2015 #EFA #Gender Report: Less than half of countries have achieved gender parity in #education
A new Gender Report compiled by UNESCO’s EFA Global Monitoring Report (GMR) for International Day of the Girl Child, shows that fewer than half of countries – of which none in sub-Saharan Africa – have achieved the goal of gender parity in both primary and secondary education, even though all were supposed to achieve it […]
Global Citizens Strong Support for Ambitious Paris Agreement
Launch of World Wide Views Global Citizen Consultation Results Report on Climate and Energy Strong Public Support for Political Leaders to Commit to Ambitious Climate Action Now The COP 21 Paris Agreement Needs to Open a Credible Path to Limit Global Warming to No More than 2 Degrees Celsius Citizens worldwide have given their leaders […]
Nomination call for UNESCO-Hamdan Prize 2015-2016
The fourth edition of the UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers has opened the call for nominations. The prize is awarded every two years and it recognizes initiatives that contribute to improving educational practices around the world, with priority given to developing countries and to marginalized and disadvantaged […]
Higher Education MENA
Dates: 19 – 22 October 2015 Event URL: http://www.highereducationmena.com Venue: The Address Hotel, Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE Twitter: #HigherEd Description: The Middle East is rapidly positioning itself as an emerging global hub for excellence in international higher and further education. In order to maintain this trajectory, universities and colleges are under increasing pressure to innovate – […]
Facon Education Fair (FEF)
Facon Education Fair (FEF) is back with a blast and will be going on a roadshow throughout Malaysia, from 12th to 20th December 2015. Where will we be? Peninsula Malaysia: Malacca, Alor Setar, Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur & Johor Bahru; East Malaysia: Miri, Kuching, Sibu, Sandakan, Kota Kinabalu and Tawau. For […]
International Youth Day: Interview with Kailash Satyarthi, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
2014 Peace Nobel Award Kailash Satyarthi during his speech in the World Education Forum 2015 . Javier Collado Ruano: Dear Kailash Satyarthi, my name is Javier Collado-Ruano. I am working in Brazil as a professor in the University, and we have followed an approach with the nattier, indigenous people, and with poor people living in the […]
Juventude e tecnologias: Experiências de projetos sociais no Rio de Janeiro
Gianne Neves é Mestre em Ciências Sociais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, coordena projetos com jovens no CECIP – Centro de Criação de Imagem Popular – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil e é pesquisadora na área de juventude. E-mail: gianneneves@cecip.org.br .. . Resumo: Este artigo é um relato de como jovens moradores da cidade […]
EL EMPLEO JUVENIL COMO EJE DE DESARROLLO DE LOS PAÍSES: EL SUEÑO DE FUNDACIÓN NOVIA SALCEDO
Laura Simón Marón Área de Innovación social en la Fundación Novia Salcedo laura@noviasalcedo.es www.noviasalcedo.es . Resumen: Durante más de tres décadas la Fundación Novia Salcedo (FNS) ha estado ayudando a los jóvenes a cerrar la brecha entre el mundo de la educación y el mundo del trabajo a través de diferentes programas: orientación profesional, pasantías, […]
Youth, Stand up for Economic Citizenship!
Eva Lestant Child and Youth Finance International e.lestant@outlook.com . Jared Penner Child and Youth Finance International Jared@childfinance.org / web: www.childfinance.org . Abstract: The 2008 economic crisis of 2008 brought awareness to stakeholders around the world that the lack of financial literacy, combined with financial deregulation, has brought many households to bankruptcy and poverty. Over the […]
Technology And The 21st-Century Workforce: Why All Teenagers Need To Learn To Type
A global economy provides more opportunities than ever for employment, but in order to take advantage of the expanding market in telecommunications and internet-based business, young people need to become experts in the tools these jobs require. It seems like the competition for good jobs gets more intense every year. These days it’s not enough […]
