The Organization has 54 field offices around the world. Its headquarters are located in Paris, France.
Its mission is to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information.
The Organization focuses, in particular, on two global priorities, Africa and Gender equality, and supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, through all its programmes.
The UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education and partners have jointly launched the Equitable Education Hub, an open-access knowledge platform for achieving equity in education in Asia-Pacific. The Equitable Education Hub is developed by the...
‘The learning crisis is an equity crisis.’ In Asia and the Pacific today, some 18 million children lack access to education, and nearly two thirds of children at age 10 are unable to read and understand simple texts. In addition, even if primary and...
Government of Japan pledges US$2.1m to help migrant children with digital education and food security to assist their recovery, and further safeguard them against sexual abuse, trafficking in persons and exploitation of child labour 22 December 2022...
New open-access publication, Inclusive Innovation (Routledge, 2022), highlights ‘Learning Coin’ as exemplary lifelong learning initiative in South-East Asia By Sowirin Chuanprapun Project Officer, Literacy and Lifelong Learning Team, Section for...
By Equitable Education Fund (EEF) of Thailand and UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) Prominent Mongolian trans activist Enkhjin Ganzorig is currently a university student who has endured challenges and limitations posed...