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Gender-responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education: A Toolkit for Teachers and School Leaders Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: VVOB | Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) The Gender-Reponsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education Toolkit targets early childhood education teachers and all other practitioners who deal with younger children. It is a practical guide that can be adapted to any context and the related needs as well as a source of ideas and resources that individual teachers and school leaders can put to immediate use in their classrooms and schools. The toolkit is also a useful resource for researchers, school-parent committees and governing bodies, civil society organisations, community leaders and education policy makers. 
National Environmental Education and Education for Sustainable Development Policy Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: Namibia. Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism Namibia has become the first country in the SADC region to have a stand-alone National Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Policy. The development of the policy was a long time collaboration between government ministries and civil society. UNESCO through the Sustainability Starts with Teachers programme also supported the process.The vision of the national EE/ESD Policy is an “educated and empowered Namibia with environmentally literate people taking responsibility and action for a sustainable future”.The policy is designed to support EE and ESD in formal, non-formal and informal education processes across all sectors of the Namibian society including higher education, teacher education, technical and vocational education institutions, and general education. It gives Namibia the much-needed foundation to work towards ESD for 2030 and the sustainable development goals (SDGs). 
Opportunities for Media and Information Literacy in the Middle East and North Africa: Yearbook 2016 Year of publication: 2016 Author: Magda Abu-Fadil | Jordi Torrent | Alton Grizzle Corporate author: International Clearinghouse on Children, Youth and Media (Sweden) | United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC) | UNESCO Opportunities for Media and Information Literacy in the Middle East and North Africa is the seventeenth Yearbook published by the Clearinghouse and fills a gap in the existing body of literature about the progress of media and information literacy work in different parts of the world. This book also helps educators in the Middle East and North Africa region looking for opportunities to bring to their classrooms elements of MIL education. 
No Education, No Protection: What School Closures Under COVID-19 Mean for Children and Young People in Crisis-Affected Contexts Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) | Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Drawing from research and experience on previous infectious disease outbreaks and an emergent body of work from the current COVID-19 pandemic, this report highlights the primarily negative effects resulting from the combination of sudden school closures and restricted access to and availability of services, social networks, and other protective facilities for children and young people living in crisis-affected contexts. The consequences of school closures on education and child protection can be categorized into three principal areas:1. Loss of learning and impediments to providing inclusive, equitable, quality education2. Negative impact on child well-being and healthy development3. Amplified child protection risks and harms experienced by children and young people 
Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO | International Centre for Engineering Education (ICEE) The report highlights the crucial role of engineering in achieving each of the 17 SDGs. It shows how equal opportunities for all is key to ensuring an inclusive and gender balanced profession that can better respond to the shortage of engineers for implementing the SDGs. It provides a snapshot of the engineering innovations that are shaping our world, especially emerging technologies such as big data and AI, which are crucial for addressing the pressing challenges facing humankind and the planet. It analyses the transformation of engineering education and capacity-building at the dawn of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that will enable engineers to tackle the challenges ahead. It highlights the global effort needed to address the specific regional disparities, while summarizing the trends of engineering across the different regions of the world.By presenting case studies and approaches, as well as possible solutions, the report reveals why engineering is crucial for sustainable development and why the role of engineers is vital in addressing basic human needs such as alleviating poverty, supplying clean water and energy, responding to natural disasters, constructing resilient infrastructure, and bridging the development divide, among many other actions, leaving no one behind.It is hoped that the report will serve as a reference for governments, engineering organizations, academia and educational institutions, and industry to forge global partnerships and catalyse collaboration in engineering so as to deliver on the SDGs. 
The CapED Programme: Annual Report 2019 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO is the United Nation’s specialized agency for education and is mandated to lead and coordinate progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 – “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.The CapED Programme is central to delivering on this mandate through capacity development. It mobilizes UNESCO’s worldwide network of specialized Institutes and offices and works with partners to assist countries as they develop and implement national plans to deliver on SDG4 commitments.The Annual Report 2019 provides information on achievements and progress made in the 26 countries where CapED is operational. 
10 Myths About Women’s Rights: Sorting Facts From Fiction Year of publication: 2021 Author: Toni Pyke | Colm Regan Corporate author: DevelopmentEducation.ie | Irish Aid This booklet aims to explore 10 common myths about progress on women’s rights, the impact of crisis situations on women and representation in politics. 
Peacebuilding Training Guide for Ethiopia Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) This publication is a training guide for a variety of stakeholders, both inside and outside the education system, in Ethiopia on peace and resilience building. It is an adapted and updated guide for the Ethiopian context. The training guide aims to inform and empower the reader in why and how to educate others for peacebuilding. It provides a foundation of con¬ict analysis and peacebuilding and describes a learner-centered approach to peace education and community engagement. The goal of the training guide is for the reader to become a facilitator with the disposition, knowledge, skills and commitment to support others in developing their full potential as peace-builders. 
PEERs for Peace!: A Community-Based Resource Guide for Peace Education Year of publication: 2016 Author: Tyler Hook | Kathleen Kardos | Athena Lao | Sharanya Vasudevan | Erin Wall Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) | University of Pennsylvania This peace education resource guide is designed for teachers of upper primary grades in sub‐Saharan African countries to help them foster the development of peaceful skills, attitudes, and practices in their students and empower students to use peaceful tools to respond productively to conflict. Throughout the seven units in this peace education resource guide, students will explore the concepts of problem solving, empathy, effective communication, and respect (PEER) and how they relate to conflict in various areas of their lives, including families, schools, communities, governments, and more. 
Gender Responsive Pedagogy: A Toolkit for Teachers and Schools Year of publication: 2019 Author: Clare Dowd | Aryeh Shell | Veronica Thamaini | Louisa Trackman Corporate author: Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) This toolkit is intended as a practical tool for training new teachers and refreshing the knowledge and skills of seasoned teachers and a reference for teacher and school management to creatively engage a wide range of community stakeholders in gender-responsive pedagogy (GRP) and related topics.