Closing Gender Gap in Education
Empowering adolescent girls and young women through education is the aim – and the name – of a programme launched in New York today by UNESCO, UN Women, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank. Announced by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde […]
Gender-Based Violence in and Around Schools Prevents Millions of Children Worldwide from Fulfilling their Academic Potential
The EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and UNGEI call for urgent action to combat school-related gender-based violence NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 – Gender-based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the […]
The Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015
The Regional Ministerial Conference on Education Post-2015 is taking place this week from the 19th -20th of February at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Representatives from Ministries of Education from Europe and North-America, together with international organisations, European institutions and civil society organisations, are gathering to further discuss the education agenda in the future Sustainable Development Goals […]
Water and Sustainable Development: One Voice From Zaragoza
www.unwater.org The UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference was held in January and kicked off the year that will shine a spotlight on water and sustainable development. “2015 is an important year. An important year for disaster risk reduction, an important year for climate and an important year for water,” said the UN-Water Chair, Michel Jarraud […]
Physical Education for Healthier, Happier, Longer, and More Productive Living
The time children and adults all over the world spend engaging in physical activity is decreasing with dire consequences on their health, life expectancy, and ability to perform in the classroom, in society and at work. In a new publication, Quality Physical Education, Guidelines for Policy Makers, UNESCO urges governments and educational planners to reverse this trend, […]
GLOBAL REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
Adolescents Twice as Likely to Be Out of School as Children of Primary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF New report shows why ‘business as usual’ won’t lead to universal primary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to […]
Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies: Preparing for Post-2015
Download final report here On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building peaceful and sustainable societies: preparing for post-2015 In support of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) 28-30 January 2015, Room XI, UNESCO HQ, Paris Organized by the Division of Education for […]
The Value of Friendship, Tolerance and Respect within Education of Economics and Business
Saskia Troy (MSc.) is a business economist specialized in Global Business and Stakeholder Management and amongst others Regional Coordinator Europe and Chapter Leader Netherlands Children of the Earth (NGO of the United Nations) and she is a member of the Working Group Sustainable Finance (Changing Finance, Financing Change) of the UNEP/World Resources Institute in Washington. […]
ASTRONOMY IN THE FRAME OF THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
Magda Stavinschi Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy E-mail: magda_stavinschi@yahoo.fr / Web: www.astro.ro/magda . Mirela Mureșan Institutional Filiation Moise Nicoara College, Arad, Romania E-mail: mirela_muresan@hotmail.com . ABSTRACT This paper aims to point out the unexpected and generous perspectives the transdisciplinarity approach can bring to the astronomical education. 1. What does transdisciplinarity really mean? Will try to […]
Global Education Magazine: International #Volunteer Day
Download here Global Education Magazine – International Volunteer Day . “All that is not given is lost” Indian Proverb .. The Ecological and Social Footprint: A Challenge for Global Citizenship La huella ecológica y social: un desafío para la ciudadanía mundial Javier Collado Ruano, Director of Edition International Volunteer Day, Salimatou Fatty Interview with Ms. Irina […]
