against LGBT individuals continues in the Caribbean, the emotional and physical health of LGBT young people is at risk.
This document provides answers to some of the most common questions that educators, parents/caregivers, school administrators, and health professionals may have about gender identity in the Canadian school context.
These Questions and Answers are designed to support the implementation of the Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education.