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CALL FOR PROPOSALS Evaluation of the Ministerial Commitment on comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health...

NEW YORK, 25 Nov 2019 – 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence is an annual global campaign designed to mobilise action to end...

Harare, Zimbabwe – 24 October 2019: Over 2,000 students, teachers and civil society representatives convened at the Makomo Primary...

UNESCO officially launched the Our Rights, Our Lives, Our Future (O3) Programme in Malawi in partnership with the Ministry of Science,...

Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO...

Media practitioners from print and electronic media houses across 13 countries in East and Southern Africa (ESA) are making concerted...

On 17 July 2019 WFP, UNAIDS and UNESCO joined forces to honour the legacy of Nelson Mandela through a charitable act of kindness. As a...

UNESCO in partnership with World Council churches, Save the Children, UNFPA and Inerela organized a regional training of trainers for...

Since 2010, UNESCO and UN partners have been supporting the efforts of governments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to change the narrative...

Accra, Ghana, 28 January 2019 – Over 20 Ministers of Education and of Health will meet in Accra to officially launch a programme that...

Harare, Zimbabwe – The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has granted a sum of $100,000 towards UNESCO’s efforts to reduce Early and...

UNESCO launched a campaign to reduce Early and Unintended Pregnancy (EUP) in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) on 20th June 2018 during...

Government officials from ministries of education and health from 20 countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa met from 18 and 19 June...

15 June, 2018 – Harare, Zimbabwe 40 Master Trainers from Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania, as well as national partner, regional...

Article from our Technical Coordination Group Member, SAfAIDS Many of the young people who take part in youth groups like the Youth for...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – UNESCO is supporting the organization of a one-month anti-FGM campaign in selected districts within the five...

Juba, South Sudan – The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of General Education and Instruction (MOGEI) has signed a Memorandum of...

HARARE. UNESCO and the Ministry of Education & Training of the Kingdom of Swaziland organized a 4-day workshop from 6 to 9 March 2018,...

By: Sanet L. Steenkamp, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture, Namibia The core responsibility of education...

On January 15, 2018, the Honourable Minister for Education of Sweden, Gustav Fridolin, joined representatives from UNESCO, the Zambian...