Global education initiatives
- Armed conflict and education: the UNESCO 2011 report
- ( S. Al-Samarrai;N. Bella;S. Cameron / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2011)
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Violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges facing the international community. Beyond the immediate human suffering it causes, it is a source of poverty, inequality and economic...
- A human rights approach to Education for All: a framework for the realization of children’s right to education and rights within education
- ( G. Lansdown;M. Clark (ed);D. Craissati (ed) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2007)
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This document is a comprehensive analysis of actions necessary to undertake a rights-based approach to achieving EFA. It offers a comprehensive framework of strategies and actions...
- Women and Poverty in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: A Critical Literature Review
- ( N. Abdo / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006)
- A discussion of women and poverty, let alone an assessment of the incidence of poor women or an engagement, in the debate over the "aggregate" vis-?-vis the "individual" remain the most challenging fo...
- Pilot Study to Validate a Quantitative/Qualitative Method to "Gender Analysis of the Palestinian System of Basic Education" (GAPSBE)
- ( J. Sfier / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006)
- The primary objective of this pilot study is to develop and test the tools and methods to be used in the Gender Analysis of the Palestinian System of Basic Education (GAPSBE). The results of the pilot...
- Economic valuation of two technologies to import water: a case study of Morocco
- ( B. Bellettini (ed) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2009)
- For the past few years, water stress has been accelerated world wide - with more severity in the Middle East North African region (MENA). Simultaneously, the economic boom of countries like Morocco ha...
- The United Nations World Water Development Report 3: water in a changing world
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2009)
- This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of the world’s freshwater resources. The authors note that water is linked to the crises of climate change, energy and food supplies an...
- Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2009: Overcoming inequality: why governance matters
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2008)
- This report argues that while there has been some remarkable progress towards some of the EFA goals since 2000, progress is being undermined by a failure of governments to tackle persistent inequaliti...
- Media development indicators: a framework for assessing media development
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2008)
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The promotion of freedom of speech, the development of community radio, and human resource development are regarded by the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) as ess...
- Strengthening the education sector response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean
- ( World Bank , 2007)
- This report from UNESCO and the World Bank presents the findings and outcomes of the joint missions to Guyana, Jamaica and St. Lucia. These missions aim to support improvement of the education sector&...
- Urban water conflicts: an analysis of the origins and nature of water-related unrest and conflicts in the urban context
- ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , 2006)
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This document is a collection of essays which survey the controversial aspects of the management of water resources in urban areas in view of the increasing urbanisation and privatisation of water ...
