Afghanistan is the only country in the world to formally prohibit access to education for girls and women beyond the primary level. As of 2026, an estimated 2.4 million girls remain excluded from ...

For nearly five years, girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary and higher education. Since 2021, girls have been barred from formal education beyond primary education, resulting in ...

In order to raise awareness of the needs of these population groups, every 9 August commemorates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. This date, adopted in December 1994 by UN ...

The 48th session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, concluded with 25 new sites ...

UNESCO enhanced the capacity of three women groups of seaweed farmers and producers through refresher training focusing on ...

In response, they stressed that judicial independence extends beyond individual judges to the digital infrastructure courts ...

To strengthen education planning and response during emergencies, the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MoGEI) ...

The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme, launched in 1992 to promote international inter-university cooperation, has grown to include around 1100 Chairs and 50 networks across 130 countries. This network ...

This year, the 7th Continental Forum of the African Continental Qualifications Framework Network marks an important ...

Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) now has a new way of covering that distance.

The Art for Earth: Climate Creativity Lab 2026 is a joint initiative of the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia and the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, implemented under the framework of "Je ...

Guided by the Global Action Plan for the Decade, the initiative seeks to foster coordinated action across a wide range of areas, including education, digital empowerment, access to justice, cultural ...