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Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all agesSDG 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for allSDG 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girlsSDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for allSDG 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovationSDG 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countriesSDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainableSDG 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impactsSDG 15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity lossSDG 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levelsSDG 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable developmentYear Filter 20242023202120202019Field units Filter UNESCO Office in AbujaUNESCO Office in KingstonUNESCO Office in Mexico CityUNESCO Office in Montevideo and Regional Bureau for ScienceUNESCO Office in Nairobi and Regional Bureau for ScienceUNESCO Office in New DelhiBIJMS Story Tiro en Braille, created by students in Mexico, proves that sport can be truly inclusive and non-divisive1 April 2024 Story Saint Lucian youth highlights sport as a tool for youth empowerment at MINEPS VII21 July 2023 Story Youth from Barbados emphasizes value of actively participating in sports at MINEPS VII21 July 2023 News Fit for Life Visual Identity Contest: meet the winner!17 July 2023 News UNESCO and Yunus Sports Hub partner to drive sustainable development through sport19 June 2023 News UNESCO and France 2023 launch the “Celebrating our differences” photo contest on sport and inclusion17 May 2023 News A shared vision – UNESCO and Laureus partnership will lead the way on social development through sport9 May 2023 News Fit for Life: UNESCO launches its new sport initiative2 December 2021 News UNESCO launches Fit for Life Photo Contest18 October 2021 News “Sport Values in Every Classroom” Toolkit released in French and Spanish7 April 2021 News UNESCO calls for investment in quality physical education to support COVID-19 recovery2 February 2021 News How does sport coexist with the pandemic?7 October 2020 News UNESCO and Umoya Sports launch Ability Spark11 August 2020 News Ibero-America agrees to create an international platform of cooperation to confront the COVID on sports3 June 2020 News Call for Participation: Sports Challenge against COVID-19 in Africa10 April 2020 News Antananarivo Recommendations mark milestone in African sport policy development13 September 2019
Story Tiro en Braille, created by students in Mexico, proves that sport can be truly inclusive and non-divisive1 April 2024
Story Youth from Barbados emphasizes value of actively participating in sports at MINEPS VII21 July 2023
News UNESCO and France 2023 launch the “Celebrating our differences” photo contest on sport and inclusion17 May 2023
News A shared vision – UNESCO and Laureus partnership will lead the way on social development through sport9 May 2023
News UNESCO calls for investment in quality physical education to support COVID-19 recovery2 February 2021
News Ibero-America agrees to create an international platform of cooperation to confront the COVID on sports3 June 2020
News Antananarivo Recommendations mark milestone in African sport policy development13 September 2019