Publications

This teachers' handbook is intended to serve as a practical resource to help teachers and teacher educators to gain understanding of the multiple issues of inclusion in their day-to-day work and acquire competencies that facilitate inclusive pedagogy. The...

People with disabilities deserve equal access to high-quality education, including comprehensive sexuality education (CSE). Although young people with disabilities are sexually active and have the same concerns about sexuality, relationships and identity...

The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 aims to ensure “inclusive and equitable quality education”, and the Asia-Pacific region has made significant progress in increasing both access to, and the quality of, education. However, at the mid-point to the...

Following the commitment to ensure “inclusive and equitable quality education” and promote “lifelong learning for all” made in 2015 in Goal 4 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNESCO, 2015), the Asia-Pacific region made...

In line with Goal 5 of the Incheon Strategy to “Make the Right Real” for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific, this policy paper aims to take stock of trends, good practices, lessons learned, and challenges in promoting early identification...

The Building Back Equal: Girls Back to School Guide was developed by partners in UNESCO’s COVID-19 Global Education Coalition’s Gender Flagship, as part of a global campaign to ensure all girls can continue to learn during and after the COVID-19 pandemic...

The COVID-19 crisis threatens decades of progress made towards gender equality, putting over 11 million girls at risk of not returning to school! To safeguard progress made on girls’ education, ensure girls’ learning continuity during school closures, and...

The Gender in Education Network in Asia-Pacific (GENIA) is a network of Gender Focal Points (GFP) within Ministries of Education in Asia and the Pacific region. Facilitated by UNESCO Bangkok, GENIA responds to emerging issues in gender equality by...

The Asia-Pacific Region is home to half of the world’s 7,117 living languages. Impressive regional progress on Sustainable Development Goal #4’s vision to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education” has been severely jeopardized by the COVID-19...

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields are considered catalysts for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Yet, particularly for STEM fields, girls and women, for a multitude of social, cultural and...