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5-year progress review of SDG 4 – Education 2030 in Asia-Pacific Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report documents progress made towards the achievement of SDG 4 in the Asia-Pacific region since the ambitious vision for Education 2030 was set in 2015. It analyses the regional context, challenges and opportunities, and provides policy recommendations through the lens of the overarching themes of equity and inclusion, while also considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Education as a Tool for Prevention: Addressing and Countering Hate Speech (Expert Meeting: 13-18 May 2020) Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Addressing and countering hate speech is a multi-layered endeavour, which includes tackling its root causes and drivers, preventing it from translating into violence and dealing with its wider societal consequences.Within the framework of the Education 2030 Agenda, and more specifically target 4.7 of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), as well as the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech – which places specific emphasis on the role of education as a tool for addressing hate speech – UNESCO and the United Nations Office on the Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect (OSAPG) convened a series of virtual meetings of experts from 13 to 18 May 2020. This report highlights some of the key discussion areas and unpacks the role of education as a preventive tool. It argues that strengthening educational responses to build the resilience of learners to exclusionary rhetoric and hate speech is paramount for sustainable development and peace for all. 
Addressing Hate Speech on Social Media: Contemporary Challenges; Discussion Paper 01 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | Oxford Internet Institute | European Union (EU) This paper is part of a collection of discussion papers, commissioned and produced by UNESCO and the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG). The papers are a direct contribution to the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action and are published in the context of the Multistakeholder Forum and Ministerial Conference on Addressing Hate Speech through Education in September and October 2021. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pertinence of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action, generating a wave of hate speech across the world –further exacerbating intolerance and discrimination towards particular groups and destabilizing societies and political systems. The discussion papers seek to unpack key issues related to this global challenge and propose possible responses and recommendations. 
No Teacher, No Class: State of the Education Report for India, 2021 Year of publication: 2021 Author: Padma M. Sarangapani | Bindu Thirumalai | Anusha Ramanathan | Ruchi Kumar | Mythili Ramchand Corporate author: UNESCO New Delhi This report attempts to provide an understanding of key aspects of the teaching profession and workforce in India – nearly 9.7 million teachers in 2019/20 – the complex work that they do, and their professional development, through the filters of policy debates, choices, pushes and pulls. It looks at the questions that create core tensions in the sector and affect teacher quality and availability. It presents evidence wherever possible, and identifies gaps. The analytical framework of this report draws from important contextual and sectoral aspects including India’s social and political context — especially its federal structure – and social characteristics of gender, caste, rural-urban divide and the government-private divide. This report, prepared during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and constrained by prevailing conditions, is primarily based on analysis of secondary data and review of policies, reports and research literature. Chapters explore specific themes and present key findings. 
Egypt: Gender Justice and the Law Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) The United Nations Development Program, in cooperation with UN Women, the United Nations Population Fund and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), has conducted a study on gender justice and the law. The study aims to provide an integrated assessment of laws and policies affecting gender justice and protection from gender-based violence. Gender in the Arab States Region This file focuses on Egypt. 
Human Rights: Handbook for Parliamentarians N° 26 Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) The Human Rights Handbook for Parliamentarians is based on the conviction that parliaments and their members can play a key role in delivering concretely on human rights. It is a joint initiative of the IPU and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. With brief presentations of the international human rights legal framework and international mechanisms which oversee its implementation at the national level, the Handbook looks at how parliaments can contribute to greater human rights protection. 
Violence in Early Childhood Year of publication: 2017 Author: Cecilie Modovar | Maria Elena Ubeda Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) It presents a comprehensive, multi-sectorial framework that aims to provide guidance to UNICEF country offices on how to improve programme interventions and synergies between programme areas in order to enhance young children’s development potential by reducing their exposure to violence. While early childhood is understood as the period from conception until age 8, the framework emphasizes the critical period from age 0-3. 
Media and Information Literacy for Building Culture of Open Government: Proceedings of the International Conference (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, 7–10 June 2016) Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Interregional Library Cooperation Centre | UNESCO The International Conference on Media and Information Literacy for Building a Culture of Open Government was convened in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, on 6 to 10 June 2016. The objectives of this pioneering forum were as follows: define the conceptual framework of open government/open government culture exchange innovative and creative experiences and best practices in open government; (3) discuss how MIL competencies of different governance stakeholders can foster (or facilitate) open government practice promote the adoption of MIL educational programmes as a requirement in open government adoption. 
The Story of the Woodcutter and the Weaver's Daughter Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Alma3rifabook The video is a purposeful story represented in some Arab values and noble morals. It is said, in the old days, that there was a young woodcutter named Nasir who was newly married and lived with his wife on the outskirts of a quiet rural village. He would go out to work every morning to cut wood and gather it from the nearby forest, and would not return home until after midday. One afternoon, he went out with his wife to the market, and there they met a young girl named Salwa who was selling hand-woven rugs. 
The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change Year of publication: 2017 Author: Ingrid H. H. Zabel | Don Duggan-Haas | Robert M. Ross Corporate author: Paleontological Research Institution This book includes both the basics of climate change science and perspectives on teaching a subject that has become socially and politically polarized. The focus audience is high school Earth science and environmental science teachers, and it is written with an eye toward the kind of information and graphics that a secondary school teacher might need in the classroom. It is the tenth book in our Teacher-Friendly Guide series.