Testing indicators for School Health - a reflection on shared experiences
The world is facing an unprecedented global crisis, accelerating economic, political and social transitions that impact at all levels of society. These substantial challenges require a reflection on...
View Article"Growing Up Healthy and Happy" Training, 22 -25 October 2013, Yangon, Myanmar
In collaboration with General Technical University (Thanlyin), UNESCO is organizing “Growing Up Healthy and Happy" training, a reproductive and sexual health training for the University's students...
View ArticleJoint UN exhibition "As We Grow Up" opens next week, 1 November 2013
To promote Vietnamese youth and adolescents' awareness and knowledge on gender, love, sex and safe sex, an exhibition entitled "As We Grow Up" will be launched next week on Friday, November 1st at the...
View ArticleMedia Training to Help Reduce Stigma and Discrimination against Most At Risk...
22 October 2013, Phnom Penh – The National AIDS Authority (NAA) and UNESCO organized a training workshop for journalists and media professionals to better engage the media in the fight against...
View ArticleMaking the Case with Strategic Information: A new resource for improved...
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. Reliable strategic...
View ArticleMaking schools a safe haven for children and youth: Asia-Pacific roundtable...
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global phenomenon that knows no geographical, cultural, social, economic, ethnic, or other boundaries. It occurs across all societies, represents a violation of human...
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Using films to generate discussion and encourage action among young people at...
At a recent Regional Meeting on Community-based HIV Testing, the Asia Pacific Coalition on Male Sexual Health (APCOM) joined with other groups to highlight that health officials in the Asian region...
View ArticlePress Release: ICAAP 11 ASAP Symposium Session "Dennis Altman & the...
Professor Dennis Altman has been a longtime human rights advocate, stressing the importance of including social and political science research in the response to HIV and AIDS. His work has covered many...
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Young people and the Law in Asia and the Pacific: A review of laws and...
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. But there is now for the...
View ArticleArt on AIDS competition winners for ICAAP’11
The winners of “Art on AIDS”, a competition calling on young people from throughout Asia and the Pacific to advocate for youth-related issues in the AIDS response, have been announced. UNESCO, UNICEF...
View ArticleLost in Transitions: Current issues faced by adolescents living with HIV in...
The Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV (APN+) released a report in partnership with UNICEF, UNESCO and Treat ASIA: Lost in Transitions: Current issues faced by adolescents living with HIV...
View ArticleMedia Release: Study shows Thai schools have a long way to go in promoting...
Schools generally have no specific anti-bullying policies and they need appropriate training related to sexual and gender diversity Bangkok-26 November 2013 There is increasing evidence that, in all...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: Rallying around the young
The Asia-Pacific region has made undeniable advances over the past decade in the fight against HIV/AIDS – new infections, for example, dropped by 26% between 2001 and 2012, according to UNAIDS figures....
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Red Ribbon Award –Nominations now open to honour and promote community...
Red Ribbon Award – Honouring the best in community support to people living with and affected by HIV1 December 2013 –– On this year’s World AIDS Day, UNAIDS and civil society partners, in collaboration...
View ArticleRound Two: New Generation Leadership Training: Asia and the Pacific Regional...
Youth LEAD, in collaboration with the Youth Research Centre at the University of Melbourne, UNESCO UNICEF, UNFPA and UNAIDS, hosted the second regional NewGen Asia Leadership Course Training of...
View ArticleMobilising stakeholders to respond to homophobic bullying in Thailand
Plan International, UNESCO and Mahidol University partnered to conduct a year-long study involving 30 secondary schools in five Thai provinces, with over 2,000 students sharing their experiences....
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Countries come together to share good practice and lessons learned on...
UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education in collaboration with partners in the East Asia Pacific UN Girls’ Education Initiative (EAP UNGEI) including UNICEF’s East Asia Pacific Regional...
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UNESCO launched “YouthKnows” Virtual Classroom to promote HIV and Sexuality...
UNESCO Beijing Office in collaboration with Baidu and the Research Center on Health Communication and Public Media of the Communication University of China jointly launched “YouthKnows”, an interactive...
View ArticleAdministrative Assistant (Job Announcement No. 02-14)
Deadline for Applications: 4 February 2014 Functional Title: Administrative AssistantLevel/Fee: L4/1 level of the local UN salary scaleOrganizational Unit: HIV Prevention and Health Promotion Unit,...
View ArticleViet Nam’s youth exchanges openly on relationships, love, gender and safe sex
This interactive activity was held in the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology (VME) as a part of the series of interactive events related to the “As We Grow Up” exhibition. The discussion panel included three...
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