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1. Literature review on the intersection of safe learning environments and educational achievement

   A safe school is one that is free of danger and possible harm for students, but in reality, violence in schools is a global phenomenon. Moreover, studies in developing countries indicate that school violence is especially prevalent in such settings. For example, more than half of South African and Botswanan children say they are bullied “approximately weekly.” Despite considerable progress in documenting and conceptualizing school violence, surprisingly few studies in any part of the world have examined its impact on educational achievement. …

2. A summary report on re-invigoration of education sector response to HIV and AIDS in the SADC region

   This brief summarizes the "Reinvigorating Education Sector (EDSEC) Responses to HIV and AIDS" in the SADC region commissioned by UNESCO/UNICEF/SADC Secretariat during the course of 2010. …

3. Education and HIV and AIDS: Bold targets; bold responses. A review of HIV and AIDS policy response and implementation in the SADC region

   This publication summarizes the findings from the Reinvigorating Education Sector Responses to HIV and AIDS process in the SADC region, commissioned by UNESCO, UNICEF and the SADC Secretariat during the course of 2010. …

4. Life skills-based HIV education and Education for All

   Education including life skills-based education has a positive role to play in contexts where messages have been accurate, HIV education coverage in schools has been high, and implementation has been sustained and to scale. At best however – and importantly – school-based HIV education is just one component of what UNAIDS calls combination HIV prevention, in which a range of actions provide a comprehensive mix of approaches. HIV education remains work in progress. …

5. Desk review for developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for a comprehensive HIV and AIDS response in the Caribbean education sector

   EDC conducted this desk review to determine those elements that are essential for developing the capacity of the education sector to perform M&E; activities that will strengthen country-level comprehensive responses to HIV and AIDS within a coordinated regional approach. The education sector plays an important role in the HIV and AIDS response throughout the Caribbean and M&E; helps to ensure that policies, programs, and services are addressing the primary challenges and are achieving their intended results. …

6. Indicators for education sector HIV response programmes: a review of existing resources

   Over the past decade, the education sector has played an increasingly important role in the multi-sectoral response to HIV and AIDS. The priority placed on the education sector's response is based on evidence that the "social vaccine" of education contributes to knowledge and personal skills essential for the prevention of HIV, and protects individuals, communities and nations from the impact of AIDS. …