Advancing a new social contract in the post COVID-19 era

May 15, 2020 | COVID-19, UNESCO

Professor Fethi Mansouri, PhD., UNESCO Chairholder, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice at the Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia and UNITWIN Convenor, Inter-religious Dialogue and Intercultural Understanding (IDIU) shares his views on the impact of COVID-19 on...

Worse times are the test of human rights and emphasize the importance of human rights and democracy education – perspectives from Finland

May 14, 2020 | COVID-19

Article authored by Professor Arto Kallioniemi, UNESCO Chair on Values, Dialogue and Human Rights and co-authored by Tuija Kasa, PhD-student researching human rights education; both from the University of Helsinki. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a global human rights...

UNESCO Interview

May 14, 2020 | COVID-19, UNESCO

Recently, Professor Fethi Mansouri was interviewed by UNESCO in his role as UNESCO Chair for Comparative Research on Cultural Diversity and Social Justice and Director, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University,  on the global...

Commemorating the end of apartheid in South Africa

May 11, 2020 | News

Article provided by Professor Roger Koussetogue Koudé, UNESCO Chair in Memories, Culture and Interculturality. To access Professor Koudé’s article, please click here.

Current interfaith initiatives taking place in India during COVID-19

May 7, 2020 | COVID-19

A reflection provided by Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya, UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding. The All-pervasive impact of COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of human life, causing unprecedented uncertainties and anxieties. This existential...

Ramadan Conversations

May 5, 2020 | COVID-19

On Saturday 2 May, Professor Fethi Mansouri was a guest panel member for an episode of Ramadan Conversations organised by the Australian Intercultural Society and the Dialogue Institute of Australia. Hosted by George Donikian and co-hosted by Dr Zuleyah Keskin,...

Imagining diversity and intercultural relations in a post-COVID world

May 5, 2020 | COVID-19

A reflection provided by Professor Fethi Mansouri, UNESCO Chair, Cultural Diversity and Social Justice. COVID-19 is proving to be a truly transformational global crisis that is changing and will continue to change the way our social lives are structured and lived for...

Joint Statement by United Nations Interagency Task Force on Religion and Sustainable Development (IATF) with the endorsement of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council

Apr 30, 2020 | COVID-19

The following joint statement is issued by the Principals of the rotating IATF co-Chairs (UNAOC and UNOSAPG) and Executive Secretariat (UNFPA) on behalf of the members of the IATF and endorsed by the co-Chairs of the IATF Multi-Faith Advisory Council (MFAC) on behalf...

Covid-19 + Trump Policies = more Crises on Campus

Apr 29, 2020 | COVID-19

Article provided by Professor Steven Shankman, UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue and Peace and authored by Professor Peter Laufer, CoDirector of UO-UNESCO Crossings Institute for Intercultural Dialogue and Conflict-Sensitive Reporting ....