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A New Era for Girls: Taking Stock on 25 Years of Progress for Girls Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) | Plan International The analysis presented in this report demonstrates that while girls' lives are better today than they were 25 years ago, the gains are uneven across all regions. The report calls on global, national and regional stakeholders to expand opportunities for girls and young women to be the changemakers and designers of the solutions to their challenges and opportunities; invest in the skills development of adolescent girls so they can compete in today's labour market; improve girls' health and nutrition; and end violence in all its forms against them. 
Beyond Access: Toolkit for Integrating Gender-based Violent Prevention and Response into Education Projects Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) This toolkit was developed to support implementation of the U.S. Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally. It provides guidance and resources for USAID technical and program officers working on education to increase understanding of GBV in the education context and strengthen integration of a gender-based violence (GBV) response into projects and activities. Because reducing school-related GBV is a high priority for USAID in all school systems globally, this toolkit includes school-related GBV, but the overall focus is GBV in the education context broadly.The Toolkit provides:The United States government definition of GBV and USAID’s definition of school-related GBVExplanation for why integrating GBV prevention and response improves education outcomes, and the evidence on the prevalence of GBV in the education sectorGuiding principles to ensure the well-being of those at risk for, and survivors of, GBVIllustrative GBV prevention and response activities by the USAID Education Strategy GoalsGuidance on how to integrate GBV prevention and response throughout theUSAID Program Cycle to be able to monitor, evaluate, learn, and adapt education projects and activities accordingly, and it includes illustrative indicators for measuringGBV prevention and response for each of the USAID Education Strategy goals. 
Genocide Timeline Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) This timeline proposed by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shows the major conceptual and legal advances in the evolution of the term "genocide" . It does not seek to detail every case that could be considered genocide, but to show how the term has entered the political, legal and ethical vocabulary from 1900 to 2016 to express threats of violence against groups. 
[Video] Equal rights between girls and boys Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Palestine refugee students of all ages learn about human rights in their everyday lives through the Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Tolerance Education Programme, funded by the United States. In this short animation, young boys and girls learn to respect each other’s rights regardless of gender. 
Disability Inclusion Guidelines Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) These Guidelines provide information about the recommended approach to disability inclusion within UNRWA. While this document does not provide tools for identifying the particular service provision needs of persons with disabilities in a given sector or context, staff can apply the principles and recommendations in this document to develop specific project- and programme- level actions to further enhance the inclusion of persons with disabilities in UNRWA programmes and services. 
"Education First" - UN Secretary-General's video message Year of publication: 2012 Author: United Nations. Secretary-General, 2007-2016 (Ban, Ki-moon) UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon launched a Global Initiative on Education (Education First), which aims to achieve quality, relevant and inclusive education for every child on 26 September, 2012. 
Caring for Women Subjected to Violence: A Who Curriculum For Training Health-Care Providers Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) This curriculum draws on the work of many people around the world dedicated to preventing and responding to all forms of violence against women and girls. WHO would like to thank all of those who contributed and who shared their training exercises and experiences, many of which have been incorporated into this manual. 
Education in a Pandemic: The Disparate Impacts of COVID-19 on America’s Students Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: USA. Department of Education. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published, Education in a Pandemic: The Disparate Impacts of COVID-19 on America’s Students, in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers. The report explores how the impacts of COVID-19 are falling disproportionately on students who went into the pandemic with the fewest educational opportunities, many of whom are from marginalized and underserved communities, with early research showing disparities based on race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+ identity, and other factors. Symposium on climate change education and sustainable cities, 31 August 2009, United Nations Office at Nairobi, Kenya Year of publication: 2009 Corporate author: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) | United Nations Centre for Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat) Education plays an important role in promoting knowledge, skills and values that are necessary for the realization of a sustainable society. It also assists learners to learn to cope with today's challenges such as climate change and urbanization. The overarching theme of the symposium was the critical role of education in promoting sustainable urbanization with a particular focus on climate change and its challenges. This broad theme was divided into two major sub-themes: 1. Role of education in building sustainable cities 2. Mainstreaming climate change in education for building sustainable cities. The key objective of the symposium was to raise awareness about the decade of education on sustainable development and to promote a constructive dialogue between local authorities, practitioners, academia and civil society organizations on the role of education in addressing the challenges of sustainable urbanization and climate change. A major thrust of the dialogue was “moving from rhetoric to action”. Key concepts of the Symposium Cities Half of humanity now lives in cities, and around one billion urban residents live in slums. The urbanization of poverty is therefore one of the most daunting challenges of the 21st century. Cities offer opportunities, but most urban development is largely toxic, segregated and inefficient. If cities are to come to terms with rapid levels of urbanization, they require leaders, managers and staff capable of adopting innovative and robust approaches to planning, developing, managing and financing growth for all citizens. Climate Change Globally, climate change is now recognized as one of the defining challenges of the 21st century. The future of hundreds of millions of people in urban areas across the world will be affected by the different impacts of climate change. Developing and least developed countries have higher vulnerability to climate change impacts compared to developed countries. Climate change has been identified as one of the main strategic perspectives to inform education and learning for sustainable development and by extension sustainable city development. Climate change issues need to be part of public awareness, learning and education for a sustainable future. The integrated, multifaceted vision provided by ESD is particularly well-suited to addressing climate change and city development in terms of understanding its causes, recognising its impact and effects, and preparing and implementing appropriate mitigation and adaptation responses. 
A Whole School Approach to Prevent School-Related Gender-Based Violence Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) The limitations of data collection and monitoring mechanisms around school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) are widely acknowledged. This guide provides a framework to guide policy makers and practitioners in designing school violence prevention programmes and strengthening response actions. The prevention model is based on eight evidence-based standards and is accompanied by a monitoring approach with a set of proposed indicators at school, district and national levels. The goal is to enable implementation strategies to be adapted and monitored in order to improve data collection and accountability around incidents of SRGBV at the school, district and national levels.