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All-girl team from the Philippines wins Sustainable Engineering Hackathon on UNESCO’s World Engineering Day

An allgirl team of university students from the Philippines has won a hackathon marking UNESCOs World Engineering for Sustainable Development Day on 4 March Ghia Luwalhati Nicole Elizabeth Tan and Reaner Jacqueline Bool from the WONDERPETS team 1 from Batangas State University in the Philippines used Metal Organic Frameworks which are novel adsorbents to turn recycled plastic bottles into a type of sponge that is extremely porous making it an effective means of removing pollutants from water Better still the sponge can be used again and again

From commitments to action for nature: UNESCO at the UN Environment Assembly

During the resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly UNEA52 in Nairobi Kenya Ms Shamila NairBedouelle Assistant DirectorGeneral for Natural Sciences of UNESCO reaffirmed the Organizations headline commitment at a side event on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration from commitments to action for nature on 28 February 2022

UNESCO Emphasizes a Need for establishing Hospital Ethics Committees in Kenya

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February 25, 2022

UNESCO and Stakeholders Celebrate Women & Girls in Science

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February 23, 2022

UNESCO: O3Plus awareness walk in support of students’ physical & mental health

O3Plus Our Rights Our lives Our Future Walk in support of students physical mental health Thika town Kenya © UNESCOCynthia Meru

February 16, 2022

Worlddidac Association meets UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa Team

Worlddidac Association DirectorGeneral Mr Danny Gauch and UNESCO team led by Prof Hubert Gijzen © UNESCOAndrew Mmbaiza

February 4, 2022

UNICEF and UNESCO call for concerted action on learning in the COVID era on the International Day of Education 2022

Joint statement from UNICEF Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Mohamed Fall and UNESCO Regional Director for Eastern Africa Prof Hubert Gijzen

January 24, 2022

UNESCO Hosts Dutch Scientists for COVID detection using Honey Bees

A visit at ICIPE in Nairobi Kenya ©ICIPE

December 22, 2021

UNESCO, Huawei and the Government of Kenya launch the DigiSchool pilot project on school connectivity

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December 22, 2021

UNESCO hosts dialogue with Global South Experts on Justice in the Digital Age

UNESCO hosted a dialogue on digital transformation and AI adoption across justice systems at the Africa Legal Innovation Week in Nairobi Kenya Over 80 participants including judges lawyers civil society representatives and technical experts from Africa Asia and Latin America joined the discussion on the use of AI in justice systems

December 10, 2021

UNESCO and Huawei Launched a White Paper on ICT Talent Cultivation

Key guests in the event © Huawei

December 8, 2021

UNESCO calls for recognizing African Indigenous knowledge in disaster management

Indigenous people Maasai women in Kenya ©UNESCO Xinhong Li

December 2, 2021

Training on AI Innovation for Disaster Risk Reduction in Kenya

AI for DRR training in Kenya © UNESCO

November 12, 2021