Foreword
This paper has been prepared by a working group of the UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team on Education
and HIV/AIDS. It began as a discussion paper for the Global Partners Forum for Children Orphaned and
Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, in Geneva, October, 2003.
This document elaborates the contribution of education to the protection, care and support of orphans and
other vulnerable children, as set out in the Framework for the Protection, Care and Support of Orphans
and Vulnerable Children Living in a World with HIV/AIDS, and should be read with the UNAIDS global
strategy on HIV/AIDS and Education: A Strategic Approach1. It is intended to provide guidance for
investments and interventions by presenting the broad lines of action considered necessary for educationrelated
responses to orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The content of this paper
has been drawn from available data and literature, and from the experiences of partner agencies and
governments. While HIV/AIDS is certainly not new, coordinating an effective response to the impact of
HIV/AIDS on education systems, and assisting education systems to better meet the need of orphans
continue to pose major challenges. In particular, this paper draws upon and seeks to logically relate
education responses to the overlapping commitments made in the United Nations General Assembly
Special Session on HIV/AIDS2 (2001), the Millennium Development Goals3, Education For All4, and the
Convention on the Rights of the Child5.
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