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New Animation Videos Promote Health and Well-being of Adolescents
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International Peace Day campaign #EnoughWar – Youth for peace in Yemen
On the occasion of the International Day of Peace a youth campaign calling for a ceasefire throughout Yemen has been launched In the framework of the United Nation Peace Building funded project Empowering Yemeni youth towards peace ensuring access to information and participation UNESCO and RNW Media through the Manasati30 platform are jointly implementing the campaign which aims to bring young people together to play a role in shaping the future of their country and calling for a ceasefire throughout Yemen as a fundamental step towards a lasting peace The campaign was launched on the International Day of Democracy on September 15 and continue until September 28 with a special focus on the International Peace Day September 21 Under the hashtag EnoughWar the campaign uses social media to call for a ceasefire in Yemen In line with the theme of this years International Peace Day building peace together the campaign is mobilizing young people to play a role in the peace process and amplifying the voices and opinions of young women and men calling for peace The campaign kicked off with a vox pop video in which young people share their messages on peace
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Line Up Live Up Empowers Youth to #ChooseSports
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Poetry takes on center stage to dispel mis- and dis-information on COVID-19
Misinformation is a dangerous weapon for it takes one man to hit the trigger but a lot more are sure to hear the sound of the gun whether as pictures as voice notes or in writing Excitement or fear refusing us to let rationalitys light in we share Believing we are doing the right thing Forgetting a half truth is worse than a lie
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"Nenê do Zap": UNESCO and the Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal Foundation promote a webinar on the importance of interaction in early childhood
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UN Joint Programme Impacting Girls’ and Adolescent Women’s Lives in Tanzania
UNESCO Dar es Salaam Office is leading the implementation of a fiveyear Joint Programme JP on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Tanzania in collaboration with the government of Tanzania UNFPA and UN Women
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Ahmisa (Non-Violence), Gandhi and Global Citizenship Education (GCED)
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Minding our minds during COVID 19
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A Year After Coronavirus: An Inclusive ‘New Normal’
Reading a diverse ?range of essays from different age groups has given me a ?more indepth insight into ?students feelings who have been compelled to live and learn in confined spaces in times of COVID19 It has been encouraging to note that their learnings continued at home during the lockdown Most writers share a concern for the society while ?discussing about health education the multidimensional inequalities and climate change As a young member of the screening committee for the pan India essay contest on ?A Year After Coronavirus it has been heartening to realize that regardless of their age the youth have collectively shared an aspiration to move towards an inclusive future post the global pandemic? ? Abhinav Kumar? Screening Committee Member Associate Programme Coordinator Education Sector UNESCO New Delhi
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Art-Lab Talks #1 - Encounters, affirmations and catharsis
The ArtLab Talks are produced in the framework of UNESCOs ArtLab for Human Rights and Dialogue which aims at mainstreaming the arts in humanitarian and development programmes for the advancement of human and cultural rights? The first edition of UNESCOs ArtLab talks was prepared in close partnership with the UNHCR Office for Switzerland and Liechtenstein The below article exposes the work of Audrey Cavelius a transdisciplinary French artist with unaccompanied minors in Switzerland
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Together against bullying in school
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Laureates from Colombia and Qatar to receive UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Lessons for Science Journalism in Africa