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This Education Data Brief provides an overview of the global prevalence of School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV), using recent data to illustrate the scope and scale of SRGBV worldwide. In addition, the Data Brief provides country-level statistics when available, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. The Data Brief is divided into two primary sections: the Prevalence of SRGBV and the Impact of SRGBV. …
Gender discrimination and gender-based violence fuel the HIV epidemic. Gender norms in many cultures combined with taboos about sexuality have a huge impact on the ability of adolescent girls and young women to protect their health and prevent HIV, seek health services and make their own informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and lives.
Impact evaluations focused on school absenteeism commonly use school records of untested quality or expensive spot-check data. We use a large dataset on more than 30,000 unannounced random spot-checks for 6,000 female and male students across 30 schools in Western Kenya, with equivalent school record entries. First, we confirm that while absenteeism is common overall, pubescent girls miss more schooldays than boys because of high incidence of school transfers. …
Policy Goal: To reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improve the reproductive health status of the people of South Sudan through the provision of a universally accessible, quality, integrated, equitable and sustainable comprehensive reproductive health care package. Policy Objectives: 1. To build the capacity at all levels of MOH and partners, in order to deliver quality comprehensive reproductive health services. 2. To establish an equitable resource allocation framework for the RH subsector at all levels. 3. …
The Ministry of Health has developed this National Reproductive Health Policy to provide the appropriate framework and guidance for the promotion and implementation of reproductive health programmes and interventions in the country. The ultimate aim of this policy is to provide an effective national platform for strengthening reproductive health interventions in South Sudan and facilitating the achievement of relevant global, regional and national goals in the interest of improved health, well-being and overall quality of lives of all peoples in the country. …
This brochure documents the key elements for the implementation of Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE). Using concrete examples from four countries in West Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal and Togo), the brochure documents promising practices, challenges and lessons learned, and makes key recommendations to be shared with all countries in the region.
This Guide supports organizations working on MHM to encourage all girls and women to adopt safer menstrual hygiene practices. It also demonstrates how to work with communities and implement concrete actions for effective menstrual management. The target audience for MHM encompasses behavior change communication audiences referred to as primary participant groups –all women and girls - secondary audiences such as relevant technical officials at all levels, and advocacy or tertiary audiences – political leaders.
La riposte nationale au VIH/Sida au Togo a pour vision d’«avoir à moyen terme une population en bonne santé exempte du VIH/SIDA, avec l’émergence d’une génération sans Sida au Togo » et son Plan Stratégique 2016-2020 a pour but de «mettre en œuvre la réponse nationale basée sur des évidences scientifiques et programmatiques afin d’obtenir un meilleur impact des interventions». …
Le PSN 2018-2022 vise la réduction des nouvelles infections chez les adultes et les adolescent(e)s, l’élimination de la transmission du VIH de la mère à l’enfant, la réduction de la mortalité liée au VIH, le soutien pour l’amélioration de la qualité de vie des PVVIH, la lutte contre toutes les formes de discrimination et la promotion des droits humains ainsi que le renforcement de la gouvernance pour une riposte durable et efficiente. Principes directeurs du PSN: 1. …
Le Plan Stratégique National de la riposte au VIH/SIDA 2018 –2021 s’inscrit dans un contexte international de la fin de l’épidémie à l’horizon 2030 et s’aligne aux objectifs 90-90-90 de 2020. …
Le présent plan de Suivi et Evaluation de la riposte multisectorielle 2018-2022 de Madagascar se fonde sur ce cadre structurel. Il se présente tel un instrument de mesure, d’évaluation et de vérification accompagnant la mise en œuvre du Plan Stratégique National (PSN). En effet, ce plan joue un rôle de boussole et de tableau de bord pour suivre régulièrement l’état d’avancement des interventions de lutte contre le sida dans le pays, conformément aux stratégies et objectifs convenus. …
Le plan stratégique national de riposte multisectorielle aux IST, VIH et sida 2018 -2022 de Madagascar est conçu autour de la vision suivante : « L’accès universel à la prévention, au traitement, aux soins et au soutien à Madagascar est assuré dans un respect strict des Droits Humains ». Cette vision s’aligne à la stratégie universelle de l’ONUSIDA relative aux 90-90-90 pour permettre à Madagascar d’accélérer la riposte au VIH d’ici 2020 afin de parvenir à l’élimination de l’épidémie de sida d’ici à 2030. …
In 2014, the United Nations declared May 28 of every year as Menstrual Hygiene Day in recognition of the woes girls and women experience during menstruation. This was a reaffirmation of the world’s commitment to create more befitting living conditions for girls and women. Uganda commemorated the first Menstrual Hygiene Day in 2014 and in August of the same year held the first International Menstrual Hygiene Management Conference, here in Kampala. …
This reader is a Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) initiative to provide information to pupils on understanding of menstruation and managing it well, particularly to beginners.
The Nigerian HIV prevalence rate is declining however, stigma indices does not show corresponding decline. Drivers of the HIV epidemic include the structural, contextual and social factors, such as poverty, gender inequality, inequity and poor access to health care, as well as stigma and discrimination and other human rights violations. However, several positive actions have been taken to address stigma and discrimination issues in the country. …
