Chronique ONU Vol. XLVII No.3 2010 : Qu'est-ce que l’Impact universitaire des Nations Unies?

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Title: Chronique ONU Vol. XLVII No.3 2010 : Qu'est-ce que l’Impact universitaire des Nations Unies?
Description: The edition focuses on the importance of education, especially higher education, in strengthening a culture of intellectual social responsibility, and on how higher education can help in eradicating poverty, empowering girls and women, strengthening democracies and contributing to sustainable development. UNESCO underscores the current unequal access to education for girls, the marginalized and indigenous peoples. It spotlights the challenges in achieving quality education and stresses the imperative role of proper financing in unlocking the crises. The edition also looks at successful non-governmental models that employ will, vision, and technology to find low cost ways of bringing education to marginalized rural communities.
Authors: Department of Public Information
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Education, Rural, University extension
Categories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
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Abstract:The edition focuses on the importance of education, especially higher education, in strengthening a culture of intellectual social responsibility, and on how higher education can help in eradicating poverty, empowering girls and women, strengthening democracies and contributing to sustainable development. UNESCO underscores the current unequal access to education for girls, the marginalized and indigenous peoples. It spotlights the challenges in achieving quality education and stresses the imperative role of proper financing in unlocking the crises. The edition also looks at successful non-governmental models that employ will, vision, and technology to find low cost ways of bringing education to marginalized rural communities.
ISBN:9789212003160
9789210555357