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Advances in COVID-19 science, particularly the rapid development of viable vaccines, have reinvigorated discussions around HIV prevention and treatment.

UNESCO and UNFPA, on behalf of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education, will host this 3-day international virtual symposium.

Teen pregnancies can significantly impede girls’ rights to education. Currently, an estimated 1 million pregnant girls or young mothers in Africa alone are at risk of having their educational aspirations thwarted, and even in countries with positive reentry and continuation policies, comprehensive policies and practices are still needed to respond to these young women’s specific needs.

This webinar aims to contribute to the strengthening of a comprehensive multi-sectoral response to young people during the pandemic and in the recovery phase with the goal to reduce the short-, medium-, and long-term consequences of COVID-19 for young people in the Americas, particularly those living in conditions of vulnerability.

UNESCO Harare Office organizes a regional webinar to launch the Connect with Respect toolkit - a classroom programme addressing school-related gender-based violence - for Eastern and Southern Africa.
The webinar is open to stakeholders from Eastern and Southern Africa as well as to others outside of the region who are interested in attending.   

Recognizing the outstanding political commitments African countries have made towards school feeding, the two-day virtual celebration will contribute to spurring the implementation of Home-Grown School Feeding programmes continent-wide, through the formulation of concrete actions and national commitments.

Many countries have school meal programmes to ensure food security and nutrition and support the ability of children to learn. An outcome from the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) was the launch of the School Meals Coalition: Nutrition, Health and Education for Every Child supported by several OECD countries.

The new Policy Conference on COVID-19 will serve as a complement, a follow-up to the YAR Knowledge-Sharing Meeting (held in October 2021) as well as an opportunity for the YAR participants, along with Heads of State and Ministers responsible for youth, to discuss priority commitments and policy solutions that respond to the ways that COVID-19 has impacted youth.

The lab will introduce a new vision and model for food education in schools, focusing on the role of teachers as main implementers.

The 10th Global Conference on Health Promotion held by WHO with the support of the United Arab Emirates, Finland, sister UN agencies and partners, will address how health promotion can advance well-being. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.

The Tokyo Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit will provide a historic opportunity to transform the way the world tackles the global challenge of malnutrition.

The UNFPA Arab States Regional Office is delighted to welcome you to a virtual panel discussion that will address comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in the Arab region - an issue that’s considered complex and challenging in the ِArab region.