Tag: UNESCO

Sub-Saharan Africa bears the highest economic burden internationally due to early school leavers and children with less than basic skills. The private costs (costs borne by individuals) due to girls and boys leaving school early are higher for girls, equal to around US$190 billion and US$210 billion, respectively, states UNESCO’s recently published “The price of inaction” report.  At the first Pan-African Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Education held in Addis Ababa from 2 to 5 July, which brought together ministers, policy-makers, civil society, and multilateral organizations, the emphasis was on the…

The results of an extensive literature review conducted by UNESCO and researchers from Griffith University in Australia, which included Indigenous academics, concluded that no prior study has examined the intersection of media and Indigenous Peoples on a global scale. This underscores a significant gap in evidence for policy and decision makers, including UNESCO, regarding Indigenous Peoples’ opportunities to express their views and opinions, access public information and media content equally, and establish and manage their own media.  The literature review analyzed 394 sources from all over the world in which: …

There are currently 62 centres of excellence around the world that operate under the auspices of UNESCO and specialize in science and engineering. These centres contribute to the execution of UNESCO’s programmes: they are fostering responsible forest management, developing early warning systems for floods and droughts, using remote sensing to identify and study archaeological remains, training hundreds of water professionals all over the world each year from to bridge the chronic skills shortage in this field, and much more. UNESCO brought these centres together in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to deepen…