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June 2023 NewsNew UNESCO online course stresses link between environmental and human health10 March 2023 NewsInternational Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023 NewsWomen-led research teams receive unique catalyst grants for climate action17 November 2022 NewsUNESCO project publishes guidelines on integrating Education for sustainable development into school curricula12 October 2022 StoryIn the footsteps of a deer: How students in Uruguay are breaking down classroom walls10 August 2022 StoryInternational Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022 NewsTanzania gears up for the Sustainability Starts with Teachers programme25 April 2021 StoryGreen initiative educates local communities to save shrinking Aral Sea in Uzbekistan1 April 2020
NewsThe United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
NewsInvitation to the SCO Forum and Teacher Competition in the framework of the CONNECT 2.0 Online International Conference (December 13, 2023)20 November 2023
NewsTanzania joins forces with UNESCO to unveil ESD National Strategic Framework (2023-2030)3 October 2023
NewsMain Achievements and Further Steps to Integrate ESD in the Education Systems of Central Asia presented in Kyrgyzstan27 June 2023
NewsInternational Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023
NewsUNESCO project publishes guidelines on integrating Education for sustainable development into school curricula12 October 2022
StoryIn the footsteps of a deer: How students in Uruguay are breaking down classroom walls10 August 2022
StoryInternational Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022
StoryGreen initiative educates local communities to save shrinking Aral Sea in Uzbekistan1 April 2020