Unesco Strategy on Education for Health and Well-Being

Unesco Strategy on Education for Health and Well-Being
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We will continue promoting safe and inclusive learning environments, to mobilise resources through our regular budget and its commitment to strengthening the links and extra-budgetary sources, including UNAIDS and between education and health, which necessitates a the private sector, and to work in partnership with more comprehensive approach to school health and national governments, other UN age [...] Working together, these two sectors 'have enormous Despite this, much more needs to be done to potential to promote the good health and well-being improve the coverage and quality of comprehensive of all individuals and communities and to prevent sexuality education, if all young people are to develop early and unintended pregnancy, transmission of the knowledge and skills they need. [...] Advocacy by the Global Working training teachers and school administrators in Group to End School-Related Gender-Based Violence the Asia-Pacific and West and Central Africa (see Box below) also resulted in the inclusion regions, and conducting studies of school-related of a commitment to eliminating gender-based gender-based violence in Indonesia, Thailand and discrimination and violence in school [...] Action by substances among young people, WHO and UNICEF other sectors is needed to address structural factors, on school health and with WHO on how national to ensure that children and young people have access education sectors can help to prevent and minimise to appropriate, quality and affordable services, and to the impact of emerging health issues and disease promote a supportive environment o [...] UNESCO also advocates at global, regional and national levels for political and For example, UNESCO will: revise and update financial commitment to strengthen the role of international technical guidance on sexuality national education sectors and for changes to laws education in partnership with UNFPA, UNICEF, and policies, for example, those that limit young WHO, UN Women and the UNAIDS Secretar.