Gender Equality

Gender-sensitive response to HIV and AIDS

UNESCO supports and promotes a gender-sensitive response to HIV and AIDS by:

• Supporting education systems to be gender-responsive by seeking system-wide responses through EFA national action plans;



• Promoting human rights-based and culturally appropriate approaches that support women’s empowerment and more balanced gender relations;



• Using training and non-formal education as key entry points to address gender inequality;



• Developing empowering educational strategies and material for adult and lifelong learning; and



• Promoting the better use of information and communication technologies, public entertainment and awareness campaigns (radio and TV) to deliver socially targeted, gender-sensitive and effective messages about HIV and AIDS and the need for equal gender relations.

Related links
UNESCO's Gender Mainstreaming Web Portal

Gender Equality, HIV and AIDS web-page on the UNESCO Gender Mainstreaming Web Portal