South-Asian education unions push for improved health, well-being, and gender equality curricula

Over 160 participants, including representatives of teacher unions, governments, civil society, youth, UN agencies, and academics from South Asia and Southeast Asia, gathered to share lessons, explore innovative programmes, and interventions to discuss how education systems can support teachers to deliver gender-responsive, socially responsible, and stigma-free curricula, including Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) for children, adolescents, and young people.

- (Education International)

From September 23rd-25th, 2025, Education International Asia-Pacific (EIAP) joined the Asia-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW) - a leading organisation in advancing the sexual and reproductive health and rights and justice of women, girls and young people -, the UNESCO, in Bangkok, and Office for UN Coordination for Asia and the Pacific and the UNESCO Regional Office for South Asia, the UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office and the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia, and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Asia-Pacific Regional Office, as well as the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Youth and Student Network and the Y-PEER Asia-Pacific Center, for a Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Transforming Teachers and Teaching for Adolescent Health, Well-Being and Gender Equality.

EIAP Regional Coordinator Undarmaa Batsukh delivered the welcome remarks on behalf of Education International, underscoring: “Investing in the health and well-being of adolescents and young people are essential to the future. However, students’ well-being will be as strong as teacher’s well-being is.”