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Technical Note on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Uzbekistan Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: World Bank This compilation of technical briefs lays out the key problems faced by persons with disabilities in Uzbekistan under all areas of life and formulates detailed recommendations, providing the evidence base for a Strategic Note that aims to guide Uzbekistan's next five-year National Action Plan (NAP) for implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 
Children with Disabilities in Remote Regions of Tajikistan Have No Access to Quality Education Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: CABAR.asia Parents of children with disabilities from remote villages in Khatlon Province are concerned about their children’s education conditions, but authorities say all are covered. 
Peace Education in the 21st Century: An Essential Strategy for Building Lasting Peace Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO This report provides an overview of the importance of peace education, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for using it in efforts to bring about lasting global peace. It reviews key research and is heavily inspired by the discussions held in the context of the revision process of the 1974 Recommendation concerning education for international understanding, co-operation and peace and education relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms. More specifically, this report draws from the following notes developed by UNESCO in 2022: “Current understandings, and threats to lasting peace”, “New understandings of education’s contributions to peace”, and “The role of non-state actors in the promotion of peace through education”. 
Revision Process of the 1974 Recommendation concerning Education for International Understanding, Co-operation and Peace and Education relating to Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: Comments from Observers to the Plenary Meetings of the International Expert Group (IEG) Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Adopted in 1974, the Recommendation concerning education for international understanding, co-operation and peace and education relating to human rights and fundamental freedoms is considered a landmark legal instrument that brings together for the first time peace, international understanding, human rights, fundamental freedoms and education. In line with the Resolution adopted at UNESCO’s General Conference at its 41st Session in November 2021 (41C/Resolution 17), UNESCO launched the revision of the Recommendation and convened an International Expert Group (IEG) to advise the Organization on the changes. The work of the IEG took place between May and June 2022. Though the meetings of the IEG were technical in nature (category VI), in order to ensure an open and transparent process, the Permanent Delegations were invited to listen-in to the deliberations of the IEG online, as observers, along with a select number of non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and United Nations entities. At the end of each plenary meeting, observers to the IEG plenary meetings could submit written comments. This document compiles the comments received from observers during this process and submitted to the IEG members for their consideration. 
Arts for Transformative Education: A Guide for Teachers from the UNESCO Associated Schools Network Year of publication: 2024 Author: Benjamin Bolden | Sean Corcoran | Tiina Kukkonen | Jeffrey Newberry | Nathan Rickey Corporate author: UNESCO | Canadian Commission for UNESCO UNESCO’s vision of transformative education involves building learners’ capacities and empowering them to take action for a more peaceful and sustainable world. The arts offer tremendous potential for supporting learning that transforms individuals and communities. To fully realize that potential, teachers need to structure and support educational experiences that optimize what students will take away from them. This guide presents the research-informed Arts for Transformative Education model, a pioneering approach and thinking tool for teachers. The model was developed from data provided by over 600 teachers of the UNESCO Associated Schools network from 39 countries. The publication presents Learning Experience Descriptions and Snapshots illustrating how the model functions in real-world projects from around the globe, as well as Guidelines for Teachers outlining a step-by-step process for activating arts learning to empower transformative education. 
Women Scientists: Past, Present and Future Year of publication: 2019 Author: Raquel Gu | Francisco Vega Narváez Corporate author: ONCE Foundation This comic is the adaptation of the play Women scientists: past, present and future, an original idea by Francisco Vega Narváez with an original script by Isabel Fernández Delgado, Clara Grima Ruiz, maría José Jiménez Rodríguez, Adela muñoz Páez, maría del Carmen Romero Ternero and Francisco Vega Narváez. Both in the play and in the comic, female references are presented in the world of science so that girls do not feel that something is foreign to them simply because they are women and also so that boys have those same references. Achievements in science are made by people, it doesn't matter if they are women or men, their age, nationality... 
International Day of Women and Girls in Science Corporate author: Global Citizenship (Buenos Aires) Regarding the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, this infographic presents relevant information about the gaps in female participation in research and work on scientific topics. Includes links to support materials. 
Tourism, Heritage and School: A Journey through the Heritage of Our Country Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Argentina. Ministry of Tourism Aimed at students in the final years of primary school, this manual is a tool for the study and learning of world heritage sites in Argentina and their relationship with tourist activity. Designed and created by the Tourism Training Directorate of the Ministry of Tourism of the Argentine Nation. 
Being and Knowing: Teaching Profile for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: InteRed Document of a pedagogical nature that describes the characteristics of the teaching profile necessary to educate in Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship. Identify what skills are necessary to carry out transformative education that responds to global challenges as proposed by social movements, NGOs and civil society. This publication is the result of collaborative work carried out during the years 2022 and 2023 by a Movement 4.7 team formed for this purpose. 
Unmasking Racism: Guidelines for Educational Materials Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UNESCO These Guidelines developed by UNESCO provide recommendations on how to combat racism in textbooks and to develop learning materials that are free of prejudice and bias and do not perpetuate stereotypes or legitimize unequal social structures. Through a comprehensive analysis of recent studies of textbooks and other educational materials, the guide also demonstrates how countries around the world address racism and racialization. It increases awareness and improves our understanding of how racism manifests in educational materials, and aims to support education stakeholders to promote just, peaceful and multicultural societies.