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For many children in Asia-Pacific, school is not a safe space for learning, but a place where they are forced to deal with threats of bullying, harassment, assault and even rape.

This Side Event of the General Assembly Special Session on ICPD Beyond 2014 seeks to reinforce Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) as a key area of action for the ICPD beyond 2014 agenda.

In 2011, IIEP and partners undertook an assessment of the impact of HIV and AIDS on education in Kenya and an analysis of the implementation of the 2004 Kenyan education sector policy on HIV and AIDS.

Sexuality education and the provision of services for adolescents and young people are at the heart of a launched national programme, implemented by the Government of Zambia and supported by UNESCO.

UNESCO Bangkok provided technical support for a Plan Thailand refresher course on gender equality in Tak province, which was attended by 22 staff members and migrant volunteers.

This publication is part of a programme of work to provide technical guidance and implementation support for sexuality education programmes, as a platform for HIV prevention, treatment and care.

Today, at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, AIDS2014 UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, UNAIDS, Save the Children, GNP+, and WHO release.

This initiative brings together policy makers, young people and civil society to strengthen sexuality education and reproductive and sexual health services in eastern and southern Africa.

The WHO is updating its 2006 Guideline on the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights of women living with HIV. Salamander Trust is consulting women living with HIV to hear our experiences.

HIV continues to affect millions of people worldwide. Despite significant progress, advances have not been uniform, and the 2.3 million new infections in 2012 point to the need to redouble our effort.

In some parts of the world, two out of three girls reported having no idea of what was happening to them when they began menstruating. Schools are the ideal location to teach what puberty is.

For some children in Asia-Pacific, particularly girls, the mere walk to school is menacing and comes with the daily threat of violence. Once at school, they might also be subject to abuse.