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Programming with Adolescent Boys to Promote Gender-Equitable Masculinities: A Rigorous Review Year of publication: 2018 Author: Rachel Marcus | Maria Stavropoulou | Nandini Archer-Gupta Corporate author: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) | UK aid This review brings evidence from 36 studies of 34 programmes working with adolescent boys and young men to promote more gender-equitable masculinities. It draws on studies with a range of evaluation designs; the key requirements were adequate description of methodology and a valid comparison between participants and non-participants, or of attitudes and behaviour before and after participation. 
Violence against Women and Girls and Resilience: Links, Impacts and Perspectives from the Chadian Context Year of publication: 2017 Author: Virginie Le Masson | Colette Benoudji | Sandra Sotelo Reyes | Giselle Bernard Corporate author: Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) This report explores the links between gender-based violence (GBV), and the resilience shown by survivors, their households and the wider community. The purpose of this study is to explore two main questions: 1. How does violence against women and girls (VAWG) impact the processes of social change required to build resilience? 2. How can resilience programmes address VAWG? 
ESD レンズ政策および実践のためのリビュー・ツール Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: UNESCO The Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Lens has been prepared to support UN Member States to respond to these challenges through implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005- 2014). The ESD Lens supports the goals of the DESD, and encourages policy-makers and practitioners in Member States to initiate the process of re-orienting education, particularly the formal education system, towards sustainable development. The overall goal of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) is for countries to integrate the understandings, skills and values inherent in sustainable development into all aspects of national education plans to encourage changes in lifestyles and behaviour that allow for a more sustainable and just society for all. This complements existing Education for All initiatives, and strengthens the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals. Education for Sustainable Development has the potential to improve the quality and relevance of education everywhere. Education for sustainable development lens: a policy and practice review tool Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: UNESCO The Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Lens has been prepared to support UN Member States to respond to these challenges through implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005- 2014). The ESD Lens supports the goals of the DESD, and encourages policy-makers and practitioners in Member States to initiate the process of re-orienting education, particularly the formal education system, towards sustainable development. The overall goal of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) is for countries to integrate the understandings, skills and values inherent in sustainable development into all aspects of national education plans to encourage changes in lifestyles and behaviour that allow for a more sustainable and just society for all. This complements existing Education for All initiatives, and strengthens the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals. Education for Sustainable Development has the potential to improve the quality and relevance of education everywhere. 
Botswana National Implementation Plan for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 - Education 2030 Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Botswana National Commission for UNESCO The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 is an ambitious and specific goal to drive the education development agenda from 2016 – 2030 and a means through which all the seventeen (17) SDGs will be achieved. The SDGs aim among others, to end poverty, hunger and inequality, take action on climate change and the environment, improve access to health and education, and build strong institutions and partnerships.To ensure adequate attention to the different thematic areas of education, SDG 4 has been broken down into seven targets and three means of implementation. The targets and the means of implementation are crafted in such a way that all the critical areas of education, both emerging and the unfinished Education for All (EFA) business could be addressed in some way through the global education agenda.This publication presents Botswana’s National Strategy for the Implementation of SDG 4 – Education 2030, which was developed with guidance from the Incheon Declaration on Education 2030. The Incheon Declaration on Education 2030 is a guide to Member States on the implementation of SDG 4. It provides an outline on how to translate the agenda into national priorities and further proposes some strategies and thematic indicators for measuring success on the different SDG 4 targets. 
Reinventing Cities (The UNESCO Courier no. 2, April-June 2019) Year of publication: 2019 Author: Alain Mabanckou | Jorge Majfud | Thomas B. Reverdy Corporate author: UNESCO Cities have always been centres of power, attractiveness and prosperity. But the renetic urbanization of recent decades is jeopardizing their historical function as elting pots that integrate and absorb newcomers. As they become more populated, they become dehumanized. Violence, inequality, discrimination – the larger the cities, the more these ills overwhelm them.Nevertheless, even as they are dehumanized, cities are reinventing themselves. From street smarts as a survival strategy in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo) to major national projects for the rehabilitation of single-industry cities in Russia; from the personal initiative of a gallery owner who revitalized the small town of Erriadh (Tunisia) to the mobilization of the masses against the authoritarian ppropriation of public spaces in Warsaw (Poland); and from solidarity movements with migrants in London (United Kingdom) to synergies that revive the heart of Havana (Cuba) – creative forces are emerging and organizing themselves to give urban life new meanings and new perspectives. We may believe these are “tiny resistances” – to use the expression of the French writer Thomas B. Reverdy – but they make all the difference.Two other writers share their views with our readers in this issue. Our Guest, the French-Congolese author Alain Mabanckou, talks about “mobile Africas” and the courage to write, while highlighting contradictory moments in colonial history. The Uruguayan-American writer Jorge Majfud condemns the racist attitude towards migrants in the Ideas section, which also provides an analysis of migration policies in the United States.In the Current Affairs section – on the occasion of World Africa Day, 25 May – we publish an interview with Tshilidzi Marwala (South Africa), on the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) on the continent. To mark the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May, we visit Gran Pajatén, Peru, with Roldán Rojas Paredes – the man who initiated its inscription on UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves.We also go to Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), which launches its World Book Capital programme in April 2019. Finally, with Zoom, we travel to India, Mexico, Myanmar and Uganda, to visit places without electricity. An illuminating trip around the world! 
Higher Education's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Building a More Sustainable and Democratic Future (Council of Europe Higher Education Series; No. 25) Year of publication: 2021 Author: Sjur Bergan | Tony Gallagher | Ira Harkavy | Ronaldo Munck | Hilligje van’t Land Corporate author: Council of Europe Public health was the immediate concern when the Covid-19 pandemic struck in Asia, then in Europe and other parts of the world. The response of our education systems is no less vital. Higher education has played a major role in responding to the pandemic and it must help shape a better, more equitable and just post-Covid-19 world. This book explores the various responses of higher education to the pandemic across Europe and North America, with contributions also from Africa, Asia and South America.The book describes the various ways in which higher education is facing the Covid-19 pandemic. It is designed to help universities, specifically their staff and students as well as their partners, contribute to a more sustainable and democratic future. 
Internationalization of Tertiary Education in the Middle East and North Africa Year of publication: 2020 Author: Giulia Marchesini | Lise Barbotte | Paul Cahu | Aurelia Hoffmann | Holly Johnstone | Mirna Mehrez | Marco Pasqualini | Francisco Marmolejo Corporate author: World Bank This report draws on available data to respond to both a real need for regional analysis and a direct demand from stakeholders, including tertiary education institutions in MENA. Encouraging internationalization to be mainstreamed throughout MENA is the objective that this report seeks to achieve by way of stimulating regional policy dialogue on the subject. The report presents some global trends in internationalization and details its main benefits, before providing an overview of the current status of internationalization in the MENA region, including an in-depth analysis of student mobility. In its reflections on the way forward for the region, the report situates its recommendations in the context of COVID-19, within which, despite serious challenges due to a lack of attractiveness of the region, MENA may find a key opportunity. It suggests that adapting to the “new normal” through the deeper implementation of internationalization “at home” – a dimension that does not require physical mobility and, being implemented within domestic environments, has a much wider reach – may help enable the region to make strides towards catching up on the internationalization agenda. 
Learning & Behaviour Support: Enabling Inclusive Learning; Edukans Manual for Facilitators Year of publication: 2021 Author: Hendrien Maat | Judith Pietersma | Aniek Santema Corporate author: Edukans This Edukans training manual is intended as a guide to train people in how to respond to the needs of students with learning and behavioural problems, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, lack of motivation, aggression and anxiety. Troubled behaviour is often a child's way of communicationg distress and, in these cases, the right kind of response can make all the difference. Behavioural and learning difficulites are well-recognized problems all over the world, and inclusive learning is on top of the educational agenda. When a person has more knowledge about learning & behavioural difficulties, he or she can understand the situation that the child is facing and offer suitable suport. This manual aims to help programme managers and trainers to give training to their staff in: understanding the diverse needs of vulnerable students, the origins of learning and behavioural problems, their implications, and a variety of effective support strategies and interventions. The manual is meant to be used by master trainers who can further train teachers, social workers, NGO staff, mentors, relief workers, government officials, mental health workers, and counselors. 
Refugee Status, Gender and Learning Year of publication: 2020 Author: Kendra Dupuy | Martin Flatø | Haakon Gjerløw | Andreas Kotsadam | Mette Løvgren | Francis Mwesigye | Siri Aas Rustad | Gudrun Østby Corporate author: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) | Dubai Cares | Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG) | Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC) | Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) This data report provides details from a survey of applicants to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Accelerated Education Program in Northern Uganda, 2020. The surveys covered a range of topics, such as demographic and socioeconomic background, school attendance, academic skills, social control, feelings and perceptions on various topics, and future aspirations.