United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Gender Equality
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.
Gender, Culture and HIV in the 21st Century
Organizer: UNESCO/SSRC
Start date (local time): 04-10-2007 5:30 pm - End date (local time): 04-10-2007 7:00 pm