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Citizenship education in Latin America: priorities of school curricula (IBE working papers on curriculum issues no. 14) Year of publication: 2014 Author: Cristián Cox | Martín Bascopé | Juan Carlos Castillo | Daniel Miranda | Macarena Bonhomme Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) This work focuses on the curricula of six Latin American countries – Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico and Paraguay – which at the close of the past decade agreed to be part of the project Regional System of Evaluation and Development of Citizenship Competencies (SREDECC). With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, SREDECC developed the Latin American module of the International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS- 2009) undertaken by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), in addition to encouraging the participation of the countries in that study (Cox 2010; Schulz, Ainley, Friedman and Lietz 2011).This document comprises four parts. The first section takes stock of the state of democratic belief in the region, drawing upon the most significant opinion studies of the past decade, so as to offer broader meaning bases for curriculum analysis and, more generally, for educational work in the field of citizenship. The second section describes the organizational (or structural) characteristics of the curricula of the six countries and presents a framework of categories for their comparative analysis. The subsequent section describes and analyses the contents of the six curricula examined and how they deal with the values, institutions and citizenship relations in their civic (political) and civil (coexistence) dimensions. On the basis of the most significant findings, the closing section includes some reflections regarding curriculum development with regard to citizenship. 
Citizenship education in Latin America: Priorities of School Curricula Year of publication: 2014 Author: Cristián Cox | Martín Bascopé | Juan Carlos Castillo | Daniel Miranda | Macarena Bonhomme Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) This work focuses on the curricula of six Latin American countries – Colombia, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico and Paraguay – which at the close of the past decade agreed to be part of the project Regional System of Evaluation and Development of Citizenship Competencies (SREDECC). With the support of the Inter-American Development Bank, SREDECC developed the Latin American module of the International Civic and Citizenship Study (ICCS- 2009) undertaken by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), in addition to encouraging the participation of the countries in that study (Cox 2010; Schulz, Ainley, Friedman and Lietz 2011). This document comprises four parts. The first section takes stock of the state of democratic belief in the region, drawing upon the most significant opinion studies of the past decade, so as to offer broader meaning bases for curriculum analysis and, more generally, for educational work in the field of citizenship. The second section describes the organizational (or structural) characteristics of the curricula of the six countries and presents a framework of categories for their comparative analysis. The subsequent section describes and analyses the contents of the six curricula examined and how they deal with the values, institutions and citizenship relations in their civic (political) and civil (coexistence) dimensions. On the basis of the most significant findings, the closing section includes some reflections regarding curriculum development with regard to citizenship. 
Social Stigma Associated with COVID-19: A Guide to Preventing and Addressing Social Stigma Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) | World Health Organization (WHO) This resource aims for Government, media and local organisations working on the new coronavirus disease to prevent and address social stigma associated with COVID-19. It offers concrete examples and communication tips on possible actions to counter stigmatizing attitudes. 
Education Key Indicators and Questions for Covid-19 Assessment Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Global Education Cluster This document contains suggested key indicators and examples of questions aiming to acess severity of the impact of Covid-19 on education systems and children’s learning, as well as the current capacity to continue learning activities. 
Global Citizenship Concepts in Curriculum Guidelines of 10 Countries: Comparative Analysis Year of publication: 2017 Author: Cristian Cox Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) This paper reports on a study of concepts associated with the new construct of global citizenship education (GCED) in school curricula. We compared the national school curricula of ten countries with markedly different cultures and levels of development across different regions of the world (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Southeast Asia) on the presence of concepts associated with GCED. The curricula of both primary and secondary education, in the areas of history and social sciences, and civics and moral education, were compared using a set of categories constructed for this study and derived from UNESCO’s definitions of GCED as well as from the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement’s (IEA) international assessment studies of civic and citizenship education. Patterns of presence/absence of GCED and related content were identified. The main finding is that only two of the ten countries’ curricula consistently included global citizenship concepts. At the same time, all ten countries, to the extent that the analysis distinguished, included content related to knowledge, values and attitudes that have the world or humanity as referent. Citizenship, identity and education: examining the public purposes of schools in an age of globalization Year of publication: 2006 Author: Fernando Reimers Corporate author: UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Educational institutions exist to achieve public purposes. One of those purposes is to develop citizenship. In the 21st century, citizenship includes global citizenship. In an era of globalization effective citizenship includes the knowledge, ability and disposition to engage peacefully and constructively across cultural differences for purposes of addressing personal and collective needs and of achieving sustainable human–environmental interactions, this requires internalizing global values. Addressing these challenges of globalization will require making citizenship education and the development of global values an explicit objective of efforts to improve quality throughout the world, critically examining theories and evidence about the effectiveness of various approaches to developing citizenship and global citizenship and supporting activities aligned with this public purpose. This public purpose should support the development of a political culture that fosters the rule of national and international law and respect of human rights, the development of understanding to support trade and economic and peaceful bilateral and international diplomacy as the preferred means to solve international disputes, the development of the capability to understand and address the serious environmental challenges facing humanity and to collaborate across national boundaries in the creation of sustainable forms of human–environmental interactions and in the development of the skills to promote rationality in deliberation and action, and to advance science and technology as means to improve human health and well-being. At present, however, many education systems and reforms are insufficiently focused on quality, or focus instead on a very narrow and self-referenced definition of quality. It is possible to educate people to understand and appreciate cultural differences and to understand and accept human rights in a framework of global values that includes compassion and caring, concern for others, respect and reciprocity. These values, dispositions, knowledge and skills can be developed in a range of institutions that societies have to pass on what they value to the young, and to re-create culture: families, religious institutions, the media, workplaces, political institutions and also schools. While there is no reason to assume that schools can be more effective in this task than any of these other institutions, they have greater potential to be aligned with transnational efforts to promote global civility. They are a public space, and consequently also a globally public space, in ways in which families and religious institutions are not. If schools actively engage in teaching hatred or intolerance, or if they fail to prepare students adequately for global civility, these failures can be noted by international institutions that can potentially mobilize resources to support national and local efforts to prepare students for global citizenship. There is not a similar network linking national and transnational institutions, public and private, governmental and non-governmental, that attends to the dynamics of families and other ‘‘private’’ spaces. 
Global Gender Gap Report 2021: Insight Report, March 2021 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: World Economic Forum The report is a measure of gender gap on four parameters: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, health and survival, and political empowerment. The index has benchmarked 156 nations across the globe in 2021. The data show that it will take 135.6 years to bridge the gender gap worldwide and the pandemic has impacted women more severely than men. The gap is the widest on the political empowerment dimension with economic participation and opportunity being next in line. However, the gap on educational attainment and health and survival has been practically bridged. 
Language Rights of Linguistic Minorities: A Practical Guide for Implementation Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) The purpose of this Guide is to further assist policy makers and rights holders in understanding and implementing the linguistic human rights of linguistic minorities. This touches upon the necessary balance between a state’s official language (or languages) and its obligations to use or respect the language preferences of linguistic minorities. These language rights can also contribute towards preserving the world’s linguistic diversity. The Guide aims to:● clarify what are the various human rights of linguistic minorities relevant to language use and preferences;● clarify the obligations of state authorities towards linguistic minorities;● support the development and continuous improvement of effective and cost-efficient approaches and practices for these linguistic human rights; and● promote consistent approaches to the participation and inclusion of minorities and implementation of their language rights. 
A New Era of Social Justice: International Labour Conference, 100th Session, 2011 Year of publication: 2011 Corporate author: International Labour Organization (ILO) This report specifically presents to the conference what the Director believes are the fundamental problems the ILO faces as it oversees a century of its inception in 2019. These problems are the remnants of an ineffective growth pattern that has increased inequality around the world over the past 30 years. The mission of the organization is to continue to work together to develop effective responses to these challenges - within the ILO itself, with national bodies such as governments, employers and workers, and through ILO cooperation with others. 
The Digital Transformation of Education: Connecting Schools, Empowering Learners Year of publication: 2020 Author: Ana Sepúlveda | Doreen Bogdan-Martin | Alex Wong | Chris Fabian | Borhene Chakroun | Anna Polomska | Samantha O’Riordan | Miguel Alcaine | Istvan Bozsoki | Vladimir Daigele | Jose Maria Diaz Batanero | Hani Eskandar | Aminata Amadou Garba | John Garrity | Farid Nakhli | Sylvia Poll Ahrens | Martin Schaaper | Christine Sund | Nancy Sundberg | Sandeep Taxali | Cleveland Thomas | Frank McCosker | James Lo | Fengchun Miao | Jaime Archundia | Janice Dean | Sophia Farrar | Sunita Grote | Aditi Poddar | Naroa Zurutuza | Nanjira Sambuli | Kavita Gupta Corporate author: International Telecommunication Union (ITU) | UNESCO | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report looks into school connectivity and introduces a methodology and framework for mapping and connecting primary and secondary schools to the Internet. It aims to help governments, their partners and interested stakeholders to develop more holistic school connectivity plans. The analysis of this report provides a better understanding of the school connectivity landscape and requirements, to evaluate the benefits of different technologies for different environments, and to analyze business and financial models, as well as suitable content articulating connectivity with quality, safe, and inclusive learning.