The Slave Trade

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The Slave Trade While the notion of a “duty to remember” was in large part developed in the aftermath of the Second World War, the tragedy of the slave trade and slavery has only recently entered the debate, raising specific ethical and socio-political issues in the societies concerned. The Slave Route Project endeavours to enhance mutual understanding among peoples by creating a dynamic process to help develop new forms of citizenship, respect for cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and the fight against prejudice and racism. The Slave Route project: Shedding new light on slavery A set of international conventions: Outlawing slavery and human trafficking Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade: United Kingdom commemorates Teaching about the slave trade: A new web resource

The Slave Trade

© Unesco

The Slave Trade While the notion of a “duty to remember” was in large part developed in the aftermath of the Second World War, the tragedy of the slave trade and slavery has only recently entered the debate, raising specific ethical and socio-political issues in the societies concerned. The Slave Route Project endeavours to enhance mutual understanding among peoples by creating a dynamic process to help develop new forms of citizenship, respect for cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and the fight against prejudice and racism. The Slave Route project: Shedding new light on slavery A set of international conventions: Outlawing slavery and human trafficking Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade: United Kingdom commemorates Teaching about the slave trade: A new web resource

9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People

© UNESCO/Ramon Lepage
Warao women, Venezuela

August 9th is a great opportunity to celebrate the more than 370 million indigenous men, women and children worldwide. UNESCO’s Education Sector fights against the plight of indigenous people through the promotion of rights and values in Education and, via a developmental approach to learning needs, within the realm of inclusive Education.

Related links:

• Action in favor of indigenous peoples
• Cultural diversity and indigenous peoples
• The 2007 Indigenous Fellowship Program at UNESCO
• Inclusive Education

9 August International Day of the World's Indigenous People

© UNESCO/Ramon Lepage
Warao women, Venezuela

August 9th is a great opportunity to celebrate the more than 370 million indigenous men, women and children worldwide. UNESCO’s Education Sector fights against the plight of indigenous people through the promotion of rights and values in Education and, via a developmental approach to learning needs, within the realm of inclusive Education.

Related links:

• Action in favor of indigenous peoples
• Cultural diversity and indigenous peoples
• The 2007 Indigenous Fellowship Program at UNESCO
• Inclusive Education

UNESCO calls for international support for literacy

"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) called for international support and made proposals to address the challenges of reducing illiteracy. And China is confident to reduce its illiterate population by half by 2015.

"Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, said on July 31 in Beijing at the UNESCO Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy that 774 million adults around the world cannot read or write, of whom two-thirds are women.

"The latest data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics shows some 72.1 million children are out of school. Fees are the main barrier of the access to primary schools. And in 89 countries fees are still charged to be admitted to primary schools......

"Dr. Qian Tang, UNESCO Deputy Assistant Director-General for Education, highlighted at the press conference on August 1 proposals as results of the literacy conference, including government’s leading role, planning and implementation of measures in the context of the specific groups, partnership with local institutions, the application of new technologies and the establishment of benchmarks.

"Dr. Tang said UNESCO appreciated greatly China’s contribution in the forms of both experience sharing and financial aid. UNESCO’s literacy initiatives value the South-South cooperation and China has set a "good example" on this regard, Tang commented."

Read the full article from People's Daily Online.

Read more about UNESCO's Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy.

The Conferences build upon the work begun at the White House Conference on Global Literacy and are organized in the framework of the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) and UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE).

UNESCO calls for international support for literacy

"The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) called for international support and made proposals to address the challenges of reducing illiteracy. And China is confident to reduce its illiterate population by half by 2015.

"Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, said on July 31 in Beijing at the UNESCO Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy that 774 million adults around the world cannot read or write, of whom two-thirds are women.

"The latest data from the UNESCO Institute for Statistics shows some 72.1 million children are out of school. Fees are the main barrier of the access to primary schools. And in 89 countries fees are still charged to be admitted to primary schools......

"Dr. Qian Tang, UNESCO Deputy Assistant Director-General for Education, highlighted at the press conference on August 1 proposals as results of the literacy conference, including government’s leading role, planning and implementation of measures in the context of the specific groups, partnership with local institutions, the application of new technologies and the establishment of benchmarks.

"Dr. Tang said UNESCO appreciated greatly China’s contribution in the forms of both experience sharing and financial aid. UNESCO’s literacy initiatives value the South-South cooperation and China has set a "good example" on this regard, Tang commented."

Read the full article from People's Daily Online.

Read more about UNESCO's Regional Conferences in Support of Global Literacy.

The Conferences build upon the work begun at the White House Conference on Global Literacy and are organized in the framework of the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) and UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE).