UK. Department for International Development, DfID

For young girls in developing countries, not knowing how to manage their periods can hinder access to education.

The re-entry policy launched in 1997 advocates that girls who drop out of school due to pregnancy should be readmitted after giving birth.

This two-part guidance note is part of a series of DFID guidance notes on VAWG. It focuses specifically on how to address VAWG in education programming, where DFID aims to make progress towards two key impacts: 1.

This report presents findings from the second phase of the SOFIE research project.

This is an outline of DFID's activites and strengths in preventive education for young people. The methodologies and policies that DFID uses and its priority areas in this field are highlighted.

This paper outlines the key priorities for DFIDCA in HIV/AIDS in education. It follows the general assumption that education in an AIDS infected world is not similar to education in an AIDS free world (Kelly 2000).

The purpose of the study is to improve our understanding of the current impact of HIV and AIDS on primary education in four Eastern and Southem African countries. The study uses Kelly's (2000) framework which identifies potential ways in which education systems are affected by HIV and AIDS.

HIV/AIDS prevention and care for especially vulnerable young people:a framework for action is the second joint publication between the World Health Organisation's Department of HIV/AIDS and the DFID supported Safe Passages to Adulthood programme.

The EFA Fast Track Initiative seeks to support countries in developing an HIV/AIDS response as part of the education sector plan for EFA1. The EFA Fast Track Initiative (henceforth FTI) is a multi-donor effort to assist low income countries to achieve Universal Primary Education (UPE) by 2015.

Clearly, companies have a key role to play in tackling issues facing poor children around the world - HIV/AIDS, child labour and education.