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One in every three girls in the developing world is married by the age of 18. One in seven marries before they reach the age of 15. In countries like Niger, Chad, Mali, Bangladesh, Guinea and the Central African Republic (CAR), the rate of early and forced marriage is 60 per cent and over. It is particularly high in South Asia (46 per cent) and in sub-Saharan Africa (38 per cent). …
Civil society plays an important health governance role by influencing international sexual, reproductive health and HIV agendas as expressed in international conferences; monitoring and evaluating implementation; and holding governments accountable for their commitments. Integration of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and HIV services to achieve the health-related MDGs would seem to be a strategic joint advocacy agenda for the women's sexual and reproductive health movement and HIV activists, particularly women living with HIV. …
The revised HIV Prevention Plan builds on the existing World Bank's submission of the Draft Prevention Plan of Action (November 28, 2008) and seeks to integrate programme components that are strategically relevant, based on discussions with stakeholders and review of the existing core documents. Following the World Bank Mission of June 22-26, 2009, the prevention planning process continued with the goal of producing a blueprint for a comprehensive response to HIV (for the period 2008-2013) with a focus on priority populations that practice risky behaviours. …
This advocacy poster containing key messages and briefing paper were developed by GNP+ and the World AIDS Campaign by and for youth. They emerged from a literature review, key informant interviews and an online survey of 168 youth livign with HIV from 55 countries. The messages are also available in French, Spanish, and Russian.
This toolkit, created by USAID, AED, and collaborating organizations, provides resources relevant to the treatment, care, and support of adolescents living with HIV worldwide (ALHIV), namely training; treatment literacy and adherence; counseling and disclosure; life skills; prevention and reproductive health; psychosocial support; human rights and advocacy; peer education; adolescent transitioning and research, policy, and promising practices.
This document, commissioned by IPPF, describes the experiences of PROFAMILA Nicaragua advocacy steps for achieving comprehensive sexuality education.
Este manual contiene un conjunto de mensajes con el objetivo de presentar información que permita a las personas conocer y comprender la importancia que tiene la implementación de la Educación Sexual Integral (ESI) en el Sistema Educativo Peruano.
Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV recognizes the vital role that sexuality plays in people's lives, and the importance of empowering people to make informed choices about their lives, love and intimacy. The real-life stories in this publication reflect the core characteristics and values that IPPF aims for in linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV: evidence-informed programming, a recognition of vulnerability and the full protection of rights. …
Algunas personas pueden no estar seguras de la implementación de procesos de educación integral en sexualidad, a pesar de comprender la urgencia de actuar ante alarmantes indicadores de embarazos en niñas y adolescentes, incremento de la mortalidad materna, la violencia y violencia sexual o las infecciones de transmisión sexual y el VIH, entre otras. …
El presente Manual es el resultado de los talleres sobre Incidencia Política (Advocacy), dictados en Belice y Jamaica en el contexto del Proyecto Community-Based Advocacy and Networking to Scale Up HIV Prevention in an Era of Expanded Treatment, coordinado por LACCASO. Este taller persigue desarrollar habilidades en las organizaciones comunitarias para que incidan oportuna y eficazmente en la agenda pública. …
The toolkit aims to assist education sector staff, networks of people living with HIV, and others to apply the principles for the greater involvement of people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS (GIPA) in a comprehensive approach for the education sector's response to HIV and AIDS. The toolkit includes 10 activities, each requiring from 1 to 3 hours, which can be modified as needed. The activities introduce the basics of HIV and AIDS, the concept of GIPA, and ways its principles can be incorporated into a comprehensive approach for the education sector's HIV and AIDS initiatives. …
Documento informativo cuyo objetivo es combatir el estigma y la discriminación con personas que viven con VIH, grupos vulnerables y otras poblaciones tradicionalmente segregadas. Incluye indicaciones para evitar un uso discriminatorio del lenguaje e información básica sobre el VIH/SIDA y su prevención.
This second edition of the National Health Education Standards was developed to establish, promote and support health-enhancing behaviour for students from pre-kindergarted through to Grade 12. The book develops standards for educational excellence to enable students to adopt and maintain healthy behaviour. It also provides guidance to stakeholders interested in improving health education in schools, as well as a framework for teachers, administrators and policy-makers to design or select curricula, allocate instructional resources and assess student achievement and progress. …
Comprehensive sex education promotes a view of sexuality as a natural par of human development. It provides information about sexual abstinence as well as pregnancy and disease protection, and provides teens with skills to ensure they are able to take care of their sexual health and make healthy, responsible decisions. This publication is a practical, hands-on resource for advocates.
This document highlights the successful collaboration between SIECUS and Demysex (Democracia y Sexualidad) to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights throughout Mexico. This publication shares models for replication, offers tools and guidance for readers, and includes information about SIECUS and Demysex's partnership activities in recent years.
