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ZONGONEWS EDITORIAL: Global Education – International Migrant Destinations Part 10 By Lesley Shepperson

01/08/2017 ANA 0

There continues to be much talk about achieving inclusive and equitable quality education for all children, and rightly so, but what about the educators who are needed to make this happen? Late last year, the […]

ZongoNews Editorial: Global Education – International Migrant Destinations Part 9 By Lesley Shepperson

12/07/2017 ANA 0

Is education a right or is it a privilege? Most of us would agree that it is a basic human right. So how big is the challenge to achieve this? According to UNESCO (United Nations […]

Tech giants need to place higher value on professional journalism, says Marcelo Rech, World Editors Forum President

31/03/2017 ANA 0

Never in recent history, have not just freedom of expression, but the expression of truth, been under such threat on a global scale, warned World Editors Forum President Marcelo Rech at a UNESCO colloquium in […]

Civil Society and UN Partners develop an accountability framework to keep leaders on track to scale-up sexuality education and health services for young people

11/12/2013 ANA 0

Hot on the heels of the affirmation ceremony of the Eastern and Southern Africa Ministerial Commitment held on 7 December 2013, civil society convened a satellite session on 9 December 2013 to discuss an Accountability […]

Eastern and Southern Africa’s leaders agree. It’s time to act now on young people’s HIV education and sexual health needs

10/12/2013 ANA 0

On Saturday 07 December, at a packed meeting of experts and youth activists convened by UNESCO and other UN agencies, political and youth leaders from 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa reached an historic […]

Young People Today Time to Act Now: An Opinion Editorial By Prof. Sheila Tlou UNAIDS Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa

12/11/2013 ANA 0

On 6-7 December 2013, education and health ministers from 21 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa will gather in Cape Town, South Africa, to agree on a political commitment based on UN and civil society […]

UNESCO calls for strengthened sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health services for young people in Eastern and Southern Africa

04/10/2013 ANA 0

The 21-country report, “Young People Today. Time for Action Now,” by UNESCO, UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and other bi-lateral partners demonstrates that adolescents and young people – especially young women – face a wide range […]

Feature: Rivonia Trials Remembered – By Eric Singh, ANA Snr. Editor

06/08/2013 ANA 0

“The Rivonia Trial (1963-1964) was a turning point in the fight for freedom against the apartheid system in South Africa – it was a defining moment in the global struggle for human rights and dignity. […]

Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BBAW) würdigt Aufnahme von Karl Marx in das Dokumentenerbe der UNESCO

20/07/2013 ANA 0

Die UNESCO hat am 18. Juni auf ihrer Tagung in Gwangju (Südkorea) entschieden, das Kommunistische Manifest und den ersten Band des Kapital von Karl Marx in das Weltregister des Dokumentenerbes aufzunehmen. Die Aufnahme in das […]