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NewsUIL concludes fourth capacity-building workshop to support countries in developing lifelong learning policies8 December 2022
NewsUNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy laureates honoured at International Confucius Cultural Festival11 October 2022
NewsInternational Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE): Call for Abstracts for Special Issue: The Role of Lifelong Learning in Addressing Climate Change and Sustainability11 October 2022
NewsUNESCO celebrates International Literacy Day and Literacy Prizes 2022 in Côte d’Ivoire7 October 2022
StoryHow EdDevTrust rose to the challenge of refugee education in Lebanon by training refugee teachers to teach6 September 2022
NewsProgramme from UAE promoting Arabic language skills is awarded the 2022 UNESCO Literacy Prize5 September 2022
NewsConnecting learners with science: NGO from United Kingdom is awarded 2022 UNESCO Literacy Prize5 September 2022
NewsProject promoting African indigenous languages from South Africa is awarded UNESCO International Literacy Prize5 September 2022
NewsSarawak State Library from Malaysia is one of the winners of the 2022 UNESCO International Literacy Prize5 September 2022
NewsProgramme from Brazil promoting access to literature for people with disabilities wins UNESCO Literacy Prize5 September 2022
StoryThe art of drama: How Australia’s largest theatre company educated hundreds of migrants and refugees31 August 2022
NewsGuidelines on open and distance learning for youth and adult literacy published in Arabic27 July 2022
NewsUIL launches second online course on family and intergenerational literacy and learning4 July 2022
NewsOver 140 countries call for right to lifelong learning to transform education at UNESCO conference20 June 2022
NewsOnline applications and nominations for the 2022 International Literacy Prizes are now open25 April 2022
NewsUNESCO and NORAD join forces with partners to translate storybooks for Ukrainian children12 April 2022
NewsUNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022
NewsUNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022
StoryInternational Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022