Education
UNESCO’s 2011 Literacy Prizewinners: Working for peace and gender equality
The theme of this year’s prizes is literacy and peace, with special consideration to gender equality. Prizewinners include programmes in Burundi, Mexico, the United States of America, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with honourable mentions to programmes in Pakistan and the Philippines. The prizes will be awarded at an official ceremony on 8 September during International Literacy Day celebrations in New Delhi, India.
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Statement of the Fourth Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting
On July 22, 2011, the Foreign Ministers and senior representatives of the Lower Mekong Basin countries -- Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Viet Nam -- and the U.S. Secretary of State met in Bali, Indonesia for the 4th Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Ministerial Meeting. The five participants emphasized the value of the LMI in addressing regional challenges, particularly in the areas of education, environment, health, and infrastructure.
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BANGLADESH: Bigger role for women in disaster preparedness
Women are often overlooked in preparedness efforts
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Author, Jacquelyn Quattro's Best Selling Children's Book is Extra Smart!
New Children's book encourages children to think for themselves!
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Education for All means more than primary education, declare world leaders at ECOSOC
The Declaration, unanimously adopted, notes the importance of moving beyond the second MDG of universal primary education in favour of a more holistic and inclusive vision of education systems.
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OPT: Capoeira to ease child trauma
Bidna Capoeira is a project that helps children overcome trauma by learning capoeira, an age-old Afro-Brazilian martial art
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Learn English with ease using Karaoke4English: Obama Reader
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