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Jason Haynes (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) to receive UNESCO/Juan Bosch Social Science Prize

UNESCO DirectorGeneral Audrey Azoulay on the recommendation of an international jury has named Dr Jason Haynes Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as the laureate of the UNESCOJuan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean This prize recognizes his research on the theme Rethinking AntiTrafficking Law and Practice European and Commonwealth Caribbean Perspectives

Call for Expression of Interest: Comprehensive Situational Analysis of Persons with Disabilities in Zimbabwe

October 15, 2020

Call for Expression of Interest: Comprehensive pilot assessment of UN Zimbabwe’s level of disability inclusion

February 5, 2021

Fighting Gender-based Violence and Harmful Practices against Women and Girls with Disabilities

Call for Expression of Interest: Audit Tool on Disability Stigma and Discrimination

August 27, 2021

Call for Expression of Interest: Strategic Mapping of UNESCO’s work on Disability Inclusion and Rights

August 31, 2021

The right to science is key for stronger scientific cooperation to address COVID-19 and future pandemics

Scientists and scientific knowledge have been widely praised for helping to combat the COVID19 pandemic and its consequences not only by discovering vaccines in record time but also by helping to keep our societies and the economy functioning At the same time we have also witnessed increasing rejection of science and scientific outcomes and growing objections to and restrictions on scientists work In its Brief on the Right to Science and COVID19 UNESCO draws attention to the importance of the human right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits alias the right to science enunciated in Article 271 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the context of the COVID19 pandemic

UNESCO strengthens youth development and engagement in Uzbekistan

UN Youth Advisory Board and Uzbek Youth Parliament delegates teamed up on 2425 January in Tashkent to learn about youth civic engagement and to develop a set of recommendations to address youth issues in Uzbekistan

New youth champions trained to fight racism and discrimination

UNESCO recently welcomed a new batch of youth champions from around the world to fight racism and discrimination through a change in mindsets More than 1500 students and teachers completed the 17th edition of the UNESCO Master Class against Racism and Discriminations held on 21 March 2022 on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Youth and policy makers join forces in pandemic recovery efforts

55 young researchers from UNESCOs signature Youth As Researchers on COVID19 initiative and close to 20 policy makers from various Member States debated on priorities for postpandemic recovery with for and by youth during a HighLevel Policy Conference hosted on site and online by UNESCO on 25 March 2022 Central to the debate were the insights of the young researchers on the impact of the pandemic on youth wellbeing learning action rights and use of technology

How to advance gender equality in climate change response

Climate change disproportionately affects women youth and Indigenous peoples Yet while 45 of the COP26 team are now women almost all of the senior publicfacing roles are taken by men despite the fact that in certain countries only 56 of men consider climate change a serious problem against 83 of women In 2021 an estimated four million young people took to the streets across the world demonstrating an unprecedented level of leadership in tackling the climate crisis

How to make the right to science a reality for each and everyone

The role of science in tackling COVID19 and its consequences has been widely recognised But despite this fact the process of science and science ecosystems still struggle to incorporate basic human rights

Meet Smriti and Moneera: young researchers exploring the impact of COVID-19

The UNESCO and UNESCO Chairs Youth as Researchers YAR initiative in response to COVID19 was designed to be a sixmonthlong venture As with many things pandemicrelated the project stretched and grew to new heights resulting in a nearly twoyear commitment from youth We talked to Smriti Khemka India a YAR Youth Researcher and Moneera Yassien Sudan a YAR Youth Steering Committee Member to better understand how this initiative has changed their perspectives