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
- Patricia Machawira
- UNESCO Regional HIV and Health Advisor
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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
Project/Program
Girls' Right to Education Programme in Pakistan: Support to National Capacity Building to Realize Girls' Right to Education Programme in Pakistan
Research Project/Report/Study
Addressing the gender dimensions of COVID-related school closures
Advocacy Campaign/Project
SDG4 Youth & Student Network
Research Project/Report/Study
Inclusion and education: All means all Global Education Monitoring Report Summary 2020
Project/Program
Family and Inter-Generational Literacy and Learning Project
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
Factory Literacy Program (FLP) in Cambodia
Project/Program
UNESCO/UNODC Initiative on Global Citizenship Education: Educating for a culture of lawfulness
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe to Learn
Project/Program
Access to Inclusive Quality Primary and Secondary Education for IDPs, Returnees, Remainees, and Refugees in Crisis Affected Areas in Iraq
Project/Program
Noyau Dur STEM
Project/Program
Joint Programme on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education
Project/Program
School Health Integrated Program (SHIP) - FRESH Framework
Network/Convening/Conference
Better Life, Better Future
Project/Program
Reaching the Unreached: Innovative and Diverse Learning Pathways for Syrian Refugee Youth in Lebanon REACH II
Research Project/Report/Study
UNESCO World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE)
Network/Convening/Conference
Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ)
Project/Program
Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women through Education in Tanzania
Project/Program
Toolkit and Training on ‘Youth Advocacy and Campaigning for Reducing Youth Unemployment in Lebanon’
Project/Program
Education Plus Initiative
Project/Program
Connect with Respect
Research Project/Report/Study
Education during COVID-19 and beyond
Project/Program
Burundi Transitional Education Plan (TEP)
Project/Program
Girls Step in STEM for a million opportunities
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Alternate Learning Pathways (ALP) Programme
Project/Program
The UNESCO Middle Schools in Bekaa/Lebanon
Project/Program
We are ABLE: Promoting Gender Equality and Girls’ Education in the Ethnic Minorities Areas of Viet Nam
Network/Convening/Conference
Global Education Coalition
Research Project/Report/Study
COVID-19 Education Response: Preparing the Reopening of Schools
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX)
Project/Program
Education Response Plan for Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda
Project/Program
UNESCO-HNA Partnership for Girls’ and Women’s Education: Ethiopia
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
UNESCO Malala Fund for Girls’ Right to Education
Project/Program
Rural and Inclusive Digital Education
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Gender at the Center Initiative (GCI)
Research Project/Report/Study
Futures of Education Initiative
Research Project/Report/Study
My Body, My Life, My World Through a COVID-19 Lens
Research Project/Report/Study
Her Atlas
Research Project/Report/Study
#SaveOurFuture Campaign
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Champion Fellowship Programme
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Framework for Reopening Schools
Project/Program
Rapariga Biz
Research Project/Report/Study
COVID-19 Education Response: Supporting teachers and education personnel during times of crisis
Project/Program
From Girl to Girl - Community-Led Peer Education through Sports
Advocacy Campaign/Project
A Young Advocate's Guide to Advancing Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE)
Research Project/Report/Study
Building back equal: girls back to school guide
Research Project/Report/Study
Cameroon Education Response to School-Based Gender-Based Violence
Research Project/Report/Study
World Population Dashboard
Project/Program
The Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education (GRP4ECE) Toolkit
Project/Program
Vocational Support Program for Refugee Women in Lebanon
Project/Program
UNESCO-China Hainan Airlines Project
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Bright Girls, Brighter Future