Gender

 

Recent Submissions

  • Key Actors Addressing Gender Barriers in Education in Uganda 

    MoES (MoES, 2013)
    The Importance of Gender to Education The issue of gender disparities in education has been one of the concerns the government and all Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and stakeholders have been grapplin with. The ...

  • Position Paper for Gender in Education 

    MoES (MoES, 2012-10)
    The vision for the education sector is to provide quality education for all Ugandans and the principle of equitable access to the education service is central in all sector activities. Government has therefore put in place ...

  • Creating a Gender Responsive Learning Environment 

    MoES (MoES, 2002)
    Gender as a concept refers to the socially constructed roles allocated to women, men, girls and boys in specific cultural contexts -formal or informal. As a social construction, gender also reflects the norms and values ...

  • The Early Warning System (EWS) Peer Educators' Tool Kit 

    MoES (MoES, 2017-07)
    The Strengthening School Community Accountability for Girls Education (SAGE) project funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in partnership with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV (Janssen), one of the ...

  • Lifeskills 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    The concept of Lifeskills has been developed and pursued in Uganda for over ten years, since the official launch in 1994. It was an outcome of several information based interventions through the Ministry of Education & ...

  • In-Depth Evaluation of Life-Skills and Sexuality Education in Upper Primary Schools 

    MoES (MoES, 2014-12)
    It is critical to reach young people before they are sexually active by building their skills and providing them with age-appropriate information to raise their risk perception and knowledge of HIV/AIDS, sex, sexuality, ...

  • Facts & Tips on Keeping Safe in Schools! 

    MoES (MoES, 2014)

  • Understanding and Managing Menstruation 

    MoES (MoES, 2013)

  • Pregnancy and the teenager 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    The adolescent and teenage years are a time during which both boys and girls go through several changes; some of these changes happen in their bodies and others happen in their minds; in the way they think and ...

  • Life Skills 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    Life skills? What does this mean? Having life skills means abilities that one is able to manage the activities and challenges of everyday life.

  • School Health and HIV Prevention Messages 

    MoES (MoES, 2020-03)

  • School Health and HIV Prevention Messages 

    MoES (MoES, 2020-03)

  • Building Healthy relationships 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    As a young person, you will go through a stage of life that is known as puberty. This is a time when your body begins to develop and change as you move from being a child to becoming an adult. This usually happens ...

  • Facts about STIs for young people 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    What is an STI? An STI –sexually transmitted infection – is an infection that is spread through unprotected sex or close sexual contact with someone who is infected. Some STIs, like herpes, are spread by skin-to-skin ...

  • Facts about HIV and AIDS 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that damages the cells in your immune system and weakens your ability to fight infections and disease. AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is a set of infections and ...

  • A Guide to PIASCY Handbooks for Primary School Teachers 

    MoES (MoES, 2015-09)
    In Uganda, there are a significant number of learners in schools which is infected with HIV at infancy. Some of these learners are on treatment, while some may not be on treatment. Some are sexually active while others ...

  • School Health and HIV Prevention Messages 

    MoES; MoES (MoESMoES, 2020-03)
    School Health and HIV Prevention Messages Handbook is designed to consolidate and simplify existing materials in the delivery of school health talks, menstrual hygiene management (MHM) training and life skills sessions ...

  • Understanding your sexual and reproductive health rights 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    Rights are a list of promises put in place to make sure that you are treated fairly and looked after properly. Rights are usually included in documents such as the constitution of the country, therefore when something ...

  • Facts on puberty for boys and girls 

    MoES (MoES, 2019)
    As you grow and move from being a child to becoming an adult, your body begins to develop and change. You will also experience changes in the way you feel, think, make decisions, and relate with people around you. ...