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UNESCO launches a Report on the impacts suffered by the creative industry during the pandemic

According to the study the crisis generated by the pandemic led the Gross Value Added in the cultural and leisure sectors to decrease by US$ 750 billion and 10 million jobs were lost in 2020

February 10, 2022

Going Hybrid: Biennale of Luanda 2021 Lessons Learned (Part 1)

February 23, 2022

Reflection on the Culture of Peace by Vincenzo Fazzino, Former International Coordinator of the Biennale of Luanda

February 23, 2022

Main results of the Biennale of Luanda — Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace

February 25, 2022

UNESCO AND PEKING UNIVERSITY JOIN HANDS TO SUPPORT GIRLS’ HEALTH EDUCATION IN AFRICA

February 28, 2022

February 11, 2022

Explore UNESCO data, facts and figures

February 16, 2022

Focus Project: ResiliArt Angola

ResiliArt Angola takes it a notch further

February 18, 2022

UNESCO webinars & open courses

February 21, 2022

Global Education Coalition provides zero-rated internet access in Senegal and other African countries

More than 15 billion students and youth across the planet were affected by school and university closures due to the COVID19 crisis in 2020

January 18, 2022

UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-19

Over 50000 doctors from public hospitals in Beijing Peoples Repof China offer since January 2020 free consultations related to coronavirus on WeDoctor a private medical care platform An outdoor digital advertisement about social distancing during the COVID19 outbreak in Chicago USA In Rome Italy the international cinema festival Alice nella città launched the Cinema da casa initiative projecting movies on buildings so people could watch from home

January 18, 2022

UNESCO supports Indian film on domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisis

In the midst of the pandemic awardwinning Indian film director and social advocate Nandita Das made a short film with a powerful message about gender roles and violence against women Listen to Her exposes what many women experienced during the COVID19 lockdown

January 18, 2022

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