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Beijing Winter Olympics: brought to you by Planet Earth

From alpine skiing to bobsleigh and curling geology is everywhere at the Beijing Winter Olympics

February 16, 2022

UNESCO helps Syrian students pass their year-end exams

November 12, 2021

Gaza’s Rising Stars Unleash Their Artistic Potential Through Theater

UNESCO empowering youth in Gaza through the International Fund for Cultural Diversity IFCD The room is wide and filled with sunlight from the ample glass windows Several people are standing together a few feet apart declaiming in the elegant vibrations of Standard Arabic Hisses and whistles long and short vowels intermingle and produce powerful lyrical messages The melodical sounds fuse with the lazy rays of sunlight just as the theater actors and actresses melt with the characters they play Arabic speakers themselves refer to their language as the most eloquent of tongues And quite accurately eloquence is one of the key skills in theater acting But it was not just eloquence that got Reham Fathi Ibrahim Hamad to the theater actress she is today Hard work perseverance and tenacity were also necessary to land her dream job Determined to carve herself a space in Gazas theater scene Reham knows all too well the fruits of her relentless dedication

January 12, 2022

Sustainable Water Management in the Biosphere Reserves in South-East Europe and the Mediterranean

The UNESCO Regional Bureau of Science and Culture in Europe organised a highlevel MABIHP Regional Symposium at its premises in Venice on 1617 December 2021 with the aim of contributing to sustainable water management in the biosphere reserves of South East Europe and the Mediterranean The event convened 35 participants from MAB and IHP National Committees UNESCO National Commissions Chairs and Category 2 centres in ecohydrology climate change biodiversity ecosystem services and biosphere reserves from 12 countries in the region

January 18, 2022

Journalism in a pandemic: reinstating the paramount importance of facts

How can journalists debunk misinformation around COVID19 How does widely circulated false information such as memes proclaiming miracle cures and misleading statistics harm societies and threaten public health How can journalists stay safe while reporting on the unprecedented pandemic

Functional Literacy Class teaches Rautahat girl the importance of education

December 8, 2021

Syrian refugee exceeds expectations with support from Korea and UNESCO

September 30, 2019

Female military personnel conclude their third day of training on “Protecting Cultural Property” at the World Heritage Site of Tyre

UNESCO Beirut concludes its regional workshop on the 1954 The Hague Convention on The Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict addressed to female military personnel through a field visit to the World Heritage Site of Lebanon

October 4, 2019

Inclusive education essential in a multilingual world

October 7, 2019

Conservation and preservation specialists attend Doha training

EU and UNESCO collaborate to strengthen youth media and information literacy skills

Helping girls to achieve their full potential and fulfil their dreams

Marshet Zelalem grew up in a rural village in the Oromia region of Ethiopia In primary school she lacked confidence believing she could never do as well as the boys in her class Today Marshet is the president of the Childrens Parliament and the spokesperson of the Women and Childrens Bureau in the town of Tabor

October 29, 2021

Lake Chad initiative creates green jobs for local communities

The BIOPALT Biosphere and Heritage of Lake Chad project has set itself an ambitious objective to enable local inhabitant to live and work peacefully on the shores of Lake Chad Launched in 2018 for a period of four years the project aims to take stock of the regions natural resources so that they can be managed more sustainably Pilot actions to restore various ecosystems and foster the development of a green economy will also be carried out

October 29, 2021