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her steeplechase against racism5 April 2024 Story Tiro en Braille, created by students in Mexico, proves that sport can be truly inclusive and non-divisive1 April 2024 News Artisans from Yucatan continue working with UNESCO on the safeguarding plan for Mayan-Yucatecan embroidery29 March 2024 News From UN Headquarters, Maya embroiderer from Mexico calls for safeguarding Yucatecan textile art and the condition of Mexican women artisans29 March 2024 Story Multilingual education, the bet to preserve indigenous languages and justice5 March 2024 News Cultural life reactivation, a strategic pillar for the economic and social recovery of Acapulco4 March 2024 News New report and guidelines for indigenous data sovereignty in artificial intelligence developments11 December 2023 News "For Women in Science" celebrates the first hundred Mexican scientists supported by the L'Oréal-UNESCO national programme29 November 2023 Story Women artisans boost the textile art economy in Mexico through cultural revaluation19 October 2023 Story Mexico is also Afro!1 September 2023 News UNESCO and Banorte Foundation present evidence to measure and fortify social programs in Mexico29 August 2023 Story A play for reflection on identity, memory and the situation of artists11 August 2023 Story From the Body to the Digital: Promoting Freedom of Expression and Creation to Counter Hate Speech11 August 2023 Story Representation, memory, participation and sharing to Countering Hate Speech22 June 2023 Story In Memoriam of Pablo González Casanova, International UNESCO/José Martí Prize Laureate 200319 April 2023 Story Identity and inclusion: sports stories of possible futures from Mexican present6 April 2023 News “Because Youth Matter”: UNESCO announces a new partnership with Nestlé to invest in youth potential20 March 2023 News United Nations in Mexico urges to eliminate the gaps that prevent women and girls from fully accessing the digital age8 March 2023 News Campaign launched from Mexico against racism and discriminatory biases on digital platforms and services22 February 2023
News Metalingua and UNESCO call to collect original languages of Mexico words related to sexual and gender diversity16 May 2024
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
Story Tiro en Braille, created by students in Mexico, proves that sport can be truly inclusive and non-divisive1 April 2024
News Artisans from Yucatan continue working with UNESCO on the safeguarding plan for Mayan-Yucatecan embroidery29 March 2024
News From UN Headquarters, Maya embroiderer from Mexico calls for safeguarding Yucatecan textile art and the condition of Mexican women artisans29 March 2024
News Cultural life reactivation, a strategic pillar for the economic and social recovery of Acapulco4 March 2024
News New report and guidelines for indigenous data sovereignty in artificial intelligence developments11 December 2023
News "For Women in Science" celebrates the first hundred Mexican scientists supported by the L'Oréal-UNESCO national programme29 November 2023
Story Women artisans boost the textile art economy in Mexico through cultural revaluation19 October 2023
News UNESCO and Banorte Foundation present evidence to measure and fortify social programs in Mexico29 August 2023
Story From the Body to the Digital: Promoting Freedom of Expression and Creation to Counter Hate Speech11 August 2023
Story In Memoriam of Pablo González Casanova, International UNESCO/José Martí Prize Laureate 200319 April 2023
News “Because Youth Matter”: UNESCO announces a new partnership with Nestlé to invest in youth potential20 March 2023
News United Nations in Mexico urges to eliminate the gaps that prevent women and girls from fully accessing the digital age8 March 2023
News Campaign launched from Mexico against racism and discriminatory biases on digital platforms and services22 February 2023