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UNHCR: more than 7 million refugee children out of school
© UNHCR/Anna Liminowicz A young girl from Ukraine plays at her temporary home at the Kapelanka hostel in Poland. By…
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From the Field: Literacy classes for Afghan girls and women
© UNESCO/Navid Rahi UNESCO's community-based literacy classes are already reaching more than 1,000 women and…
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Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19
© UNICEF The war has been devastating for Ukraine’s children and their families.…
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Afghan girls’ voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign
© UNICEF/Mark Naftalin Young girls study at a school in Mazar-i-Sharīf, Balkh Province, Afghanistan.…
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‘Transforming education’: Ensuring children and societies are learners
© WFP/Cassandra Prena Two young girls attend class in the mountainous and impoverished area of Jinotega, Nicaragua.…
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Century-old call for equality resonates today
Kahlil Gibran Museum Lebanese poet and artist Kahlil Gibran was celebrated at the United Nations on the 100th…
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United States commits to rejoin UNESCO
UN News/Elizabeth Scaffidi Carved out by the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon, which is located in the United States…
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Ukraine’s ‘Wild West’: Rebuilding a ‘new’ Kharkiv during an invasion
Michail Kantorovich Maxim Rosenfeld, an architect from Kharkiv.…
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In Nigeria, UN deputy chief and Malala champion girls’ right to education
© UNIC/Akinyemi Omolayo Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate…
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Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end
© UNDP Peru Indigenous communities in Peru are growing organic coffee to boost their livelihoods.…
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UN teams up with FIFA at Women’s World Cup in score for gender equality
FIFA The FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 is getting underway in Australia & New Zealand including at the…
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UNESCO education report advises ban on smartphones in schools
© UNICEF/Joshua Estey Students in Cebu, Philippines take a selfie at school.…
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Ukraine: ‘Latest attacks signal a calamitous turn’, Security Council hears
© UNOCHA/Saviano Abreu The port city of Mykolaiv, in the south of Ukraine, is being targeted with renewed shelling.…
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UN strongly condemns Russian strikes in Odesa, Ukraine
© UNICEF/Siegfried Modola A woman walks past sandbags piled for defensive protection in Odesa, Ukraine (file).…
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We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech
Unsplash/Jon Tyson UNESCO says that hate speech is on the rise…
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Collective bargaining in the workplace, essential for global recovery: ILO
ILO/Marcel CrozetA mother works as a tailor while taking care of her baby in Suba, Kenya.…
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‘J’accuse’ screenings cancelled in France after protest at Roman Polanski
Film director Roman Polanski in Paris, France, December 9, 2017.
- Copyright REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Screenings of Roman Polanski's latest movie, "J'accuse (An Officer and a Spy)" were cancelled in northern France on Sunday…
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From Wagner to Broadway: A musical journey with Terfel at the Sydney Opera House
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Acclaimed bass-baritone Bryn Terfel has embarked on a versatile musical journey at the iconic Sydney Opera House:Joined at this marvellous Unesco World heritage site by his wife, harpist Hannah Stone the…
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Berlin Wall 30th anniversary: Handshake project tries to create connections where there was division
A special art project is trying to get thousands of Berliners to shake hands to symbolise German reunification.It comes ahead of preparations for November 9, when the country will mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.The project…
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Imagine Picasso: Immersive installation takes visitors on a ‘poetic voyage’ through his…
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Breaking free from the traditional format and structure of conventional art exhibitions is at the heart of what the new immersive installation Imagine Picasso is all about.The creators of the exhibition,…
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