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In the virtual space created by The Afghan Women’s Writing Project ( AWWP), women have the freedom to write about whatever they want and they can receive mentoring by a volunteer team of teachers and authors.

Renowned Colombian singer and song-writer Shakira, who is expecting her first child with Spanish football star Gerard Piqué, is helping to raise awareness on the world’s most vulnerable infants through an unusual method: an online baby shower hosted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

UNESCO Director-General, Irina Bokova, has designated the Brazilian Dominican friar Frei Betto as laureate of the 2013 UNESCO/José Martí Prize for his exceptional contribution to building a universal culture of peace, social justice and human rights in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Women and technology – the attitude gap.

Former child soldiers draw in a UNICEF-assisted transit centre in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Students of ethnically-mixed high schools in Tetovo play volleyball as part of an OSCE-supported project aimed at preventing violence during sports matches, Tetovo, 9 November 2012.

From left to right: Michelle Bachelet, Executive Directo of UN Women, Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan, Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director-General, French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, and UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown

South Africa’s basic education system got a report card this week, and the grades are not good, especially in math. The results have caused an outcry in a nation struggling to overcome decades of inequality and to give services to all citizens.

The latest edition of the Global Education Digest reveals the urgent need to address the high numbers of children repeating grades and leaving school before completing primary or lower secondary education. New data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) show that about 32.2 million primary pupils were held back a grade in 2010, and 31.2 million dropped out of school and may never return.

World Science Day for Peace and Development 2012.