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UNESCO Bangkok provided technical support for a Plan Thailand refresher course on gender equality in Tak province, which was attended by 22 staff members and migrant volunteers.

This publication is part of a programme of work to provide technical guidance and implementation support for sexuality education programmes, as a platform for HIV prevention, treatment and care.

This initiative brings together policy makers, young people and civil society to strengthen sexuality education and reproductive and sexual health services in eastern and southern Africa.

In some parts of the world, two out of three girls reported having no idea of what was happening to them when they began menstruating. Schools are the ideal location to teach what puberty is.

Across Asia and the Pacific, transgender people face significant stigma and discrimination, as highlighted by this recent video from the Asia-Pacific Transgender Network (APTN) and UNAIDS.

To date there has been no systematic review of how laws and policies govern young people’s access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV information and services.

"All young people have the right to live full and healthy lives. We have to prepare adolescents and young people for the reality of the contemporary world through appropriate education and skills".

Injecting drug use, sex work, sexual orientation, condom use are some of the issues explored in “Our Voices”, a social media campaign made by young people for young people in the Asia-Pacific region.

Although HIV risk among adolescents and young people is well-documented, there is still a need for better strategic information on young people at higher risk of HIV exposure.

Youth LEAD successfully conducted a Training of Trainers (TOT) for The New Generation (NewGen) Asia Leadership Short Course from 2 – 8 September 2012 at UNESCO Bangkok.

Thailand’s first National Seminar for men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender (TG) people in Bangkok provides an opportunity for stakeholders working on HIV and AIDS to share experience.

This video resource has been produced by the Standing Committee on Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS (SCORA) within the International Federation of Medical Student's Associations.