UNESCO DAR ES SALAAM: ANNUAL REPORT | 2021

EDUCATION SECTOR

Education for Health and Wellbeing (EHW)

The UNESCO programme in the area of Health and

Wellbeing is guided by the Strategy on Education
for Health and Wellbeing (EHW), as well as,
Priority Gender Equality Action Plan. In Tanzania,
UNESCO works with a broad range of partners to
support government and community efforts and
initiatives to ensure that all children and young
people benefit from good quality and culturally
appropriate comprehensive sexuality education
that includes HIV education. The programme also
works to ensure that all children and young people
have access to safe, inclusive, health-promoting
learning environments.

UNESCO’s interventions around EHW is in line with

the Education Sector Development Plans; the
National Multi-sectoral Strategic Framework for
HIV and AIDS (NMSF IV 2018-2023), the National
Plan of Action to End Violence against Women
and Children (2017-2022), and the National
Accelerated Action and Investment Agenda for
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (NAIA-AHW).
Specifically, our work contributing to the following
SDGs:

Reducing gender inequalities,

through empowering girls in their
Addressing causes of school
communities and relationships;
dropout and gender disparities,
Improving their future
e.g. early and unintended
employment prospects and
pregnancy (EUP), school related
income and engagement with
gender based violence, bullying
boys; Promoting attitudes and
and discrimination in school
velue that support gender
settings; Developing knowledge
equality and tackle harmful
and skills to promote human
gender norms
rights, gender equality, peace
and non-violence

Developing attitudes values and

skills required for required for
peaceful tolerant and inclusive
Preventing EUP and new HIV
societies; Providing safe and
infection, promoting uptake of
supportive learning
testing and treatment, health
environments, free from violence
lives, through good quality SE and
and discrimination, and instil
links to SRH service; Referral for
respect for rights, diversity and
health and Counselling services
equality, as a model for later life.

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