Session Overview: Mainstreaming HIV & AIDS
Mainstreaming HIV & AIDS in education in emergencies
Global Consultation 2009, Istanbul
Thursday 2 April 9:00-13:00, Concurrent Working Session Block 5
Abstract
During times of conflict and displacement, children and young people, especially young girls, face additional vulnerabilities and risks with regard to HIV. These additional threats are linked to the breakdown of community cohesion and social and sexual norms regulating behaviour, lack of protection due to separation from or loss of family members, and increased sexual and gender based violence, including rape and sexual exploitation. In these situations, education, health and communication systems that are usually used to provide essential HIV interventions, such as safe and supportive environments, information and skills building, and access to condoms and treatment, are also disrupted. During situations of emergencies, it is therefore particularly important that sector responses mainstream HIV prevention, care and support to ensure that children and young people maintain their rights to access life saving information and services in this regard.
On the one hand, this session will provide opportunity for discussions and in-depth orientation around the extent to which HIV-related prevention, care and support issues are included in education responses in emergencies. This discussion will be based on data from a survey on the inclusion of the recommended education actions of the IASC Guidelines on HIV in emergencies. It will be directed towards preparing concrete recommendations for mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the new INEE Minimum Standards on Education in Emergencies.
On the other hand, the discussion will be followed by task-oriented group work to develop educational modules for mainstreaming HIV prevention, care and support issues in education in emergencies. This group work will be based on preliminary adapted modules from the existing IATT Toolkit on mainstreaming HIV & AIDS in Education, and will be directed towards the publication of a self-guided training (e-learning) toolkit for education development colleagues.
Session Objectives
- Objective 1: Ensuring stakeholder input to the elaboration of guidelines for IASC Education Cluster and other development partners to mainstream HIV in education sector responses to emergencies
- Objective 2: Ensuring stakeholder input for a more solid contribution to the revision of the INEE MSEE with regard to HIV and AIDS.
Expected Outcomes
- Outcome 1: Expert input to draft modules of a toolkit for development partners on mainstreaming HIV in education in emergencies
- Outcome 2: Input to the revision of INEE Minimum Standards on Education in Emergencies with regard to HIV and AIDS
Panel
Chair: Joris van Bommel, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Presenters:
- Anna Maria Hoffmann, UNICEF
- Marian Schilperoord, UNHCR
- Annmarie Isler, WFP
- Yongfeng Liu, UNESCO, Paris
- Susan E. Morey, American University of Sharjah, UAE
- Naseem Awl, UNICEF
- Barry Sesnan, Echo Bravo
For further information on this session please contact one of the Session Coordinators: Anna Maria Hoffmann at {encode="amhoffmann@unicef.org" title="amhoffmann@unicef.org"}, Marian Schilperoord at {encode="schilpem@unhcr.org" title="schilpem@unhcr.org"}, Annmarie Isler at {encode="Annmarie.Isler@wfp.org" title="Annmarie.Isler@wfp.org"}, Yongfeng Liu at {encode="yf.liu@unesco.org" title="yf.liu@unesco.org"} or Susan E. Morey at {encode="smorey@aus.edu" title="smorey@aus.edu"}.
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