UNESCO/UNODC Initiative on Global Citizenship Education: Educating for a culture of lawfulness

  • P Project/Program

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Key Information

UNESCO supports countries in delivering educational programs that empower children and young people to understand and exercise their rights, to think critically, to make sound ethical judgements, and to challenge injustice and promote fair societies. To this end, UNESCO builds the capacities of teachers, educators and policymakers through the following implementation strategies: 1) Guidance for policymakers: UNESCO has developed a Guide for policymakers on Strengthening the Rule of Law through Education. 2) Technical support for teachers: UNESCO has developed Handbooks for primary and secondary school teachers, which aim at Empowering Students for Just Societies. 3) Capacity building: UNESCO holds capacity-building workshops to train the capacities of policymakers, teachers’ trainers and teachers in different regions of the world. 4) Global Advocacy and Dialogue: UNESCO holds events to engage decision-makers, leading experts and innovative practitioners in a dialogue on effective strategies and practices. This programme is carried out in cooperation with the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC).


Location(s)

Global

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2017 -

Partner(s)

UNODC, Council of Europe, Ministries of education, teacher training institutes, NGOs

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion

Other

  • Early childhood development

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education
  • Rights/empowerment education
  • Social and emotional learning

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • School quality
  • School-related gender-based violence
  • Teacher training

Skills

  • Civics education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Community sensitization
  • Empowerment
  • Gender equality
  • Sexual harassment & coercion
  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls (both in school and out of school), Teachers - female, Youth

Age

5 - 20

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Boys (both in school and out of school)
  • Community leaders
  • Fathers
  • Girls in school
  • Girls out of school
  • Mothers
  • Other community members - female
  • Other community members - male
  • Other family members
  • Parent-teacher associations/school management committees
  • Religious leaders
  • School administrators
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • LGBTQ+
  • Migrants from other countries
  • Orphans and vulnerable children
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community-based monitoring (e.g. school report cards)
  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
  • School management committees
  • Technical assistance/capacity building to civil society organizations or governments

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula
  • Increased availability of learning materials

School-related gender-based violence

  • Anti-violence policies and codes of conduct
  • Safe and welcoming schools
  • Safe channels/mechanisms for reporting violence
  • Support in and around schools (e.g. peer counseling, adult-to-student counseling)
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)
  • Violence prevention curriculum/activities for students

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – gender-responsive pedagogy
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)

Women's empowerment programs

  • Advocacy/action

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved social and emotional learning/skills and mindsets

Cross-cutting goals

  • Increased advocacy/civic engagement
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Increased knowledge of rights
  • More equal power in relationships
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)

Additional Information Back to Top

Primary Contact

Elodie Beth Seo
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
senior project officer
e.beth-seo@unesco.org