Keeping girls in the picture in Nigeria – Portraits of changemakers is a photo exhibition organized by UNESCO, with support from Wallonia-Brussels (Belgium) and the Permanent Delegation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to UNESCO, as part of International Day of the Girl celebrations. The exhibition will feature emotional and inspirational portraits of changemakers, community members and girls, telling us the story of a community standing up for girls’ education. Viewers will be invited to travel to Abuja, Ibadan, Benin City and other areas of Nigeria to meet the people behind the portraits.

In 2022, the celebrations of World Teachers’ Day will focus on the theme "The transformation of education begins with teachers".   The official celebration event will be opened by Ms Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education, followed by statements from the representatives of the Co-Convening Partners: the International Labour Organization (ILO), UNICEF, and Education International (EI). 

In a hyper-technologized world, the very concept of humanity is in constant evolution. What do we call human today? What do we continue to call human despite the obvious historical evolution and the uncertain future we face? Are we witnessing a transfiguration so radical that its own definition, in addition to the humanistic horizon, is outdated? How can we envisage the new figures of the human in the future? With its unique mandate, UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector provides an ideal forum for interrogating these ethical and epistemological dilemmas, and offers a multidisciplinary and multicultural perspective, bringing together various fields of knowledge. In collaboration with Le Fresnoy- Studio national des arts contemporains, a post-graduate art and audiovisual research center, a program has been developed around the following themes and disciplinary structuring fields: anthropology, natural sciences (the non-human), post-colonialism, technology issues, gender, waste, fictional inventions, the perspective of long time and the cosmos.

To support the implementation of the OER Recommendation, UNESCO has initiated a series of workshops. Objectives : Raise awareness on the implementation of the OER Recommendation; Provide an overview of the draft Policy Guidelines to support the implementation of the OER Recommendation, with a view to ensuring inputs from National Commissions; Provide an overview of the draft Capacity Building Guidelines to support the implementation of the OER Recommendation, with a view to ensuring inputs from National Commissions; Outline the importance of the role of National Commissions in the implementation of the OER Recommendation and in its monitoring exercise and; Explore approaches on how National Commissions can support the implementation of the Recommendation.