Jan 24, 2024 | News, UNESCO
This year, UNESCO dedicated the International Day of Education on 24 January to the crucial role education and teachers play in countering hate speech, a phenomenom which has snowballed in recent years with the use of social media, damaging the fabric of our...
Sep 27, 2023 | News, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme is delighted to welcome a new UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Competences, which has been awarded to Stellenbosch University. The inauguration of the UNESCO Chair took place in August 2023, with Dr Darla Deardorff, a Stellenbosch...
Jul 13, 2023 | Seminar, UNESCO
Seminar Recap: A solution in plain sight for a better world: a Human Rights EconomyHeld in conjunction with the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and OHCHR’s Human Rights 75 initiative, this seminar focused on rekindling the...
Jul 13, 2023 | Seminar, UNESCO
Seminar Recap: Unleashing Science’s Potential through Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights In a recent seminar on “Science Benefitting Society, the role of the right to science,” experts gathered to explore the connection between...
Jul 13, 2023 | UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
The UNESCO UNITWIN Network on Inter-Religious Dialogue for Intercultural Understanding (IDIU), established in March 2006 has been renewed until 30 June 2026. IDIU brings together more than 28 UNESCO Chairs from more than 25 countries to promote dialogue among...
Jun 30, 2021 | COVID-19, UNESCO, UNITWIN Network
Dear UNITWIN Network Coordinators and UNESCO Chair holders, After the unprecedented growth in higher education in the last decade, the education of more than 220 million tertiary students was suddenly disrupted due to the COVID-19 driven university closures....
