Delivering for people in crisis
UNESCO plays a vital role in safeguarding the social and cultural foundations that underpin stability, dignity, and recovery for communities affected by crises. By protecting these pillars, we help ensure that societies can rebuild not only infrastructure, but also trust, identity, and the collective capacity to move forward.
African women driving innovation: From barriers to breakthroughs
Across Africa, women are reshaping the future of technology, not only by building businesses, but by designing solutions to some of the continent’s most pressing challenges. As International Women’s Day highlights the importance of rights, justice and action, stories like these remind us that equality in innovation must be sustained year-round.
Prepare the world for AI,
Prepare AI for the world
Since its founding at the dawn of the atomic age, UNESCO has helped societies navigate and manage the transformative power of technology – to the benefit of all.
Today, in an era shaped by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related breakthrough innovations, UNESCO continues the critical work of ensuring these emerging technologies are developed and deployed in service of equity, opportunity, and inclusivity, for the people.
Our impact in communities
UNESCO in brief
UNESCO is the United Nations organization that promotes cooperation in education, science, culture and communication to foster peace worldwide.
The Organization provides key services for its Member States, setting global norms and standards, developing tools for international cooperation, producing knowledge for public policies and building global networks of sites and institutions inscribed on its lists.
UNESCO lists and designations
Magazine: The UNESCO Courier
How Indigenous knowledge drives scientific discovery
Long overlooked or even dismissed by science, Indigenous knowledge is now attracting renewed interest. In the face of climate disruption and environmental and health crises, these systems of knowledge—rooted in close observation of ecosystems—are emerging as valuable resources for rethinking our relationship with the world and imagining a sustainable future.
