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IDAHOT16 May 2014 News Director-General Condemns the Abduction of Nigerian Schoolgirls13 May 2014 News Gender awareness in media promoted in China thanks to IPDC project30 April 2014 News International cooperation for science sustainability and teacher training at the heart of discussions during Director-General's visit to Iran27 April 2014 News Irina Bokova speaks of the raison d’être of UNESCO at the University of Tehran26 April 2014 News New report reveals women’s representation in media in Albania15 April 2014 News UNESCO partners with Media Council of Kenya to train journalists on gender sensitive reporting9 April 2014 News Burkina Faso and UNESCO United for Girls and Women’s Education in Africa9 April 2014 News Peng Liyuan named UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls’ and Women’s Education27 March 2014 News The Director-General Opens the 9th Meeting of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development in Dublin23 March 2014 News Girls’ education a game changer says Director-general17 March 2014 News Business Backs Education17 March 2014 News UNESCO Director-General urges greater mobilization for girls’ education at Dubai Global Education and Skills Forum17 March 2014 News Education is everybody’s business16 March 2014 News Global Education & Skills Forum to address urgent educational needs of girls and women13 March 2014 News UNESCO and UN Women join efforts to promote gender equality through education11 March 2014 News Putting Girls’ Education at the Heart of the Agenda To and Beyond 201511 March 2014 News New global education goals must prioritize girls10 March 2014 News Report Details Troubling Toll of Gender-Based Violence in Asia-Pacific Schools6 March 2014 News UNESCO and partners launch Women Make the News 20145 March 2014 News Just 30% of the world’s researchers are women. What's the situation in your country?5 March 2014 News The Director-General of UNESCO pays tribute to Antoinette Fouque, women's rights activist22 February 2014 News Empowerment of rural women in Jordan through heritage conservation for sustainable development17 January 2014 News Building a world of human rights and dignity: What’s ahead for UNESCO in 201415 January 2014
News Improving gender equality in Asia-Pacific media: A new study by UNESCO, UN Women and IFJ28 August 2014
News UNESCO calls for proposals to produce gender programming guidelines for community radio20 June 2014
News Director-General in New York to Strengthen Education in Conflicts and the Rule of Law20 May 2014
News Letter from China’s First Lady and UNESCO Special Envoy to Director-General expresses “shock” over Nigerian Schoolgirls’ abduction19 May 2014
News Peng Liyuan, UNESCO Special Envoy, calls on the international community to rescue Nigerian schoolgirls19 May 2014
News UNESCO activities this week on school bullying on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity - IDAHOT16 May 2014
News International cooperation for science sustainability and teacher training at the heart of discussions during Director-General's visit to Iran27 April 2014
News UNESCO partners with Media Council of Kenya to train journalists on gender sensitive reporting9 April 2014
News Peng Liyuan named UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls’ and Women’s Education27 March 2014
News The Director-General Opens the 9th Meeting of the Broadband Commission for Digital Development in Dublin23 March 2014
News UNESCO Director-General urges greater mobilization for girls’ education at Dubai Global Education and Skills Forum17 March 2014
News Global Education & Skills Forum to address urgent educational needs of girls and women13 March 2014
News Just 30% of the world’s researchers are women. What's the situation in your country?5 March 2014
News The Director-General of UNESCO pays tribute to Antoinette Fouque, women's rights activist22 February 2014
News Empowerment of rural women in Jordan through heritage conservation for sustainable development17 January 2014