Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector: Guidelines for Development Cooperation Agencies

This toolkit from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education aims to help education staff from development cooperation agencies, including both development and humanitarian-oriented multilateral and bilateral agencies as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other civil society organisations, to support the process of mainstreaming HIV and AIDS into education sector planning and implementation. It provides resources and support to assess the progress countries have made with respect to HIV and AIDS mainstreaming; to identify entry points and opportunities; and to establish priorities for advocacy and action. It is designed to be used as a reference tool or a resource for training and discussion, depending on the local needs and context.

The contents include:

• Joint Agency Position Paper on HIV and AIDS and Education
• Tool 1: When does HIV need to be comprehensively addressed through education?
• Tool 2: Why is mainstreaming HIV and AIDS important?
• Tool 3: Successful HIV and AIDS mainstreaming: critical elements
• Tool 4: Mainstreaming: basic questions to ask yourself and others
• Tool 5: What is the status of mainstreaming?
• Tool 6: Identifying opportunities and entry points for HIV and AIDS mainstreaming;
• Tool 7: Stakeholder/partner analysis for HIV and AIDS mainstreaming;
• Tool 8: Communication and advocacy for HIV and AIDS mainstreaming;
• Tool 9: Mainstreaming gender equality and [sexual and reproductive health and rights] SRHR in education sector responses to HIV and AIDS;
• Tool 10: Mainstreaming issues of children affected by and especially vulnerable to HIV and AIDS;
• Tool 11: From policy to implementation;
• Tool 12: Key resources.