Good policy and practice in HIV and health education. Booklet 7: Gender equality, HIV and education
Education, HIV and gender equality are deeply inter related aspects of personal and global development.
Education, HIV and gender equality are deeply inter related aspects of personal and global development.
This Policy and Strategy Framework is based on the “Policy Framework on HIV and AIDS for Higher Education in South Africa” that was adopted in November 2008.
This article addresses the issue of teacher knowledge in a developing world context of HIV and AIDS.
Ideals of masculinity and femininity may limit South African women's decision making power in relationships and increase their risk of HIV infection.
In this article, the author gives an account of his ‘Checkmating HIV&AIDS’ action research project, which was an attempt to break the ‘culture of silence’ concerning HIV&AIDS and sex and sexuality in his classroom.
Across sub-Saharan Africa, the AIDS pandemic has impacted children in a myriad of ways, from parental loss, to HIV infection, to increased poverty and marginalization.
Young girls in sub Saharan Africa are reported to have higher rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection compared to boys in the same age group. Knowledge of HIV status amongst high schools learners provides an important gateway to prevention and treatment services.
This report examines the problem of sexual violence against girls in Zambian schools. In Zambia, many girls are raped, sexually abused, harassed, and assaulted by teachers and male classmates. They are also subjected to sexual harassment and attack while travelling to and from school.
The objectives were to determine risky sexual behavioural trends and health promotion needs among students, to develop an online HIV/STI prevention programme utilising the NMMU intranet portal.
This is the report of the Global Evaluation of Life Skills Education commissioned by the UNICEF Evaluation Office.