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Yemen’s Old City of Sana’a and Old Walled City of Shibam added to List of World Heritage in Danger

Emergency Action Plan for the Safeguarding of Yemen’s Cultural Heritage announced

Recognizing sport as a powerful tool for inclusion - #iRespectU International Youth Day interview on equality, diversity and inclusion in the Caribbean

August 11, 2021

UNESCO and Costa Rica: partners in the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

September 30, 2015

UNESCO Director-General deplores destruction of parts of ancient city of Baraqish, calls for protection of Yemen’s heritage

September 13, 2015

Seeing, hearing and telling the first signals of peace in Yemen

Aseell Sarih an awardwinning journalist from Sanaa Yemen took a historic photo in December 2018 showing the first public handshake since 2016 between representatives of the opposite parties in Yemens longrunning conflict in the Media Center at Johannesberg Castle Sweden

November 2, 2021

Digital empowerment for distance education - Caribbean teacher stories: Jamaica

August 19, 2021

On the eve of the Bicentenary of its Independence, Costa Rica reflects on the role of Culture in Sustainable Development

August 20, 2021

Costa Rica seeks to enhance the contributions of agriculture to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

August 30, 2021

In response to the second My Solution call launched by UNESCO GCC and Yemen office and RNW Media inviting young Yemenis to send their solutions to achieve peace in their country Humans of Taiz was among the 7 initiatives who submitted outstanding proposals which are selected and supported for further development Humans of Taiz launched in 2019 as a photography documentation project aims to capture images of people in Yemen without prejudice to gender race sect or color and to narrate their stories Through sharing the content on Facebook YouTube Instagram Twitter and on their blog the initiative aim to encourage unity within the society fragmented by the conflict by focusing on the individuals and their stories away from politics In relation to the My Solution activity Humans of Taiz opted to create an online awareness raising campaign using the same model adopted in their platform which includes sharing visuals and true stories of individuals to relay a powerful message to the audience The campaign which showcases the efforts of Yemeni women in contributing to peacebuilding includes videos written stories visual narratives and graphic designs The stories cover humanitarian topics such as the inclusion of those with special needs volunteering to support the orphans and cancer patients countering racial discrimination among other topics

September 21, 2021

UNESCO Contributes to Peacebuilding in Yemen

September 21, 2021

The UNESCO Transcultura Programme joins the Kingston Culture Forum

The UNESCO Transcultura Programme Integrating Cuba the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity joins the first Kingston Culture Forum inaugurated on September 24 2021 The Kingston Culture Forum is a conference convening cultural and creative industry stakeholders in the public private academic and social sectors hosted by Kingston Creative KC The theme for the event will be Downtown Kingston creative economy placemaking and sustainable urban development

September 22, 2021

Countering hate speech in Yemen : Dakkah initiative

Dakkh was among the selected winners for the second My Solution competition launched in April 2021 by UNESCO GCC and Yemen office and RNW Media which invited young Yemenis to send their solutions to achieve peace in their country The 7 winning proposals were supported to realize their projects Dakkh an initiative launched under the umbrella of the Yemen Hub for Media Support was founded in January 2021 with the aim to counter hate speech discourses in the media and society Through its different activities the initiative works on finding alternative discourses that restore the unity in the community As part of the My Solution project Dakkh first launched an online survey aiming to study the spread of hate speech in the society and ways to confront it The survey which included multiple choice and openended questions measures the level of understanding of the participants on hate speech and its impacts and captures qualitatively their opinions on ways to address this issue The survey plans to collect around 500 responses from all Yemeni governorates Subsequently to the data collection the information will be studied and the indepth analysis will be publicly shared in the form of a report Based on the survey findings Dakkh hopes to make recommendations on the best ways to address hate speech in the Yemeni society

September 23, 2021