Americas and the Caribbean

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2005

Gender achievements and prospects in education: the GAP report; part one

On 1 January 2006, the world will wake up to a deadline missed. The Millennium Development Goal - gender parity in primary and secondary education by 2005 - will remain unmet. What is particularly disheartening is that this was a realistic deadline and a reachable goal.

Learning & Teaching Materials
Learning & Teaching Materials | 2004

VIH/SIDA y la sexualidad como parte del curriculum en la formación inicial docente

La transmisión del VIH/SIDA refleja la necesidad de desarrollar programas de educación sexual que permitan prevenir el contagio, programas que no estén centrados en la biología genital, como sucede hoy en nuestro sistema educativo.En Chile la discusión se mueve en torno a la pregunta desde dónde

Case Studies & Research
Case Studies & Research | 2006

UNESCO review of higher education institutions' responses to HIV and AIDS. Suriname: the case of Anton de Kon University of Suriname (ADEKUS) and the Institute for Advanced Teacher Training (IOL)

This case study is one of 12 undertaken by UNESCO to deepen the understanding of the impact of HIV/AIDS on tertiary education institutions and the response of these institutions to HIV/AIDS in different social and cultural contexts, at varying stages of the epidemic, and in different regions of t