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Call for Expression of Interest for a National Expert (Uganda)25 October 2022 News UNESCO and the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile call for participation in the seminar "Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Sustainable Development"29 September 2022 News "Seminar on Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Sustainable Development: An Invitation from UNESCO and the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage"9 September 2022 News Transatlantic slave trade: legacies of the past & building the future29 June 2022 News UNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022 News UNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022 Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022 Story Empowering girls and communities through quality education3 March 2022
News More than one hundred professionals from Latin America participated in free course on the 2005 Convention28 December 2022
News UNESCO celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Palestine19 December 2022
News UNESCO offers concrete support to Small Island Developing States to monitor policies for creativity3 November 2022
News UNESCO and the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage of Chile call for participation in the seminar "Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Sustainable Development"29 September 2022
News "Seminar on Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Sustainable Development: An Invitation from UNESCO and the Chilean Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage"9 September 2022
News UNESCO, OECD and IDB launch a new report on The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on the Working Lives of Women8 March 2022
News UNESCO to collaborate with Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on digital inclusion and gender mainstreaming strategy8 March 2022
Story International Women’s Day: How Jeska and Fajelina turned their lives around in Tanzania through education7 March 2022