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2022 StoryThe introduction of 3D printing technology to a Gambian training institute gives hope to students, teachers and the country14 December 2022 NewsCOP 15 renews the Joint Programme on Nature/Culture linkages11 December 2022 NewsEnhancing gender equality and coverage of gender-based violence in Palestinian media outlets9 December 2022 NewsFirst Global Forum on Ethics of AI held in Prague, one year after the adoption of UNESCO’s Recommendation8 December 2022 StoryFrom Normandy to Iraq: a new set of bells for the Christian Church of Mosul7 December 2022 NewsLaunch of Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition to foster peace and sustainable development4 December 2022 NewsIberian transboundary biosphere reserves get together to find potential solutions to challenges of shared management30 November 2022 StoryIn Odesa, UNESCO supports cultural institutions to protect cultural heritage28 November 2022 NewsGoverning Board sets path for UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in 202325 November 2022 StoryIn the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, building back communities through culture and creative economy24 November 2022 NewsWomen-led research teams receive unique catalyst grants for climate action17 November 2022 NewsConnecting the water agenda to the climate agenda: the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme’s contribution to COP 2711 November 2022 NewsThe Ocean Pavilion Announces Schedule of Events for COP279 November 2022 StoryUNESCO and the European Union celebrate 10 years of strategic partnership9 November 2022 NewsNature-based Solutions for reducing disaster risks: African perspective7 November 2022 NewsCabo Verde ratifies the 1960 Convention against Discrimination in Education4 November 2022 StoryJobs for the protection of cultural heritage in Yemen3 November 2022 NewsTowards an Early Warning System for Harmful Algal Blooms in Namibia24 October 2022 NewsIPBES and IPCC share Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity19 October 2022 News World leaders in ocean science and philanthropy come together to create first-ever Ocean Pavilion at UN Climate Summit7 October 2022 NewsPhD Fellowships support 22 women scientists in the developing world30 September 2022 NewsSeventh Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Astana15 September 2022 NewsGlobal Alliance for Literacy welcomes Morocco as a new member14 September 2022 NewsInternational Day to Protect Education from Attack 20229 September 2022 StoryMosul on the path to reconstruction five years after its liberation20 July 2022 StoryIPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes11 July 2022 NewsNational Consultations for the Transforming Education Summit6 June 2022 NewsStockholm+50: taking stock of the first international UN conference on the environment30 May 2022 NewsSustainable Rural Regeneration Conference24 May 2022 NewsMourning Shireen Abu Akleh during World Press Freedom Day in Gaza14 May 2022 StoryUNESCO celebrates Forest Whitaker's decade of action10 May 2022 StoryThe celebrated ‘Gilgamesh Tablet’ handed back to Iraq12 April 2022 StoryUNESCO adopts first global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence8 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 StoryEmpowering girls and communities through quality education3 March 2022 NewsFrom commitments to action for nature: UNESCO at the UN Environment Assembly1 March 2022 StoryGoing Hybrid: Biennale of Luanda 2021 Lessons Learned23 February 2022 StoryAccra hosts first World Day for African and Afrodescendant Culture16 February 2022 NewsTransforming Education: an Imperative for the Future We Want27 January 2022 NewsUNESCO Artist for Peace Renaud Capuçon honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust26 January 2022 NewsUNESCO commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day and promotes Holocaust education amidst rising denial24 January 2022
StoryFifth edition of the "Beca Gestoras Culturales" awards scholarship to cultural managers from Ayacucho, Puno, Arequipa, Junín and Lima.21 December 2022
NewsUNESCO celebrates the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention in Palestine19 December 2022
StoryThe introduction of 3D printing technology to a Gambian training institute gives hope to students, teachers and the country14 December 2022
NewsEnhancing gender equality and coverage of gender-based violence in Palestinian media outlets9 December 2022
NewsFirst Global Forum on Ethics of AI held in Prague, one year after the adoption of UNESCO’s Recommendation8 December 2022
NewsLaunch of Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition to foster peace and sustainable development4 December 2022
NewsIberian transboundary biosphere reserves get together to find potential solutions to challenges of shared management30 November 2022
StoryIn the wake of Covid-19 pandemic, building back communities through culture and creative economy24 November 2022
NewsConnecting the water agenda to the climate agenda: the Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme’s contribution to COP 2711 November 2022
News World leaders in ocean science and philanthropy come together to create first-ever Ocean Pavilion at UN Climate Summit7 October 2022
NewsSeventh Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in Astana15 September 2022
StoryIPBES Values Assessment: integrating indigenous and local knowledge with scientific knowledge leads to more just and sustainable social and ecological outcomes11 July 2022
NewsStockholm+50: taking stock of the first international UN conference on the environment30 May 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
NewsUNESCO Artist for Peace Renaud Capuçon honors the memory of the victims of the Holocaust26 January 2022
NewsUNESCO commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day and promotes Holocaust education amidst rising denial24 January 2022