Discrimination and violence against LGBTIQ+ young people have direct and long-term effects on their health and well-being, with high levels of harassment, marginalisation, violence and, consequently, a higher likelihood of school absenteeism and suicidal thoughts.
This brief is part of a set of 13 provided by UNDP that map out roles and first steps different parts of government can take to help achieve the SDGs by reducing tobacco use. Ministries of education can take key steps to advance tobacco control and accelerate progress towards the SDGs.
Adolescents and youth require sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services globally to see positive health outcomes. This is also true of Muslim youth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Early marriage and pregnancy hinder global commitment to attain gender parity in education. This article discusses educational challenges experienced by parenting college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) has significant potential to contribute to the health and well-being of adolescents and young people.
This paper presents the results of formative research conducted from January to June 2020 in the Department of Atlántico, Caribbean region of Colombia, whose findings were used as inputs to design the national strategy for comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) outside school – Tírala Plena – in
As defined in the UN Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education (ITGSE), comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical, and social aspects of sexuality, which aims to equip children and young people with know
The focus of this editorial is to consolidate and present adolescents’ and youth perspectives on the importance of tailoring out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) programmes to the needs of marginalised youth, considering mitigation approaches implemented by the United Nations Pop
As an interface between health and education, comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) offers a potent tool among other interventions to accelerate healthy transition of adolescents into adulthood.
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a well-established component of the package of interventions required to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights.