http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/ UNESCO HIV and AIDS Education Clearinghouse Events, News, Publications en http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/fileadmin/rss_icon.gif http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/ 30 30 UNESCO HIV and AIDS Education Clearinghouse Events, News, Publications TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:34:00 +0100 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/f4eca1119e.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2139 ICASA 2013 will take place from 7 to 11 December in Durban, South Africa. Registration for the... www.icasa2013durban.com and www.saafrica.org]]> Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:34:00 +0100 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/6cec96cd6c.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2107 Melbourne, AustraliaThe conference themes are: Preventing and reducing unwanted and unintended... Melbourne, Australia

The conference themes are: Preventing and reducing unwanted and unintended pregnancies; Men’s role in their own and their partners’ sexual and reproductive health; Sexual and reproductive health education and promotion and respectful relationships; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ sexual and reproductive health; Social determinants of good sexual and reproductive health; Sexual and reproductive health workforce issues; Sexuality and ageing. More information is available at http://www.phaa.net.au/NSRHConference.php      ]]> Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:12:00 +0100 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/8fb194df36.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2025 The conference will be held in Cairo, Egypt from 19th - 22nd September, 2012, and will have as its...

To examine the contributions of culture to the present sexual health status of girls, boys, women and men.

To highlight how existing human rights laws have already been used to challenge and reject interpretations of culture that seek to preserve harmful traditional practices, e.g. through litigation and advocacy.

To share knowledge in research and policy as well as best practices for programming on sexuality and sexual health.

For more information about the conference, please visit www.africasexuality.org]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:37:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/3384bdf6bf.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2133 The 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights will take place in Windhoek, Namibia from 19... http://www.africasexuality.org/]]> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 10:07:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/ef1d7189b1.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1969 AIDS 2012 will take place from 22-27 July in Washington DC. More details will be available on the... www.aids2012.org/]]> Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:46:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/604fa887b0.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2024 The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) and the LIVING2012 Partnership are proud to... www.gnpplus.net/en/news-and-events/keep-me-informed]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:14:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/fa98f1ee26.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2110 The Southern and Eastern Africa Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Rights for... www.seyco2012.org]]> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:56:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/2e13a056ec.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1938 ISHEID 2012 will take place from 23-25 May 2012 in Marseille, France. The Congress represents a...

Facilitate the exchanges and sharing experiences between the various HIV health care professionals for a better coordinated approach

Promote scientific excellence by translating new scientific research knowledge in effective daily care methods for the patients

Strengthen the global commitment against HIV/AIDS to reduce the burden of HIV and emerging infectious diseases, for both patients and the community at large.

More information is available at: www.isheid.com]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 12:02:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/9b410389c8.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2155 Deadline for registration: 15 May 2012This workshop symposium explores the interaction between... 15 May 2012

This workshop symposium explores the interaction between global and local discourses and changing meanings of sexuality, citizenship, and culture in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific with the aim to promote greater understanding of translational processes in diverse local contexts.

The workshop symposium will be held at the Australian National University with support from the Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship Project held by Professor Margaret Jolly, Engendering Persons, Transforming Things: Christianities, Commodities and Individualism in Oceania. It will be convened by Professor Gilbert Herdt, an international expert on culture, sexuality, sexual rights and HIV, and by Dr Katherine Lepani, a Senior Research Associate with the Laureate Project.

Contact:  Katherine Lepani (katherine.lepani@anu.edu.au) or by phone: (02) 6125-4595 International: +61-2-6125-4595]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 09:14:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/63b1569cef.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2152 “Homophobic bullying of young people in schools and local communities … is a grave violation...  “Homophobic bullying of young people in schools and local communities … is a grave violation of human rights and a public health crisis” - Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General, 8 December 2011 Every day, students around the world are denied the right to education, health, safety and non-discrimination because of bullying in school.   While anyone can be bullied, students who are perceived as not conforming to prevailing sexual and gender norms, including those who are believed to be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are particularly affected. This type of gender-based violence is known as homophobic bullying. Homophobic bullying has been found to reduce school attendance, and lead to early school dropout and poorer academic performance and achievement. It can also adversely affect the mental and psychological health of those who are bullied, with clear associations between homophobic bullying at school and depression, anxiety, loss of esteem and confidence, withdrawal, social isolation, and in severe cases, suicidal ideation. On the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), 17 May 2012, UNESCO is joining in activities around the world on the theme of “Combating Homophobia In and Through Education.” UNESCO’s Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education has produced a short film highlighting the challenges faced by LGBT students and practical steps that have been taken in schools in Thailand to promote healthy, safe learning environments for all. Click here to watch the short film in English and in Thai. 


More information on UNESCO’s work on homophobic bullying:

Live video transmission of a Meeting on Effective Policy and Practice to Address Homophobic Bullying in Educational Institutions in English and in French, 16 May  International Consultation on Homophobic Bullying in Educational Institutions (December 2011)]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 11:08:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/501163d34c.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2151 Beijing, ChinaOrganised by the French Embassy Beijing and Queer Comrades, this event aims to... Beijing, China

Organised by the French Embassy Beijing and Queer Comrades, this event aims to promote better understanding on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people among Chinese educators. It also offer an insight on homophobic bullying in schools in China.

Organisers:  French Embassy in Beijing and Queer Comrades    
Contact Name: Jiangang Wei, Queer Comrades at xiaogangtutu@gmail.com   ]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 09:52:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/ad4fccf45a.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2150 UNESCO Headquarters in Paris will be hosting the Meeting on Effective Policy and Practice to...
This meeting is a follow-up to a consultation convened by UNESCO in Brazil in December 2011, and is reflective of UNESCO’s commitment in pioneering a response to the hither-to inadequately addressed global issue of homophobic bullying in educational institutions. The meeting will bring together a broad range of stakeholders including governments, multilateral and civil society orgenizations as well as media. UNESCO provides live video transmission, with interpretation in English and French. These links are available from 13.00 Paris time on 16 May. The Good Policy and Practice in HIV and Health Education – Booklet 8: Education Sector Responses to Homophobic Bullying (GPP8), will be launched at the meeting. The publication highlights the issue’s impediment to the principles and goals of Education for All and connects with UNESCO’s continuing engagement with stopping violence in schools, its work to address all forms of discrimination and gender-based violence, and its expertise in HIV and sexuality education.

For further information on this event or about the forthcoming GPP8 publication, please contact: Section on Education and HIV & AIDS, UNESCO at aids@unesco.org Details of the event can be viewed here. Click here for a selection of resources on homophobic bullying in educational institutions Click here for a selection of videos on homophobic bullying in educational institutions]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 09:23:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/e3bd413663.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2149 Organised by the French Embassy Beijing and Queer Comrades, this event aims to promote better...
Organiser: French Embassy in Beijing and Queer Comrades

Contact: Jiangang Wei, Queer Comrades at xiaogangtutu@gmail.com

Website: www.queercomrades.com]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 10:56:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/7d1e92e030.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2148 To celebrate the 2012 IDAHO, Aibai Culture & Education Center, the Beijing LGBT Center and...
It is hoped that educational institutions and the entire society could take effective measurement to avoid and stop the homophobia and trans-phobia bully at educational institutions, and to provide support and care to those victims.

Organisers: Aibai Culture & Education Center, the Beijing LGBT Center, and Guangzhou Tongcheng, and Netherlands Embassy in Beijing
Contact: joeguo914@gmail.com]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 10:43:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/f4ef7bd12b.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2147 The festival programme will focus on freedoms including freedom of movement and to migrate;freedom... Organiser: NSWP Global Network of Sex Work Projects

For further information, please contact IAC2012-Kolkata@nswp.org Website: http://www.nswp.org/page/iac-2012-kolkata]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/98ba57d28a.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2146 The April 2012 issue of the NewGen Asia, Volume 2 was recently released. This newsletter... NewGEN Asia: What's it all about?
NewGEN Asia mentorship programme -- How to get the most out of it?
Words from our Mentees and Mentors; and
Forthcoming NewGEN Asia actitvities in 2012

View the NewGEN Asia April issue. Pass issue: NewGEN Asia, Volume 1, December 2011]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 08:59:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/36847f37c4.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2145 UNESCO office in Jakarta would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the development of the...
To enable you to submit a proposal, kindly please download Terms of Reference (TOR) here.

Your offer comprising of technical proposal (workplan) and financial proposal, should reach the following address no later than 11 May 2012.

UNESCO Office, Jakarta
Jl. Galuh II No. 5, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12110, INDONESIA
PROPOSAL FOR SERVICES
Reference: JAK/RFQ/EDU/12/006
RFP Closing Date and Time: 11 May 2012
Email: jakarta@unesco.org This letter is not to be construed in any way as an offer to contract with your firm/institution.

Your proposal could, however, form the basis for a contract between your organization and UNESCO.

You are requested to acknowledge the receipt of this letter and to indicate whether or not you will be submitting a proposal. For this purpose, and for any requests for clarifications, please contact UNESCO Jakarta Education Unit at jakarta@unesco.org. Source: UNESCO Cluster Office in Jakarta ]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 04:24:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/01e134d074.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2135 African Democracy Institute Idasa has completed an assessment on how HIV and AIDS and other... More information Download the assessment ]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:52:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/27ee1e5613.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2132 Over 1 billion young people between the age of 10 and 24 live in Asia and the Pacific. Most of them... International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education 2009 recommends that sexuality education begins early, from age 5. Young girls in the region are faced with gender inequality, puberty, and parental and marriage consent, which create further challenges in obtaining accurate and reliable information about their own bodies and sexuality, according to UNESCO and the Asia-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) for Change. “Asia-Pacific is quite a conservative society, so for us access to resources and information is very difficult and that has put our health and our well being at risk, which is something that needs to be addressed,” said Rishita Nandagiri, 25, from India. “When anyone or government come up with a sexuality education package but they don’t engage young people, there’s no point. That’s why you can see the fertility rate is so high, that’s why we have issues like child marriage, so many young women dying in child birth because of unsafe abortion.” “These issues impact us in so many levels, so young people should stand up and say that these issues affect us the most. And we are the most vulnerable to these situations because we don’t have access to resources,” said Ms. Nandagiri, who works as a programme officer in Women’s Global Network for Reproductions Rights, a Dutch NGO based in the Philippines. Recently, 25 young participants from 11 countries in Asia Pacific gathered at UNESCO Bangkok in Thailand for the ‘Asia Pacific Youth Partners Advocacy Training and Strategy Meeting: In preparation for Commission on Population & Development 2012’ for their voices to be heard at an upcoming conference in New York, US. The Commission on Population and Development is tasked with following up on the implementation of Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development. The Commission monitors, reviews, and assesses the implementation of the Programme of Action at the national, regional, and international levels. The 45th session of the Commission on Population and Development will be held between 23-27 April under the theme ‘Adolescents and Youth’. “Last year at the Conference on Population and Development in New York there were not enough young people, not enough young people from civil society, not enough young people on delegations, and that needs to be changed. “And given that this year the theme is adolescent and young people it is especially urgent and very important to have more young people involved,” said Ms. Nandagiri, a young NGO worker from India. The preparation meeting at UNESCO Bangkok has been the first formal platform for young people in Asia and the Pacific in preparing for the Commission 2012 session. It was organised with the partnership between the Asia Pacific Research and Resource Centre for Women, Women Global Network of Reproductive Rights, IPPF South Asia Regional Youth Network and with support from UNFPA and UNESCO. Ms. Giang from Viet Nam and Ms. Nandagiri from India were among the participants. The objective of the two-day meeting was to position youth activists’ input within Asia and the Pacific region into the Commission on Population and Development advocacy initiatives to claim young people’s and adolescent’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. “The New York Conference is an international platform for advocacy for young people to make your demand, to ask. The Bangkok preparation meeting is about the alliance building and it’s also about talking advocacy, how you can advocate at this level, what you are saying, what you are demanding, what you are asking, and who you are speaking on behalf of. You’d need to be able to understand what the issues are at this moment.” “We can influence the process. It’s a lot of networking. You have to fight, you have to build relationships, you have to have the evidence, the data, you have to build your alliance, and you have to believe that you can make a change, however small it is,” said Ms. Nandagiri.

Mr. Ridwan will attend the International Conference on Population and Development in New York in April. “We have to believe in what we do. We can make a change. We can make a realistic ambition for short, middle and long term. Coming to this preparation meeting is a starting point. It is a part of process, but not the only,” he said.
by Rojana Manowalailao, UNESCO Bangkok
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We are young and we are waiting for the world to change ]]> Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:23:00 +0200 http://hivaidsclearinghouse.unesco.org/clearinghouse-services/news/single-view/hash/94cff71cf8.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2131 UNESCO, 2012 The Practical Guidelines for Supporting EDUCAIDS Implementation provide practical and... Practical Guidelines for Supporting EDUCAIDS Implementation provide practical and simple guidance that can be used by UNESCO colleagues as well as other partners including UNAIDS Cosponsors, to support the implementation of comprehensive education sector responses to HIV and AIDS at country level.
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