Tag: Paris
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Our Voice at the United Nations: UNESCO General Conference 2023
Beyond crises and challenges, and despite seemingly never-ending conflicts, UNESCO has always been, since its foundation in 1945, a place where women and men have worked together to fight “poverty, ignorance, hatred and fear”, and also to mend tirelessly the rifts of this world in crisis, through education, the sciences, information and culture. The 42nd…
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Our voice heard at the 42nd UNESCO General Conference
Blog of Evelyne PARA, SI Representative at UNESCO During the general policy debate of the plenary session of 11 November 2024, chaired by Ms Simona-Mirela Miculescu, Ambassador of Romania and President-elect of the 42nd General Conference of UNESCO, I had the chance to have the floor and to speak on behalf of Soroptimist International face…
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Online Gendered Disinformation; What are the solutions?
Blog by Marie-Christine Gries, SI UN Representative at UNESCO, Paris For the International Day of Women in Multilateralism, celebrated on 25 January 2023 , UNESCO has launched a global dialogue on the governance of social media content to counter gendered disinformation, hate speech, and harassment online. Alarming and empowering the leaders of internet companies and…
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Enabling Intercultural Dialogue
Blog of Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at UNESCO, Paris. “Two major events were organised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in September 2022 on the theme of intercultural dialogue, in order to promote and disseminate values, attitudes and behaviours conducive to learning to live together with equal dignity, to non-violence…
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Education for Sustainable Development
SI UN Representative to UNESCO blogs about the role of education in paving the way for a more sustainable existence.
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Transforming Education
SI UN Representative to UNESCO, Evelyne Para reports on the emerging themes at the Transforming Education Pre-Summit meeting.
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Reshaping Higher Education
Evelyne Para, SI Representative at UNESCO, Paris, considers how higher education can be adapted to better benefit women and girls in the modern world.
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Building Equality through Multilateralism
Evelyne PARA, UN SI Representative at UNESCO discusses women’s leadership in multilateralism.
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Education and gender stereotypes
Marie-Christine Gries, SI Representative at UNESCO blogs about the ongoing impact of gender stereotypes.
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science
“We must continue to stand up!” Evelyne Para, SI UN Representative at UNESCO, discusses the under-representation of women and girls in science.