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Category Archives: Sexual violence
“If comprehensive sexuality education can happen in Pakistan, it can happen everywhere.”
By Aisha Ijaz, Aahung, Pakistan I work on reproductive health for an organization called Aahung in Pakistan. For over 20 years now, we have been developing and advocating around comprehensive sexuality education, or, as it is called here, Life Skills … Continue reading
Stronger accountability can help ensure cases of gender-based school violence are reported (part 2)
As part I of this blog showed, violent behaviour is rife in schools, and sometimes perpetrated by teachers themselves. Addressing the issue requires a multilevel approach, including effective laws and policies, relevant curricula and learning materials, educator training and support, … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Uncategorized, violence
Tagged human rights, school violence, SRGBV, Target 4.a, violence
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Teachers are central to any effective response to school-related gender-based violence (part 1)
School-related violence can be physical, psychological or sexual; occur on school grounds, in transit or in cyberspace; and include bullying, corporal punishment, verbal and emotional abuse, intimidation, sexual harassment and assault, gang activity and the presence of weapons among students. … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Human rights, school violence, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Uncategorized
Tagged Gender, school violence, SRGBV, Target 4.a, violence
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We need textbooks that are affirming of sexual diversity
This blog looks at the way that textbooks can help or hinder the tolerance of sexual diversity. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between … Continue reading
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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Education needs to fundamentally change if we are to reach our global development goals
The new Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report by UNESCO, released this morning, shows the vast potential for education to propel progress towards all global goals outlined in the new Sustainable Development Agenda (SDGs). But, if education is to fulfill that … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Adult education, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, child marriage, Citizenship, Climate change, Conflict, curriculum, data, Developed countries, Equity, Ethnicity, Gender, Governance, Human rights, ICT, immigration, integrated development, Language, Latin America, Learning, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, pedagogy, Post-2015 development framework, Post-secondary education, Poverty, Pre-primary education, Primary school, private schools, private sector, Production, Rural areas, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Sustainable development, Uncategorized, united nations
Tagged target 4.6, target 4.7
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Good news: UNESCO’s Executive Board unanimously sign up to protect “Learning without Fear”
By Catherine Jere, Research Officer for the EFA Global Monitoring Report and author of the recent paper ‘School-related gender-based violence is preventing the achievement of quality education for all‘. In March, for International Women’s Day, UNGEI, UNESCO and the EFA … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Gender, school violence, Sexual violence
Tagged Target 4.a, violence
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On International Women’s Day, let’s make sure education reaches the poorest young women
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report What kind of policy reduces or banishes inequality? International Women’s Day on March 8 is not only a chance to celebrate greater equality for women and highlight inequalities … Continue reading
Justice for children: Lubanga and Kony are only the tip of the iceberg
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The widespread use of child soldiers – whose damaging effects on education we examined in the 2011 Global Monitoring Report – came under the global spotlight for the … Continue reading
Education rises – slowly – from Haiti’s rubble
As Haiti struggles to recover from the devastating earthquake two years ago, rebuilding education is a major priority – and a small bright light, of sorts. According to Nigel Fisher, the UN secretary-general’s Deputy Special Representative for Haiti, there are … Continue reading
