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Educación física de calidad (EFC): guía para los responsables políticos Year of publication: 2015 Author: Nancy, McLennan | Jannine, Thompson Corporate author: UNESCO A key feature of the Post-2015 Development Agenda is sustainable development. Sustainable development starts with safe, healthy, well-educated children. Participation in quality physical education (QPE), as part of a rounded syllabus, enhances young peoples’ civic engagement, decreases violence and negative patterns of behaviour, and improves health awareness. The UNESCO QPE Policy Package is an original piece of work, which draws upon results from extensive global research (including the Worldwide Survey of School Physical Education). These guidelines, designed for global application and local adaptation, provide a means of analysing current policy through practical guidance and a ‘how-to’ approach. The materials have been developed in consultation with key partners including the European Commission, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), UNDP, UNICEF, UNOSDP and WHO. 
UNESCO COVID-19 Education Response: How Many Students Are at Risk of Not Returning to School?; Advocacy paper Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO UNESCO estimates that about 24 million learners, from pre-primary to university level, are at risk of not returning to school in 2020 following the education disruption due to COVID-19. Almost half of them are found in South and West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. University students are affected the most, due to the costs related to their studies. Pre-primary education is the second most affected while at primary and secondary level 10.9 million students are at risk, 5.2 million of whom are girls. Socioeconomic factors are behind this risk, including the need to generate income, increased household and child caring responsibilities, early and forced marriage and/or unintended pregnancy in certain contexts or fear of resurgence of the virus. Those who did not have access to distance education during confinement are also at risk. This advocacy paper calls on Governments and other partners to increase investments and efforts to remove barriers to education and take the necessary legal and policy actions to make school environments more conducive to students’ learning and well-being. “These findings emphasize the need to proactively address all the drivers of educational exclusion and to strengthen the resilience of education systems in the face of this unprecedented crisis“, says Stefania Giannini, Assistant DirectorGeneral for Education at UNESCO. 
Global Citizenship Education at the Crossroads: Globalization, Global Commons, Common Good, and Critical Consciousness (Prospects; Vol.48) Year of publication: 2020 Author: Carlos Alberto Torres | Emiliano Bosio Corporate author: Springer Nature This article-dialogue addresses current criticisms of global citizenship and challenges frequent misinterpretations of Global Citizenship Education (GCE), while discussing what it means to educate for critical global citizenry in an increasingly multicultural world. It starts by considering the phenomena of globalization and the UN Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), which aims at furthering global citizenship, to highlight the relationship between GCE, “global-peace”, global commons, and common good. Building on the assumption that GCE should be about learners’ emancipation toward critical consciousness, the dialogue concludes drawing a parallel between the “mission” of GCE in contemporary educational institutions and Paulo Freire’s notion of critical consciousness. L'Education physique de qualité (EPQ): directives à l'intention des décideurs Year of publication: 2015 Author: Nancy, McLennan | Jannine, Thompson Corporate author: UNESCO A key feature of the Post-2015 Development Agenda is sustainable development. Sustainable development starts with safe, healthy, well-educated children. Participation in quality physical education (QPE), as part of a rounded syllabus, enhances young peoples’ civic engagement, decreases violence and negative patterns of behaviour, and improves health awareness. The UNESCO QPE Policy Package is an original piece of work, which draws upon results from extensive global research (including the Worldwide Survey of School Physical Education). These guidelines, designed for global application and local adaptation, provide a means of analysing current policy through practical guidance and a ‘how-to’ approach. The materials have been developed in consultation with key partners including the European Commission, the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE), UNDP, UNICEF, UNOSDP and WHO. 
Peace Education and the Pandemic: Global Perspectives Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) This April 13 webinar, co-organized by the International Institute on Peace Education and Global Campaign for Peace Education, is an opportunity to learn, hear, and share with and from peace educators from around the world about how they are responding, adapting, and rethinking urgent agendas for peace education revealed by the global coronavirus pandemic. 
Policy Brief: The Impact of Covid-19 on Women Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) The year 2020, marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, was intended to be ground-breaking for gender equality. Instead, with the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, even the limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back. The pandemic is deepening pre-existing inequalities, exposing vulnerabilities in social, political and economic systems which are in turn amplifying the impacts of the pandemic.Across every sphere, from health to the economy, security to social protection, the impacts of COVID-19 are exacerbated for women and girls simply by virtue of their sex.This policy brief by the UN Secretary-General explores how women and girls’ lives are changing in the face of COVID-19, and outlines suggested priority measures to accompany both the immediate response and longer-term recovery efforts. 
Combattre les discours de haine sur internet Year of publication: 2015 Author: Iginio Gagliardone | Danit Gal | Thiago Alves | Gabriela Martinez Corporate author: UNESCO Le présent rapport offre un panorama mondial des dynamiques caractéristiques des discours de haine en ligne et des mesures prises pour les combattre et les contenir, en mettant en évidence les bonnes pratiques qui ont émergé au niveau local comme au niveau international. Si l’étude fournit une analyse exhaustive des cadres normatifs internationaux, régionaux et nationaux mis en place pour lutter contre les discours de haine en ligne et de leurs répercussions sur la liberté d’expression, elle met particulièrement l’accent sur les mécanismes sociaux et non réglementaires qui peuvent contribuer à lutter contre la production, la diffusion et l’impact des messages de haine en ligne. 
Beijing+25: Generation Equality Begins With Adolescent Girls' Education Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Plan International France | France. Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs | UNESCO This publication examines progress and persistent gaps in our efforts to achieve gender equality in and through education since the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action 25 years ago. In 2018, 130 million girls worldwide were out of school, and only two out of three girls were enrolled in secondary education. The crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to further widen these gaps and threatens to interrupt the education of more than 11 million girls.This publication demonstrates the importance of adolescent girls' education for the advancement of the Beijing Platform for Action’s visionary agenda, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.It provides recommendations to fast-track investments and action on adolescent girls’ education during the 2021 Generation Equality Forum, and the related Action Coalitions aiming to accelerate progress for gender equality. It promotes intersectoral approaches and multi-stakeholder partnerships, and focuses on three ‘levers of action’: comprehensive sexuality education, the involvement of adolescent girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education, and the development of adolescent girls’ leadership. It shares adolescent girls’ own priorities and expectations, and their vision of what is needed for an equal future for us all. Pékin+25 : La Génération Égalité commence par l’éducation des adolescentes Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Plan International France | France. Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs | UNESCO Cette publication examine les progrès et les lacunes persistantes dans nos efforts pour parvenir à l'égalité des genres dans et par l'éducation depuis l'adoption du Programme d'action de Pékin il y a 25 ans. En 2018, 130 millions de filles dans le monde n'étaient pas scolarisées et seules deux filles sur trois étaient inscrites dans l'enseignement secondaire. La crise liée à la pandémie de COVID-19 est susceptible d'élargir encore ces écarts et menace d'interrompre l'éducation de plus de 11 millions de filles.Cette publication démontre l'importance de l'éducation des adolescentes pour l'avancement de l’agenda visionnaire du Programme d'action de Pékin et la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable.Elle formule des recommandations pour accélérer les investissements et les actions en faveur de l’éducation des adolescentes lors du Forum Génération Égalité de 2021 et des coalitions d’action qui seront lancées visant à accélérer les progrès en faveur de l’égalité des genres. Elle promeut des approches intersectorielles et des partenariats multipartites et se concentre sur trois « leviers d'action »: une éducation complète à la sexualité, la participation des adolescentes aux sciences, à la technologie, à l'ingénierie et aux mathématiques, et le développement du leadership des adolescentes. Elle fait part des propres priorités et attentes des adolescentes, ainsi que de leur vision de ce qui est nécessaire pour un avenir égal pour tous et toutes. 
Exkurze do minulosti – výuka pro budoucnost: příručka pro pedagogy Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights What role do Holocaust-related sites play in today's societies? What do they offer young people? What should schools and teachers consider when planning a visit to such a site? And how can teachers make best use of such visits for teaching about the Holocaust and human rights? This Handbook provides a number of examples, hints and historical background information, which will help teachers and students to make visits to Holocaust-related sites and exhibitions a meaningful and enriching experience.