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Category Archives: Health
Knowledge is power: Handling the COVID-19 pandemic in schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
By Bushra Rahim, who is currently working for the Government of Pakistan. She is a Fulbright scholar, AusAid alumna, and a Charles Wallace Fellow. She serves as a President Association of Business, Professional & Agriculture Women; Executive Director Development Agent for Change … Continue reading
The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar
By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different that there might not even be a post-Covid-19 … Continue reading
Posted in access, Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Health, Inclusion, Quality of education, sdgs
Tagged coronavirus, covid19
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Looking at school sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa on Hand Hygiene Day
Hand hygiene is the one certain weapon we have against coronavirus. In high-income countries, as we wrote about this morning, multiple reports are emerging of teachers concerned that schools are going to re-open without sufficient hygiene management in place. In … Continue reading
Posted in Health, monitoring, sdgs, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, Health, Hygiene, sdg4.a
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How will Covid-19 affect the internationalization of higher education?
University costs. It didn’t take long after universities closed their doors in the United States, for instance, for students to start advocating to get their money back. Twitter is awash with professors concerned about the impact that shutting universities is … Continue reading
Posted in Health, higher education, Out-of-school children, Teachers, teaching
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, higher education, out of school, teachers, teaching, universities
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#FaceTheFacts: It’s time to bust the myths on comprehensive sexuality education
Comprehensive sexuality education is an essential part of a good quality education that improves sexual and reproductive health, argues Facing the Facts, our newest policy paper out today jointly with UNESCO. Released at the Women Deliver Conference during an event … Continue reading
Tanzania has suspended family planning commercials in the country ‘with immediate effect’
At the end of September, the government of the United Republic of Tanzania announced to international agencies that they should “stop with immediate effect airing and publishing any family planning contents in any media channels” running any family planning content … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Health, sexuality education, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, media, pregnancy, sexuality education, tanzania, target 4.7
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One in ten girls in sub-Saharan Africa miss school during their period
In countries around the world, menstrual hygiene and inadequate sanitation facilities are causing girls to miss classes. Across Africa, a 2016 study by Human Rights Watch estimated that one in ten African girls missed school during menstruation. Yet many countries … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Health, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2018 gender review blog series, dignity, Gender, gender. equality, girls, Health, target 4.7, Target 4.a
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Comprehensive sexuality education and the global vision for the education agenda
By Sanet L. Steenkamp, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia The core responsibility of education systems is imparting the fundamental building blocks of learning, namely the ‘3 R’s: reading, writing and arithmetic. Yet national education authorities are … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Reproductive health, sdgs, sexuality education, Uncategorized
Tagged Health, sexuality education, target 4.7, Target 4.a
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Education – the best healthy start you can get
Today is World Health day. Here are several reasons why we hope education is going to be on the tip of everyone’s tongues as they discuss how to reach the SDG goal 3 to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being … Continue reading
Posted in Health, HIV/AIDS, Uncategorized
Tagged education, Health, HIV and AIDS, sdg 3, SDGs
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The links between education, violence, and wellbeing
Living a life free from violence is a basic human right enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and is central to the Sustainable Development Goals. In the last of three blogs about the new GEM Report Gender Review, … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Health, HIV/AIDS, Reproductive health, Sexual violence, Uncategorized, violence
Tagged equality, Gender, Target 4.a, violence
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