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UNESCO responds to the global crisis in education due to COVID-19

As the COVID19 pandemic swept through the world in 2020 disrupting the schooling of more than 16 billion learners at its height UNESCO moved quickly Creating a new model for international cooperation it founded the Global Education Coalition GEC to develop inventive responses to help countries cope with the crisis

Cultural preservation provides jobs for women in Jordan

In the hills around Rihab a village near Mafraq in Jordan the remains of several old churches can be found each with a rich history At the Church Complex of St John the Baptist and Priests Sergius and Procopius UNESCO workers are uncovering and conserving mosaic floors from the Byzantine era circa the 6th century CE

Zimbabwe works with UNESCO to protect rights of girls and women with disabilities

The Rapid Impact Assessment of COVID19 on Persons with Disabilities conducted by UNESCO in Zimbabwe in February 2021 revealed the compounded difficulties of women and girls increasingly at risk of genderbased violence and without access to services

UNESCO produces COVID-19 videos with Brazil’s Indigenous groups

In an effort to promote the health and wellbeing of vulnerable Indigenous populations the UN in Brazil and the UNESCO Brasilia Office recently released a series of short videos about the COVID19 pandemic

UNESCO supports Indian film on domestic violence during the COVID-19 crisis

In the midst of the pandemic awardwinning Indian film director and social advocate Nandita Das made a short film with a powerful message about gender roles and violence against women Listen to Her exposes what many women experienced during the COVID19 lockdown

January 18, 2022

UNESCO cities mobilize against COVID-19

Over 50000 doctors from public hospitals in Beijing Peoples Repof China offer since January 2020 free consultations related to coronavirus on WeDoctor a private medical care platform An outdoor digital advertisement about social distancing during the COVID19 outbreak in Chicago USA In Rome Italy the international cinema festival Alice nella città launched the Cinema da casa initiative projecting movies on buildings so people could watch from home

January 18, 2022

Global Education Coalition provides zero-rated internet access in Senegal and other African countries

More than 15 billion students and youth across the planet were affected by school and university closures due to the COVID19 crisis in 2020

January 18, 2022

Monitoring teacher vaccination against COVID-19

UNESCO and the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 are collecting data on the percentage of primary and secondary teachers who have been fully vaccinated against COVID19 as well as information on teacher prioritization within national COVID19 vaccine deployment including data from the UNESCOUNICEFWorld BankOECD Survey on National Education Responses to COVID19 School Closures Fully vaccinated represents those having received the 1st dose for Johnson Johnsons Janssen COVID19 or 2nd dose for other vaccines

September 27, 2021

Meet Angel and Fatma: Empowered through education in Tanzania

January 22, 2021

Exploring new and innovative responses to the crisis: NGO solidarity during COVID-19

To implement appropriate and effective global actions in response to the COVID19 pandemic NGOs in official partnership with UNESCO have created a social media network of solidarity in order to interact with their local associations Anxiety and fear about the virus during a public health emergency has led to various forms of social stigma discrimination and stereotyping With several Facebook groups created in all regions this initiative aims to share the realities of the situations experienced and alert about the needs report examples of exceptional solidarity initiated by civil society on all continents and propose a new vision for the postCOVID19 world

November 12, 2020

Combatting racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Since March 2020 STOP AAPI HATE has received over 2500 reports of incidents of racism and attacks against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders AAPI in the United States Although 38 of the hate incidents took place at businesses STOP AAPI HATE reports that discrimination affects people of all ages one in seven of those reporting were young people under 20 years old 14 and elderly individuals made up 75 of the respondents Their national report shows verbal harassment and namecalling made up over 70 of the incidents which affected women 24 times more than men

November 10, 2020