Director-General, Audrey Azoulay
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UNESCO & Columbia University collaborate on case law on freedom of expression in the context of COVID-19
In partnership with UNESCO Columbia Universitys Global Freedom of Expression initiative published an online collection of case law related to COVID19 from across the world in English French and Spanish These decisions highlight the essential role of judicial actors in upholding the rule of law and human rights especially in exceptional states of emergency
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Monitoring teacher vaccination against COVID-19
UNESCO and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 are collecting data on the percentage of primary and secondary teachers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID19 as well as information on teacher prioritization within national COVID19 vaccine deployment including data from the UNESCOUNICEFWorld BankOECD Survey on National Education Responses to COVID19 School Closures Fully vaccinated represents those having received the 1st dose for Johnson Johnsons Janssen COVID19 or 2nd dose for other vaccines 
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Disruption and Resilience: UNESCO reports reveal new data on impact of COVID-19 on culture
UNESCO is launching a series of reports that reveal the scope of the impact of COVID19 on the culture sector The pandemic is disrupting lives communities and businesses around the world and has deeply impacted the entire cultural ecosystem At the same time the crisis has further revealed the important role of culture as a major resource for resilience connection and recovery
Interviews with the Strategy Advisory Board
High-Level Reflection Group
The Group consists of scientists historians philosophers writers academics and other figures able to anticipate future global developments and to contribute to repositioning the Organization in a constantly changing context This forwardlooking reflection is vital in enabling UNESCO to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs by 2030 and will complement the work already begun to adapt the Organizations structure and modes of operation
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Learning losses from COVID-19 school closures could impoverish a whole generation
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Keeping migrant and refugee children in Latin America and the Caribbean Region connected and learning during COVID-19
The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery
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The G20 takes a closer look a blended learning and educational poverty
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PORTALCHECK creates a communication kit on COVID19 to share with governments, NGOs and civil society
The materials among which posters videos stickers digital content and publications for social networks stand out are aimed at mitigating the effect of disinformation linked to vaccines within the framework of the pandemic
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Enabling teachers to provide quality education to marginalised adolescent girls