- Guterres calls for action as hate speech spreads across new platforms online
on September 17, 2026 at 12:00 pmThe UN Secretary-General has called for concerted action by governments, technology companies and civil society to stamp out hate speech, emphasizing that “its toxic message is spreading fast and striking deep”.
- Ukraine: Attacks on education threaten an entire generation, UNICEF warns
on September 15, 2026 at 12:00 pmIn an underground classroom in Sumy, Ukraine, children sit quietly at their desks, busy with the day’s lessons. For the moment they are shielded from the horrors of nearly five years of war, but just barely.
- Back to school in Haiti: ‘Madame, can you stop what the gangs are doing to us?’
on September 15, 2026 at 12:00 pmWhen UNICEF’s Representative in Haiti Geetanjali Narayan stepped into a classroom in Port-au-Prince at the start of the new school year, she asked the children a simple question: What did they most need from the UN children’s agency?
- Record number of attacks on education, global fund warns
on September 9, 2026 at 12:00 pmWhile September traditionally marks the start of the school year across the northern hemisphere, a staggering 93 million children are not in class at all amid an unprecedented number of attacks on learning, education experts warned on Wednesday.
- UN tells the world: Stop making Africa look small
on September 4, 2026 at 12:00 pmThe UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to encourage governments, schools and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look far smaller than it really is.
- After Israeli seizure of Kalandia training centre, UNRWA warns of impact on youth
on August 27, 2026 at 12:00 pmThe seizure of a vocational training centre in occupied East Jerusalem has left hundreds of Palestinian young people without access to skills and training that could help shape their futures.
- Sudan war: $22 million education boost to help 200,000 children
on August 24, 2026 at 12:00 pmFor millions of children in Sudan, the classroom remains out of reach as the country’s civil war continues to disrupt their education. To help tackle this huge problem, the UN global education fund on Monday announced a $22 million initiative to help 200,000 youngsters return to learning.
- What’s journalism worth in disasters and emergencies? A lot, says a new UN report
on August 18, 2026 at 12:00 pmA single New York Times article on a disaster generated an additional $500,000 in official aid. That’s just one of the findings on the critical role a free press plays in saving lives, according to a new UN report released on Tuesday.
- World News in Brief: Afghanistan education, Myanmar flooding, Syria recovery, homecare workers in New York
on August 13, 2026 at 12:00 pmFive years since the Taliban seized power in Kabul, life for some Afghans has improved while many others suffer growing hardship.
- Youth advocates gather in New York to launch new AI standards
on August 12, 2026 at 12:00 pmAs artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly transforms everything from how we learn, to the job market, children are adopting the technology more than three times faster than adults – exposing them to unique opportunities and risks.
- UN calls for urgent action to protect children from online information risks
on August 10, 2026 at 12:00 pmMore than eight in 10 young people aged 15 to 24 worldwide are now online, and in low-income countries they outpace the rest of the population nearly two to one.
- Sudan: ‘It made me dream again’: The students refusing to let war stop their education
on August 9, 2026 at 12:00 pmSarah Tekhlu was ready to give up on university. An Eritrean refugee, she had already been displaced once from Khartoum to Madani, then again to Port Sudan, as war tore through the country around her. Higher education, she had decided, was a luxury she could no longer afford to want.
- For Brazil’s Indigenous youth, visibility is resistance
on August 8, 2026 at 12:00 pmAs climate change reshapes Indigenous territories across Brazil, a new generation is turning to culture and digital platforms to defend their lands and their future.
- ‘Sudan is losing another generation’ to war, Mohammed warns
on August 7, 2026 at 12:00 pmMore than 1,000 days of war in Sudan have left millions of children out of school, displaced or exposed to grave violations, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said on Friday, calling for renewed action to end the conflict.
- Mount Olympus and D-Day beaches among new World Heritage Sites
on July 28, 2026 at 12:00 pmFrom the peaks of Mount Olympus in Greece to the shores of the “D-Day” beaches in France, 25 cultural or natural landmarks from across the globe have been newly inscribed on the World Heritage List, updated annually by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- Conflict and crisis put six World Heritage sites at risk
on July 27, 2026 at 12:00 pmArmed conflict, insecurity and environmental pressures are threatening ancient cities, historic castles and one of the world's greatest wildlife migrations.
- ‘I am somebody’: Street-smart youth take their declaration to the UN
on July 25, 2026 at 12:00 pmWhen Samantha Richards and Angela Hifume walked into the Hall of Flags at United Nations Headquarters last week, they carried more than a folder of paper. They carried the voices of hundreds of street-connected children who had never expected anyone to listen.
- Skills for an uncertain future: How youth can navigate a changing job market
on July 14, 2026 at 12:00 pmChoosing a path for the future has never been easy, but for young people today, such rapid technological change as artificial intelligence (AI) is making it increasingly difficult to predict which skills will remain relevant in the years ahead.
- From NASA to the classroom: The engineer bringing AI to those left behind
on July 12, 2026 at 12:00 pmNia Jetter spent two decades building spacecraft and robots. Now she is trying to make sure the artificial intelligence revolution doesn't leave anyone behind.
- World News in Brief: UN spotlights education aid solution, Sri Lanka prison violence, humanitarian aid to Venezuela
on July 10, 2026 at 12:00 pmThe UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urged international lenders to expand debt-for-education swaps, warning in a Friday report that many developing countries are spending more on debt servicing than on schooling their children.
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