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Accountability for Gender Equality Year of publication: 2018 Author: Elaine Unterhulter | Amy North | Orlanda Ward The aim of this paper is to consider approaches to understanding and evaluating accountability in education from the perspective of concerns with gender equality in education. This task has a number of facets and complexities, because ‘gender’ is not one simple set of relationships, and the notion of gender equality in education can be read in a number of different ways. Thus developing adequate conceptualizations for the key terms (accountability, and gender equality and education) needs to take account of gender as a particularly fluid, contextually located and contested idea signaling processes, which link with different formulations of policy and practice to enhance gender equality and accountability in education.In this paper we look at a range of different meanings of accountability, distilled in the main GEM Report (UNESCO, 2017) and consider their implications in relation to debates about gender and gender equality in education. The aim of the paper is to develop a ‘bespoke’ interpretation of accountability and different forms of gender equality in education through which we can assess a number of research studies and country examples of forms of accountability.This paper is also background paper prepared for the 2018 Global education monitoring report gender review: Meeting our commitments to gender equality in education. 
Our creative diversity: report of the world commission on culture and development; summary version Year of publication: 1996 Corporate author: World Commission on Culture and Development This report is designed to address a diversified audience across the world that ranges from community activists, field workers, artists and scholars to government officials and politicians. We want it to inform the world’s opinion leaders and to guide its policy-makers. We want it to capture the attention of the world’s intellectual and artistic communities, as well as the general public. We aim to have shown them how culture shapes all our thinking, imagining and behaviour. It is the transmission of behaviour as well as a dynamic source for change, creativity, freedom and the awakening of innovative opportunities. For groups and societies, culture is energy, inspiration and empowerment, as well as the knowledge and acknowledgment of diversity: if cultural diversity is ‘behind us, around us and before us”, as Claude L&i-Strauss put it, we must learn how to let it lead not to the clash of cultures, but to their fruitful coexistence and to intercultural harmony. Just as in the tasks of building peace and consolidating democratic values, an indivisible set of goals, so too economic and political rights cannot be realized separately from social and cultural rights. The challenge to humanity is to adopt new ways of thinking, new ways of acting, new ways of organizing itself in society, in short, new ways of living. The challenge is also to promote different paths of development, informed by a recognition of how cultural factors shape the way in which societies conceive their own futures and choose the means to attain these futures. I have for some time been concerned with the “culture of peace”. There is now considerable evidence that neglect of human development has been one of the principal causes of wars and internal armed conflicts, and that these, in turn, retard human development. With government complicity and with the intention of raising export receipts, private businesses continue to sell advanced military technology, nuclear materials and equipment for the production of bacteriological and chemical warfare. The concept of state sovereignty which still prevails today has increasingly come under scrutiny. In the area of peace-keeping, the distinction between external aggression and internal oppression is often unrealistic. The predominant threat to stability are violent conflicts within countries and not between them. There is an urgent need to strengthen international human rights law. Many of the most serious troubles come from within states – either because of ethnic strife or repressive measures by governments. Conditions that lead to tyranny and large-scale violations of human rights at home sooner or later are likely to spill over into a search for enemies abroad. The temptation of repressive states to export internal difficulties is great. Consider the Soviet Union’s invasion of Hungary and Czechoslovakia after it had used domestic oppression and the persistent refusal - for many years - of the previous South African governments to grant independence to Namibia. An ounce of prevention is better than a ton of punishment. Notre diversité créatrice: rapport de la Commission mondiale sur la culture et le développement; version résumée Year of publication: 1996 Corporate author: World Commission on Culture and Development Ce rapport est conçu pour répondre à un public diversifié à travers le monde qui va de militants communautaires, les travailleurs sur le terrain, des artistes et des chercheurs à des fonctionnaires et les hommes politiques. Nous voulons informer les leaders d'opinion du monde et pour guider ses décideurs. Nous voulons capter l'attention des communautés intellectuelles et artistiques du monde, ainsi que le grand public. Nous visons à leur ont montré comment la culture façonne toute notre pensée, d'imaginer et de comportement. Il est la transmission du comportement ainsi qu'une source dynamique pour le changement, la créativité, la liberté et l'éveil des possibilités novatrices. Pour les groupes et les sociétés, la culture est l'énergie, l'inspiration et l'autonomisation, ainsi que la connaissance et la reconnaissance de la diversité: si la diversité culturelle est «derrière nous, autour de nous et devant nous», comme Claude L & i-Strauss l'a dit, nous devons apprendre de le laisser conduire à ne pas le choc des cultures, mais à leur coexistence fructueuse et à l'harmonie interculturelle. Tout comme dans les tâches de consolidation de la paix et de la consolidation des valeurs démocratiques, un ensemble indivisible de buts, donc aussi des droits économiques et politiques ne peuvent pas être réalisés séparément des droits sociaux et culturels. Le défi pour l'humanité est d'adopter de nouvelles façons de penser, de nouvelles façons d'agir, de nouvelles façons de s'organiser dans la société, en bref, de nouvelles façons de vivre. Le défi est aussi de promouvoir différentes voies de développement, informés par une reconnaissance de la façon dont les facteurs culturels façonnent la manière dont les sociétés conçoivent leur propre avenir et de choisir les moyens d'atteindre ces contrats à terme. Je l'ai depuis un certain temps été concernés par la "culture de la paix". Il y a maintenant des preuves considérables que la négligence du développement humain a été l'une des causes principales des guerres et des conflits armés internes, et que ceux-ci, à son tour, retarder le développement humain. Avec la complicité du gouvernement et avec l'intention d'augmenter les recettes d'exportation, les entreprises privées continuent de vendre de la technologie militaire de pointe, les matières nucléaires et de l'équipement pour la production de guerre bactériologique et chimique. Le concept de la souveraineté étatique qui prévaut encore aujourd'hui de plus en plus scruté. Dans le domaine de maintien de la paix, la distinction entre les agressions extérieures et de l'oppression interne est souvent irréaliste. La principale menace à la stabilité sont des conflits violents au sein des pays et non pas entre eux. Il y a un besoin urgent de renforcer le droit international des droits humains. Beaucoup de troubles les plus graves proviennent de l'intérieur des Etats - soit en raison de conflits ethniques ou des mesures répressives par les gouvernements. Les conditions qui conduisent à la tyrannie et de violations massives des droits de l'homme à la maison, tôt ou tard sont susceptibles de déborder dans une recherche d'ennemis à l'étranger. La tentation des États répressifs à exporter des difficultés internes est grande. Envisager l'invasion de la Hongrie et la Tchécoslovaquie de l'Union soviétique, après avoir utilisé l'oppression nationale et le refus persistant - depuis de nombreuses années - des gouvernements sud-africains précédents d'accorder l'indépendance à la Namibie. Une once de prévention vaut mieux qu'une tonne de punition. 
Culture: Urban Future; Global Report on Culture for Sustainable Urban Development Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO As the cornerstone of society, culture must lie at the heart of sustainable policies and strategies. Yet, despite its vital importance, key questions such as: ‘How has culture influenced urban development across the world?’ and ‘How can culture make a difference to our urban future?’ have often remained unexplored.This report, the first of its kind, explores the role of culture for sustainable urban development. It is intended as a policy framework document to support governments in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Urban Development and the New Urban Agenda.In search of a common thread between the past and the future, the report examines the contribution of culture to urban sustainability from two analytical angles: a global survey implemented with nine regional partners across the world; and key thematic insights. The report thus analyses the situation, trends, threats and existing opportunities in different regional contexts, and presents a global picture of urban heritage safeguarding, conservation and management, as well as the promotion of cultural and creative industries, as resources for sustainable urban development. The report also includes a set of maps and a section on UNESCO’s strategic networks reflecting the Organization’s various fields of competence.Building on the findings of this global research and thematic reflection, the report presents new guidelines and recommendations, rooted in culture, to ensure that the cities of tomorrow are safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable. 
Décennie des Nations Unies pour l'Education en vue du Développement Durable, 2005-2014: la DEDD en bref Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: UNESCO This document briefs on the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), detailing its objectives, the implementation plans, good practices, and challenges that DESD faces. Предлагаемая тематическая программа по образованию в области водных ресурсов в рамках Десятилетия образования в интересах устойчивого развития ООН (ДОУР, 2005-2014 ГГ.) Year of publication: 2006 Corporate author: International Hydrological Programme (IHP) Water education is a very important component of UNESCO’s overall effort in water, including within the International Hydrological Programme. The UNESCO Executive Board has called for a UNESCO-wide strategy for water education at all levels. This document reviews the evolution of water education within UNESCO, and draws attention to the Draft Action Plan for the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which includes 12 Thematic Programmes one of which would be devoted to “Education for Sustainable Water Management”. The IHP would be expected to play an important role in such a UNESCO-wide effort for water education. Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de la Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible, 2005-2014: el Decenio en pocas palabras Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: UNESCO This document briefs on the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), detailing its objectives, the implementation plans, good practices, and challenges that DESD faces. 
Agree to Differ Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: UNESCO Dialogue on the basis of respect, tolerance, human rights and dignity has never been so important. This is the spirit of the International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures (2013-2022). The International Decade originates in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 67/104 adopted in December 2012, co-sponsored by Kazakhstan and designating UNESCO as lead agency. This drew on a Resolution of the UNESCO General Conference and the experience of the 2010 International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures which UNESCO led forward with activities across the world.The objective of the International Decade is to promote mutual understanding and respect for diversity, rights and equal dignity between peoples, through intercultural dialogue and concrete initiatives. This is essential for all societies today, undergoing deep transformation. The surge of conflict, acts of violence, extremism and intolerance pose a threat to peace, undermining the unity of humanity and calling on us all to redouble our efforts to advance a culture of peace, through dialogue, the safeguarding of cultural heritage, and the promotion of global citizenship education.The International Decade for the Rapprochement of Cultures embodies a commitment to explore new articulations between cultural diversity and universal values. The rapprochement of cultures calls for a commitment to the principles of human dignity and solidarity as the corner stones of living together within and between societies, making the most of all sources of diversity.This publication bears testimony to the urgency of addressing contemporary challenges through intercultural and interreligious dialogue in order to deepen understanding and cooperation for peace. Through concrete examples, including experiences at the community level from across the world, the publication showcases why cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and responsive democratic governance are vital for the enhancement of mutual understanding, the growth of tolerance, and the building of bridges of mutual respect and dignity. 
UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014: the DESD at a glance Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: UNESCO This document briefs on the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), detailing its objectives, the implementation plans, good practices, and challenges that DESD faces. Décennie des Nations Unies pour l'Éducation au Développement Durable, 2005-2014: l'DEED un coup d'oeil Year of publication: 2005 Corporate author: UNESCO Ce document mémoires sur la Décennie de l'Éducation pour le Développement Durable (DEDD), détaillant ses objectifs, les plans de mise en œuvre, les bonnes pratiques et les défis auxquels fait face DEDD.