United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- A Advocate
- I Implementer
- N Network
- P Policymaker
- R Researcher
Description
UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. It seeks to build peace through international cooperation in Education, the Sciences and Culture. UNESCO's programmes contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals defined in Agenda 2030, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015. Education transforms lives and is at the heart of UNESCO’s mission to build peace, eradicate poverty and drive sustainable development.Its work encompasses educational development from pre-school to higher education and beyond. Themes include global citizenship and sustainable development, human rights and gender equality, health and HIV and AIDS, as well as technical and vocational skills development.
Primary Functions
- Capacity building/Technical assistance
- Policy Development/Implementation
- Program/Project Implementation
Secondary Functions
- Awareness Raising/Advocacy
- Networking/Convening
- Research - project evaluation
Geographic Scope
- Global / regional
Areas of work Back to Top
Education topics addressed
Attainment
- Post-secondary
- Primary completion
- Primary enrollment
- Primary to secondary transition
- Secondary completion
Other skills
- Life skills/sexuality education
- Rights/empowerment education
Quality
- Curricula/lesson plans
- School-related gender-based violence
- School violence
- Teacher training
Cross-cutting topics addressed
- Economic/livelihoods (including savings/financial inclusion, etc.)
- Female genital mutilation/cutting
- Food/water security
- Migration
- Nutrition
- Sports
- Violence (at home, in relationships)
- WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
Funders and partners Back to Top
Current girls' education partners
Locations and contact information Back to Top
Website
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Headquarters location(s)
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Office location(s)
- Afghanistan
- American Samoa
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chile
- China
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Mali
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Russian Federation
- Senegal
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- United Republic of Tanzania
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Viet Nam
- West Bank and Gaza
- Zimbabwe
Contacts
Locations of current girls’ education work
Map showing countries (listed below) where the organization is involved with girls' education programs
- Botswana
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Uganda
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Projects Back to Top
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX)
Project/Program
The UNESCO Middle Schools in Bekaa/Lebanon
Project/Program
Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda
Project/Program
Access to Inclusive Quality Primary and Secondary Education for IDPs, Returnees, Remainees, and Refugees in Crisis Affected Areas in Iraq
Project/Program
Girls' Right to Education Programme in Pakistan: Support to National Capacity Building to Realize Girls' Right to Education Programme in Pakistan
Advocacy Campaign/Project
COVID-19: Policy Brief and Recommendations: Strengthening efforts to prevent and respond to school-related gender-based violence as schools reopen
Project/Program
UNESCO/UNODC Initiative on Global Citizenship Education: Educating for a culture of lawfulness
Network/Convening/Conference
Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)