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2022 News Teachers in Uganda adapt to new realities post-COVID-1922 June 2021 Story Meet Angel and Fatma: Empowered through education in Tanzania22 January 2021 Story Combatting racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders10 November 2020 Story How ready are teachers in Uganda and Zambia to adopt remote teaching?9 October 2020 News The first International Day to Protect Education from Attack10 September 2020 News Detroit and Kortrijk launch a new database to track innovative projects launched during COVID-1917 June 2020 News Norwich brings literature to its residents17 June 2020 News ‘100 Days of Decameron’ in Iowa City17 June 2020 News How to guarantee access to water and sanitation in the context of COVID-19?5 June 2020 News During lockdown Bristol calls on filmmakers’ creativity with #Shortitout31 May 2020 News COVID-19: research partnership launched with Harvard’s Department of Sociology on racism and xenophobia29 May 2020 News Seattle poetry brings solace and hope in times of confinement4 May 2020 News Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic at Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage Site27 April 2020 News Disinformation: a silent weapon in times of pandemic15 April 2020 News Campaign for education and information in COVID-19 crisis in Tanzania7 April 2020 Story #COVID19 #StayAtHome: What home? Caring for the vulnerable in U.S. cities4 April 2020 Story How Latin American cities cope with the Coronavirus outbreak: the example of Montevideo1 April 2020
News The United Nations Youth Forum erupts in applause for the call by a Mixtec youth woman to demand justice to eradicate inequalities17 April 2024
News “Because Youth Matter”: UNESCO announces a new partnership with Nestlé to invest in youth potential20 March 2023
News International Women’s Day: New factsheet highlights gender disparities in innovation and technology7 March 2023
Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022
News Detroit and Kortrijk launch a new database to track innovative projects launched during COVID-1917 June 2020
News COVID-19: research partnership launched with Harvard’s Department of Sociology on racism and xenophobia29 May 2020
News Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic at Ngorongoro Conservation Area World Heritage Site27 April 2020
Story How Latin American cities cope with the Coronavirus outbreak: the example of Montevideo1 April 2020