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BrasiliaUNESCO Office in Cairo and Regional Bureau for ScienceUNESCO Office in DhakaUNESCO Office in IslamabadUNESCO Office in Jakarta and Regional Bureau for ScienceUNESCO Office in KathmanduUNESCO Office in Montevideo and Regional Bureau for ScienceUNESCO Office in RamallahUNESCO Office in San JoséYaoundéABCEFGIJKLMNPRSTUZ Story Towards a Safer Playing Field: Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls in Sport18 April 2024 Story Rubina Bibi (a differently abled) Raising Voice for Out of School Girls27 September 2023 Story UNESCO launches Fit for Life Alliance4 July 2023 Story UNESCO takes part in Summit for a New Global Financing Pact18 June 2023 Story Seldom has the truth mattered more, to more people24 May 2022 Story Community Radio Matters24 May 2022 Story UNESCO adopts first global standard on the ethics of artificial intelligence8 April 2022 Story UNESCO responds to the global crisis in education due to COVID-196 April 2022 Story Cultural preservation provides jobs for women in Jordan31 March 2022 Story Zimbabwe works with UNESCO to protect rights of girls and women with disabilities31 March 2022 Story UNESCO produces COVID-19 videos with Brazil’s Indigenous groups31 March 2022 Story Going Hybrid: Biennale of Luanda 2021 Lessons Learned23 February 2022 Story UNESCO supports Indian film on domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisis18 January 2022 Story UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-1918 January 2022 Story Global Education Coalition provides zero-rated internet access in Senegal and other African countries18 January 2022 Story Monitoring teacher vaccination against COVID-1927 September 2021 Story Cultural Heritage Preservation Fosters Women Employment in Petra During Pandemic8 March 2021 Story Meet Angel and Fatma: Empowered through education in Tanzania22 January 2021 Story Exploring new and innovative responses to the crisis: NGO solidarity during COVID-1912 November 2020 Story Combatting racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders10 November 2020 Story Bangladesh brings education to the airwaves27 October 2020 Story Innovative Project Creates Inclusive Job Opportunities in Petra25 October 2020 Story A Tenacious Teacher from the Mountains of Pakistan18 October 2020 Story How ready are teachers in Uganda and Zambia to adopt remote teaching?9 October 2020 Story Adolescent pregnancy threatens to block a million girls across sub-Saharan Africa from returning to school7 October 2020 Story Joint Programme in Nepal: Sustaining women led enterprises in response to the COVID-19 pandemic21 September 2020 Story Egyptian Youth Rethink the Future of Well-Being in 2050 in light of COVID-1917 August 2020 Story COVID-19 Pandemic: Youth Engaged in the #NextNormal12 August 2020 Story Supporting Transgender People during the COVID-19 Crisis - The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Manuel11 August 2020 Story Youth Resilience through Art during the COVID-19 Crisis - The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Samaa10 August 2020 Story Young People Leading the Way in Preventing COVID-19 Spread - The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Akwasi9 August 2020 Story Caregiving for Elderly during the COVID-19 Crisis The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Olga8 August 2020 Story Helping the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis – the #YouthofUNESCO story of Maria Solita6 August 2020 Story Poetry takes on center stage to dispel mis- and dis-information on COVID-1921 July 2020 Story UNESCO and UNHCR call for the inclusion of refugees in the post-Covid-19 education effort13 July 2020 Story Standing together for LGBTQAI+ rights during the COVID-19 crisis – the #YouthofUNESCO story of Farkhad6 July 2020 Story “BELUGA”, the Open Education Resources Online Library for Africa is Open!4 July 2020 Story Site managers from Eastern Africa participate in UNESCO’s World Heritage City Lab25 June 2020 Story My COVID-19 Story: Developing Peacebuilding Skills25 June 2020 Story Building an urban evidence base on the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa23 June 2020 Story MY COVID-19 Story: how young people overcome the covid-19 crisis17 June 2020 Story How online science workshops are reaching girls and beyond in Peru amid COVID-1915 June 2020 Story When disaster strikes twice: Wood Buffalo’s resilience and solidarity9 June 2020 Story #CoronaSolidarity: how the City of Heidelberg partners with civil society and artists to address the pandemic2 June 2020 Story Listen to Her, the irony of confinement for women26 May 2020 Story A student and teacher in China tell UNESCO about how they have been impacted by COVID-1925 May 2020 Story Resilient young Syrian proves benefit of TVET education20 May 2020 Story “Malaga, don’t let your guard down”: how Malaga is promoting solidarity and sport amidst COVID-1919 May 2020 Story Sughra from Pakistan: Embracing Education in COVID-1918 May 2020 Story “There is nothing like neighbourhood”: Kadıköy Municipality’s support to the elderly in the face of the pandemic15 May 2020 Story Video Campaign to Cope with COVID-19 in Bangladesh: #BeCreative to Promote Art6 May 2020 Story Jordan transforms education challenges into opportunities during COVID-19 crisis5 May 2020 Story COVID 19: Senegal intends to ensure #LearningNeverStops28 April 2020 Story Reaching those left behind: Persons with disabilities in times of Covid-1927 April 2020 Story For whom the bell tolls: solidarity with migrants in Lausanne24 April 2020 Story The "School Meets the Learner" Approach under the COVID-1924 April 2020 Story UNESCO Global Geoparks continue supporting communities during COVID-19 pandemic23 April 2020 Story How the Republic of Korea flattened the COVID-19 curve: openness, transparency and democracy22 April 2020 Story How does the COVID-19 crisis affect the culture sector in Central America?22 April 2020 Story UNESCO provides Ethical Frameworks to COVID-19 Responses17 April 2020 Story Palestinian family overcomes Covid-19 through confinement and social distancing14 April 2020 Story Bergamo opens museums virtually in response to confinement13 April 2020 Story COVID-19 in Palestine: how distance learning will help student continue education12 April 2020 Story Rabat, Sidon, Essaouira, Byblos, Alexandria: Arab cities are leaving no one behind10 April 2020 Story How UNESCO Youth and Sport Task Force cope with COVID-19 in Southeast Asia8 April 2020 Story #LeaveNoOneBehind: European cities call for inclusive measures during COVID-19 crisis4 April 2020 Story #COVID19 #StayAtHome: What home? Caring for the vulnerable in U.S. cities4 April 2020 Story Literature and Arts help Slemani (Iraq) cope with COVID-193 April 2020 Story COVID-19: When Ѕосіаl dіѕtаnсіng hits Саrіbbеаn sociability1 April 2020 Story How Latin American cities cope with the Coronavirus outbreak: the example of Montevideo1 April 2020 Story Black Death: how can we learn from the spread of disease along the Silk Roads?31 March 2020 Story In Chengdu, free meals for doctors & nurses30 March 2020 Story #Cinemadacasa, Culture against Covid-1930 March 2020 Story The Caribbean SIDS determined against COVID-1929 March 2020
Story Global Education Coalition provides zero-rated internet access in Senegal and other African countries18 January 2022
Story Exploring new and innovative responses to the crisis: NGO solidarity during COVID-1912 November 2020
Story Adolescent pregnancy threatens to block a million girls across sub-Saharan Africa from returning to school7 October 2020
Story Joint Programme in Nepal: Sustaining women led enterprises in response to the COVID-19 pandemic21 September 2020
Story Supporting Transgender People during the COVID-19 Crisis - The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Manuel11 August 2020
Story Youth Resilience through Art during the COVID-19 Crisis - The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Samaa10 August 2020
Story Young People Leading the Way in Preventing COVID-19 Spread - The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Akwasi9 August 2020
Story Caregiving for Elderly during the COVID-19 Crisis The #YouthOfUNESCO Story of Olga8 August 2020
Story Helping the most vulnerable during the COVID-19 crisis – the #YouthofUNESCO story of Maria Solita6 August 2020
Story UNESCO and UNHCR call for the inclusion of refugees in the post-Covid-19 education effort13 July 2020
Story Standing together for LGBTQAI+ rights during the COVID-19 crisis – the #YouthofUNESCO story of Farkhad6 July 2020
Story Building an urban evidence base on the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa23 June 2020
Story #CoronaSolidarity: how the City of Heidelberg partners with civil society and artists to address the pandemic2 June 2020
Story A student and teacher in China tell UNESCO about how they have been impacted by COVID-1925 May 2020
Story “Malaga, don’t let your guard down”: how Malaga is promoting solidarity and sport amidst COVID-1919 May 2020
Story “There is nothing like neighbourhood”: Kadıköy Municipality’s support to the elderly in the face of the pandemic15 May 2020
Story How the Republic of Korea flattened the COVID-19 curve: openness, transparency and democracy22 April 2020
Story Rabat, Sidon, Essaouira, Byblos, Alexandria: Arab cities are leaving no one behind10 April 2020
Story #LeaveNoOneBehind: European cities call for inclusive measures during COVID-19 crisis4 April 2020
Story How Latin American cities cope with the Coronavirus outbreak: the example of Montevideo1 April 2020