Culture and Education
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UNICEF chief: Closing schools should be ‘measure of last resort’
The head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) underscored on Tuesday that “no effort should be spared” to keep children…
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Hate speech on Facebook poses ‘acute challenges to human dignity’ – UN expert
An independent UN human rights expert called on Wednesday for Facebook’s Oversight Board to give greater consideration to the rights…
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Press freedom more important than ever, as UN condemns killing of 59 media workers
At least 59 media workers have been killed this year, four of them women, the UN said on Wednesday, in…
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UN chief commends ‘swift action’ by Nigerian authorities as more than 300 boys are reunited with their families
The UN chief on Friday welcomed the release of more than 300 schoolboys forcibly taken from their school in northwest…
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Cartoonist must be released on medical grounds, urge rights experts
An ailing Bangladeshi cartoonist who has been detained for allegedly spreading fake news about the country’s response to COVID-19, should be released immediately, UN-appointed independent rights experts…
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World Press Freedom Conference spotlights dangerous job of separating ‘truth from falsehood’
Prominent journalists and champions of press freedom from across the world are examining ways to overcome increasing challenges facing the media during a two-day online conference organized jointly by the UN’s…
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Shutting school systems, wrong response to COVID-19, UNICEF says
Countries fighting the coronavirus should not impose nationwide or large-scale school closures, which is the wrong response and compounds the…
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First Person: COVID education is child’s play for Thai UN volunteer
An innovative initiative to provide child-friendly information about COVID-19 has been launched by a UN volunteer (UNV) in Thailand who…
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A ‘digital canyon’: 1.3 billion school-aged children can’t log on to internet at home
A staggering two-thirds of world’s school-aged children – 1.3 billion children aged 3-17 – do not have internet connection in…
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