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Quebec and the UIS Partner for Gender Equality in STEM

Quebec has joined a UNESCO and UIS-led international pilot project to reduce the gender gap in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) professions. The partnership will kick-off officially on 1 February with a workshop at the Bureau du ministère de l’Économie, de la Science et de l’Innovation in Montreal.

While the province has policies in place to promote gender equality, and various provincial bodies collect data on the progress of women in science and technology, steep challenges remain.

E-9 Forum Meeting

Representatives of the nine most-populated countries in the world will gather in Dhaka from 5 to 7 February to renew and align their cooperation in light of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) - Education 2030 Agenda.

2017 Education Webinar Series

The UIS is hosting a series of webinars to support the implementation of the SDG 4 - Education 2030 Agenda at the national, regional and international levels.

Education Ministers in Latin America and the Caribbean Meet to Build Consensus on Education 2030 Strategies and Implementation

On 24-25 January, Buenos Aires will host the first regional ministerial meeting “E2030: Education and Skills for the 21st Century” within the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Education ministers and representatives of multilateral organizations in the region will discuss how to align national education policies and priorities with the SDG 4 commitment to “ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning”.

The Role of the UIS in the New Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data

Submitted by m.solon on January 18, 2017 - 5:16pm

I welcome the launch of the Cape Town Global Action Plan for Sustainable Development Data, which was released today at the UN World Data Forum. The plan directly reflects the mandate, priorities and services of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

UIS Strengthens its STI Work Plan to Support Growing Needs of Countries to Collect and Report Data

To support the demand for new data, the UIS, which is mandated to collect STI statistics to monitor the SDGs, is working with countries and statistical partners, represented by the STI Advisory Board, to produce indicators and methodology that will guide national, regional and international policymaking.

New thematic indicators to help monitor the SDGs

Monitoring Reading and Writing to Help Children Climb the Ladder of Education

Submitted by j.morrow on January 10, 2017 - 8:42am

In his short story “Instructions to climb a ladder,” Julio Cortazar uses more than 380 words to explain an action that, you would think, requires no explanation at all. He writes, for example: “The first steps are always the most difficult, just to acquire the coordination needed.” He also notes the coincidence of the raising of “the foot” and “the foot” of the ladder.

Are children learning? Two initiatives to monitor and help achieve SDG 4

Submitted by j.morrow on December 22, 2016 - 10:45am

The successful achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals will depend in large part on our degree of success in delivering on Goal 4 on education.

UNESCO Director-General's Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity

UNESCO has released key findings from the Director-General’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity.

The report sheds light on the killings of journalists, acts which were condemned by the Director-General in 2014-2015, noting that 2015 was the second-deadliest year for journalists, media workers and social media producers.

UNESCO has recorded 827 killings over the past ten years. Of those deaths, 90% remain unresolved; a sign of the impunity that surrounds attacks on the press.

Survey of Cultural Employment

The Survey of Cultural Employment collects data that will be used to better understand the contribution of culture to economic and social development globally. These data will enable the UIS to produce high-quality, cross-nationally comparable data and indicators that support Sustainable Development Goal 8, the promotion of inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.