Social and Human Sciences

In today’s increasingly diverse societies, UNESCO continues to accomplish every day its fundamental humanist mission to support people in understanding each other and working together to build lasting peace. UNESCO also helps to enable people to create and use knowledge for just and inclusive societies.

Our priorities

Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

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COVID-19 - Protect human health and dignity, respect universal values

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Ethics of Science, Technology & Bioethics

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Inclusion, Rights & Dialogue

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Culture of Peace & Non-violence

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Sport & Anti-doping

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Social and Human Sciences

Enable people to create and use knowledge for just and inclusive societies

Highlights

Global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

First ever global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence adopted by the member states of UNESCO

Fit for Life

UNESCO launches a new sport-based initiative designed to activate smart investments in sport, increase grassroot participation and accelerate COVID-19 recovery.

General History of Africa

This series covers the history of the entire African continent, since the appearance of human beings to contemporary challenges.

Key facts

Only 22%

of all AI professionals

are WOMEN

281 million

international migrants

– 3.6 per cent of the world’s population – are living abroad worldwide

1.2 billion

is the number

of young people aged between 15 to 24 years

80.3%

of 13-15 year olds worldwide

do less than 60 minutes of exercise per day

This Youth initiative on COVID-19 connects and engages with young people to conduct research on the impacts of COVID-19 on young people and the responses young people have implemented to tackle these.

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