Education for all (Videos)

An initiative that brings together policy makers, young people and civil society to strengthen sexuality education and reproductive and sexual health services in eastern and southern Africa. By having adequate access to these services, young people are empowered to make their own decisions about their health, preventing HIV/AIDS and unexpected pregnancies.

Somalia is at a critical juncture: decades of violent conflict, economic recession, and a growing demographic "youth bulge" have spurred the need for significant youth empowerment initiatives--and for bottom-up education strategies that reach the bulk of youth who are illiterate and outside the formal school system. This webinar makes the case for basic mobile audio instruction as a strategy for reaching out-of-school youth across Somalia --particularly young Somali women -- and equipping them with core skills and knowledge that will help them succeed in the workplace. The webinar focuses on the successes of one such initiative, the Dab iyo Dahab mobile financial literacy program, which Souktel and the Education Development Center implemented from 2008-2011 through funding from USAID. This interactive seminar will provide an overview of the technology and curriculum components, share results from a post-project impact evaluation, and give participants a clear understanding of the steps they can take to implement similar interventions as part of their own work.

SMILE is a mobile learning platform designed to cause a paradigm shift within education by enabling students to be active agents in their own learning. By utilizing both mobile and micro cloud-based technology, students create, solve, evaluate, and present questions based on their individual research and interest. In SMILE, the quality of the student-generated question is the evidence of learning outcomes, not test scores. This presentation shares lessons learned from implementing SMILE in unique education settings in Asia: a rural village education center in South India, a rural village mixed-grade Islamic boarding school in Indonesia, a South Korean medical university with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) iPads, and a rural village elementary school for first graders using government-issued OTPC (One Tablet Per Child) tablets

This report is part of the UNESCO Working Paper Series on Mobile Learning. The Series seeks to better understand how mobile technologies can be used to improve educational access, equity and quality around the world. This webinar will present an overview of the Future of Mobile Learning Report. Four Grand Challenges, all anchored in UNESCO's Education for All agenda, are presented as a frame for evaluating and supporting the future development of mobile learning. The underpinning rationale is to enable mobile learning for all through the equity of provision and opportunity. To address this, a two-pronged approach is presented which focuses on (i) mobile learning as a diverse ecosystem that relies on the cooperation of various entities both public and private, and (ii) significantly increasing practitioner training on the design of mobile learning interventions.

How should effective mobile learning initiatives for women and girls be designed? How can they be created in gender-sensitive and sustainable ways? What barriers need to be addressed and what preconditions need to be in place for successful implementation? This presentation will address these important questions as well as initial lessons learned as part of a UNESCO Education Sector's project on "Developing Literacy through Mobile Phones - Empowering Women and Girls". The project's purpose is to study initiatives from around the world aimed at empowering women and girls through education via innovative mobile technology-based learning and information programmes. It is also exploring what makes existing initiatives effective models of using mobile technologies to support literacy development and improve learning outcomes of women and girls, with the aim of providing a foundation for the future planning and implementation of scaling-up activities in this domain. In this context, UNESCO is producing a global report comprised of regional reviews and in-depth case-studies, and has organized three expert workshops focused on Africa, Asia & the Pacific, and Latin America & the Caribbean. Following the presentation of lessons learned based on these inputs, participants will be invited to join in a deeper discussion of the issues.

This webinar will present Sesame Workshop's research and key findings related to mobile learning as well as show how we are applying what we have learned through a range of educational mobile initiatives that harness the power of Muppets and mobile platforms, both in the United States and internationally.

The presentation will describe UNESCO's broad portfolio of work in mobile learning. The rationale behind various programs will be addressed as will anticipated areas of future work. Specifically, the presentation will introduce UNESCO's numerous mobile learning publications; provide an overview of current research; and profile the Organization's mobile learning projects underway in Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Senegal.

Presentation of UNESCO's initiative related to the education of girls and women, by Maki Hayashikawa, Education sector, during the annual meeting of UNESCO Goodwill ambassadors at UNESCO headquarters, 26 -27 June 2013.

Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 2013. Intervention of Edward Kissi, professor of genocide and Holocaust studies at the Department of Africana Studies of the University of South Florida

Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 2013. Address by Dan Michman, Head of the International Institute for Holocaust Research

Asked about the state of Holocaust Education in China, Professor Xu Xin --The Institute of Jewish Studies, Nanjing University-- explains why the Holocaust becomes a historical reference for the Chinese public. He describes the relation between the history of the Jewish people and China and explains how Jewish studies led to the inclusion of the holocaust in university programmes, in China, in the early 90's.

Asked about pedagogical methodology in Holocaust Education, Paul Salmons --Centre of Holocaust Education, University of London-- explains how educators can grasp this vast and complex subject and engage with young people to deal with the unsettling questions it raises about human behaviour and help them confront traumatic events of the past.

Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust 2012. Historian Yehuda Bauer addresses the audience during the ceremony, which theme was «Children in the Holocaust»

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - UNESCO in partnership with the Shoah Memorial organized a symposium entitled "International Dimensions of Holocaust Education" held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Samuel Pisar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Holocaust Education and Hannah Rosenthal, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism for the US Department of State were among the participants. This is Mr Yehuda Bauer's address during the symposium.

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 - UNESCO in partnership with the Shoah Memorial organized a symposium entitled "International Dimensions of Holocaust Education" held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Samuel Pisar, UNESCO Special Envoy for Holocaust Education and Hannah Rosenthal, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism for the US Department of State were among the participants.

Sylvia Ortega, from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Mexico, on how mobile technology can be a significant contributor to quality in education. This interview was conducted during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Jill Attewell, from GSM Association, on how to address market barriers and accelerate the adoption of Mobile Education solutions around the world. An interview conducted during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

John Taxler, from the University of Wolverhampton, on the necessity for any Mobile Learning project to adapt to a particular culture in order to be sucessful. An interview conducted during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Paul Kim, from Stanford University, imagines the kind of tools people will be using on their mobiles by 2020. This interview conducted during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Today, HIV and AIDS still affect young people severely. Without the existence of vaccine, prevention remains a priority to reverse the spread of the virus. School is an essential structure to inform a large part of the youth. This DVD, produced by the International Bureau of Education (IBE) is composed of documentaries gathering examples on how to speak about HIV & AIDS and relates themes to support teachers in acquiring the skills and confidence to address these sensitive issues.

UNESCO Associated Schools in 10 countries were selected to participate in this film project which aims to raise awareness on key issues related to human rights in schools around the world. Secondary school pupils are asked to reflect and express their opinion about issues such as gender, diversity, violence, exclusion and participation. The film invites the spectators to internalize, at an individual level, the issue of human rights education and the way in which these concepts and ideals are understood and lived by young people. This film can also be used as a teaching tool to introduce core topics of human rights education and initiate a classroom discussion.

Investing in girls' education makes simple social and economic sense. It is the single most effective driver out of poverty. UNESCO Bangkok in collaboration with UNGEI EAP are calling on support for girls' education: Change begins with you!

A video aiming at raising awareness among the athletes of tomorrow. It emphasizes the importance for young people to know about the harm doping does to both sport and the individuals concerned. The video also insists on the importance of schools and sports clubs, which are ideal learning environments for young people to learn about fair play, teamwork and other positive values associated with sport.

In March 2011, World Education leaders met in Jomtien, Thailand, to renew their commitment to achieving Education for All by 2015. During the meeting, statements of high-Level Asian country representatives were gathered in this video to promote education as a human right. Participants in the video are: Mr. A.K. Abdul Momen, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Nations; Mr. Phimmasone Luangkhamma, Minister of Education, Lao PDR; Ms Irina Bokova, Director General UNESCO; Mr. Joao Cancio Freitas, Minister of Education, Timor-Leste; Mr. Athar Tahir-Chowdhry, Secretary to Government, Ministry of Education, Pakistan; Ms Anshu Vaish, Secretary to Government, Ministry of Human Resource Development, India; Mr. Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, Minister of Education, Thailand; Mr. R. Agus Satorno, Deputy Minister for Education and Religion, Indonesia.

A video on girls education made on occation of the launching of "Better Life, Better Future," the Global Partnership for Girls' and Women's at UNESCO Headquarters on 26 May 2011. In attendance to the ceremony were UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and the Prime Minister of Mali, Ms Cissé Mariam Kaidama Sidibé.

Barbara Reynolds discusses UNICEF's approaches to mobile learning during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Erkki Ormola, from Nokia, discusses his firm's activities on education during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Indrajit Banerjee, from UNESCO, discusses the organisation's "late" arrival into the mobile platform during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Keith Krueger, from Consortium for School Networking, talks about the perspectives and implications of mobile learning during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Shafika Isaacs, from UNESCO, on the possibilities that mobile technology offers to support Education For All goals. This interview was made during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

Steve Vosloo, from UNESCO, on how mobile technology can expand the classroom by reaching to those who cannot attend it. Interview conducted during the UNESCO Symposium on Mobile Learning (UNESCO headquarters, 15-16 December 2011) The symposium was one of two main events taking place in the framework of the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week (MLW); the other event being an International Experts' Meeting to produce mobile learning policy guidelines and a strategy for teacher development based on mobile phones

A promotional video about the new exhibition at Thailand's National Science Museum, titled "Healthy Sexuality: The Story of Love". This is a multi-faceted, interactive and entertaining exhibition presenting the 'naked truth' about love, relationships, communication, pregnancy and childbirth, contraception and safe sex, HIV and other STIs and sexual violence

The GigaPan Conversations project seeks to promote empathy and understanding between cultures and create a greater sense of global community through curriculum innovations and students's classroom practices that involve the exchange of explorable, high-resolution digital imagery. The technology, inspired by NASA's Mars Rover Project, serves as a platform for learners to broaden their understanding of culture. This documentary features students from South Africa who, along with students from the United States and Trinidad and Tobago, took part in a pilot programme where they made high-resolution panoramas of events and places of importance in their communities.

A film about the 2006 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular article 24 on education. Using footage from schools in Kenya, Finland and Turkey, it addresses the situation of children with disabilities worldwide and the importance of getting them into school. It also contains interviews and commentary from stakeholders and experts and some 50 educational resources such as toolkits and policy guidelines.

This DVD is part of a "Skills Development Package for Learning and Working", produced by UNESCO-UNEVOC. The idea behing the package is to offer a platform and produce an environment to motivate people living in adverse economic conditions to enrol in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) courses and take up self-employment activities in order to improve their economic situation. The videos on this DVD were originally produced by UNESCO within the Global Action Programme on Education for All, Youth Project. They were originally issued on VHS PAL, in 1997. "Wood" is part of the Learning and Working DVD www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/index.php?pg=34&pattern=Learning+and+Working+DVD

Only 2.5% of the world's water is fresh and of that, 99% is frozen in icebergs or hidden deep underground. Large areas of Africa receive little rainfall for much of the year, so even though Africa covers 20% of the world's land area, it only has 9% of global freshwater resources. Most Africans use only a fraction of the water available each day to people in industrialised countries. When water is easily available, especially when it arrives through a tap, it is easy to waste by using it carelessly. In Africa, people who have water piped to their houses use three times as much as households without. Some parts of Africa suffer terrible droughts. Finding ways to conserve and manage the water that is available is vitally important. Featured videos - Water: Introduction - A community spring: Improvements in the life of a community - Making water safe to drink: solar pasteurization - Harvesting water at home: Roofwater harvesting - Harvesting water on the farm: a short video abotu sinking wells - Ecosan Toilets: a video about ecological sanitation

Adress by Professor Amartya Sen, Master of Trinity College, on occasion of the International Literacy Day, September 8, 2002. The International Literacy Day event focused on the critical need to ensure gains in literacy among people marginalized by ethnicity, language, gender, and/or religion. The theme for this year's International Literacy Day was Literacy for Diversity: Voices of Resilience.

UniTwin, is the abbreviation for the University Twinning and networking scheme. The Programme was established in 1992 following the decision of the General Conference of UNESCO taken at its 26th session. The UniTwin/UNESCO Chairs Programme was conceived as a way to advance research, training and programme development in higher education by building university networks and encouraging inter-university cooperation through transfer of knowledge across borders. Since it was set up in 1992 the programme has aroused great interest among Member-States. This video refers mainly to UNESCO chairs activities in Nairobi and Saint Petersburg. Actions range from helping street children or fomenting aerospace university programmes.

In this region of Rajasthan, it is estimated that 70 per cent of working children are out of day schools. They are shepherds, from labourers and workers in small carpet factories. Obliged to work to survive, they are not aware of their most basic rights. But today, in a small part of rural Rajasthan, these children are getting together. They have founded their own parliament, a Children's Parliament with real elected leaders determined to demand and exercise their rights. The adventure started five years ago, during the International Conference in New Delhi on Child Labour. A 13 year old girl had captivated the assembly by her clear-sightedness. Upright and proud, in front of all the cameras of the world, she pleaded: Don't deprive us of our income. Give us the means to study instead so that we can become independent and stop being exploited because of our ignorance. Soon after, thanks to the work of a community-based organization in Ajmer, the Barefoot College, fifty schools were opened to bring education to all child workers. At night time, generally after a hard day's work, those children who want to, can, for the first time in their lives, sit on a school floor. Every year, 3,000 children elect their members of parliament, their government and their prime minister, all of whom have real power in their hands. At the beginning, the Parliament didn't intervene in the management of schools, but today, its members tackle many of the issues which affect the difficult lives of children in Rajasthan. The fight against child marriage, the struggle against the exploitation of children, often have intervened successfully in community affairs.

A video documenting the work carried out by UNESCO in Namibia to use education to prevent an HIV and AIDS pandemic.