Inclusion and Eco-Social Justice

Nominations for the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence 2024
Science

UNESCO and the Transformative Potential of Science Diplomacy for Building Peaceful Contexts, March 2025

On 25–26 March 2025, UNESCO hosted a major event featuring the Global Ministerial Dialogue on the transformative potential of science diplomacy to foster peaceful societies. This Dialogue marked the launch...
Unesco, Languages matter Global guidance on multilingual education, 2025
education

UNESCO 2025: Guidelines on Multilingual Education

In 2025, UNESCO’s Guidelines on Multilingual Education reported that more than 250 million children and young people worldwide were not yet in school. This information was shared in 2024 during...
Karen Davila, an award-winning broadcast journalist, television news anchor, radio presenter, and UN Women National Goodwill Ambassador for the Philippines, moderates the event, “Beijing+30: Achieving Gender Equality, Rights and Empowerment for All Women and Girls” at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on the sidelines of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.
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people with disability

Thirty Years of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: Current Status of Gender Equality and Proposals for the Future on the Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities

On 31 January 2025, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Heba Hagrass, submits the report titled "Thirty years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform...
Anna Piratti, Primavera Italiana, painting acrylic on canvas, cm 170x150, 2017, https://www.annapiratti.com
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university

The 'Inclusion and Eco-Social Justice' Project

This February 2025 marks the launch of the Column by the University Centre for Human Rights Antonio Papisca and the UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Democracy and Peace at the...
A blind person using a braille terminal
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accessibility

Is a truly accessible web possible? The challenge of teaching accessibility

Recent analyses show that, despite clear regulations, the state of accessibility both in Italy and abroad remains discouraging. According to an international report, The WebAim Million (WebAim, 2025), an analysis...
A Palestinian searches through rubble of his destroyed home hit by Israeli strikes in Towers Al-andaa - the northern Gaza Strip.
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human security

The Eclipse of Compassion

Wars, brutality, and atrocities of every kind. They bring back a word that embodies the darkest side of our history: the dehumanization of the enemy - of the "other." But...
EQui-T European Quality Development System for Inclusive Education and Teacher Training, logo
education

The European EQui-T Project: Enhancing Inclusive Education and Teacher Training for a Fairer and More Accessible School System

The three-year "EQui-T" project (European Quality Development System for Inclusive Education and Teacher Training) was launched on 15 June 2023 and will conclude on 14 June 2026. It is funded...
Al di là della clinica: Per un approccio ecologico, ambientale e contestuale alla salute mentale
health

Beyond the Clinic: Towards an Ecological, Environmental, and Contextual Approach to Mental Health - Part Two

Changes in Mental Health DemandThe progressive sensitisation of scientific and legal disciplines to the social and cultural determinants that influence psychological well-being corresponds to the equally gradual change in the...
Person reading a book in nature
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health

Beyond the Clinic: Towards an Ecological, Environmental, and Contextual Approach to Mental Health - Part One

Mental Health at the Beginning of the 20th Century: An Individual NeedFrom a historical perspective, the development of psychological disciplines aimed at exploring individual distress is inseparable from the birth...
International Women's Day, 2025
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women

March 8th and the Protection of Women's Rights

International Women's Rights Day is an opportunity to reflect on the persistent gender inequalities and the challenges that still remain in 2025. Economic, political, and social dynamics continue to reveal...