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UNESCO in Action for Gender Equality 2022-2023
Summary
With persistent threats around the world of a backlash against women and girls’ basic human rights, UNESCO is working at the global level and at the country level to apply its mandate and vision to advance gender equality.
The report UNESCO in Action for Gender Equality 2022-2023 is the third edition of a series designed to monitor the implementation of Global Priority Gender Equality. It presents key data, best practices and lessons learned to show how UNESCO and its partners have provided concrete and effective solutions during the 2022-2023 biennium to advance gender equality by reducing inequalities in and through education; empowering women in science and technology for environmental action; promoting inclusion and combatting gender-based violence; bridging the digital gender divide and supporting women’s empowerment in crisis, emergency and early recovery contexts.
This third edition of the report goes a step further and provides a roadmap of UNESCO’s vision for gender-transformative work for broadening interventions and improving, multiplying and strengthening gender related results and impact, particularly at grassroots level.
This publication tells us how far we have come; but, more fundamentally, it warns us of the many efforts we still have to make. Let’s not wait 300 more years to react.
UNESCO’s Global Priority Gender Equality Framework
The Framework provides an overview of UNESCO’s work to promote gender equality across its mandate that is aligned with the strategic objectives of the Organisation for the 2022-2209 period. It was designed to support the monitoring and evaluation of UNESCO’s action for gender equality and to identify emerging trends and challenges.
Achieve Gender Equality in and through Education
This chapter illustrates how UNESCO advances gender equality in education, leveraging its mandate to reduce inequalities and promote learning and creative societies in the digital age through quality education for all.
Empower Women in Science and Technology for Environmental Action
This chapter shows how UNESCO takes gender equality to bear on all aspects of its mandate to work towards sustainable societies by preserving the environment through the promotion of science, technology and the natural and living heritage.
Promote Inclusion and Combat Gender-Based Violence
This chapter explains how UNESCO works to find innovative solutions to dismantle harmful stereotypes and combat gender-based violence in areas that intersect with its unique mandate to build inclusive, just and peaceful societies.
Bridge the Digital Gender Divide
This chapter focuses on UNESCO’s actions to mainstream gender equality on all angles of its work to foster a technological environment in the service of humankind and bridge the digital gender divide.
Women and Crisis Preparedness, Emergency Response and Early Recovery
This chapter assesses how UNESCO’s actions on crisis preparedness, emergency response and early recovery promotes gender equality by promoting access to education of girls and women in conflict-affected settings, reaffirming women’s crucial role in peacebuilding and preventing violent extremism, and promoting their meaningful participation in the reconstruction of their cultural institutions, heritage buildings and sites.
