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    page48_V.jpg Goodwill Ambassadors
    Sponsoring masterpieces of the oral and intangible heritage
    The Woodcrafting Knowledge of the Zafimaniry (Madagascar) now has a champion in French astronaut Patrick Baudry, while Malian scientist Cheick Modibo Diarra has chosen to promote the Cultural Space of Sosso- Bala in Nyagassola (Guinea). Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the former President of Iceland will defend the Kihnu Cultural Space (Estonia) and Princess Firyal of Jordan, both the Songs of Sanaa (Yemen) and the Iraqi Maqam music (Iraq)…More

    page49_V.jpg Learning Centres for Peace:
    Young volunteers working for a better world
    In the second half of 2003, 11 young volunteers were selected from over 1,000 applicants to spend three months in a designated youth hostel organizing and providing different activities in the fields of conflict resolution, peace education and environmental protection.More

    page49b_V.jpg Hewlett Packard
    From brain drain to brain gain
    Stemming South East Europe’s “brain-drain” is the aim of a joint UNESCO-Hewlett Packard project which moved into a new phase last February with the delivery of the latest GRID computing equipment to universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro.More

    page50_V.jpg Rozan
    Young Pakistanis questioning patriarchy
    Students reflecting on the social construction of masculine and feminine roles and the way in which men are also victims of stereotypes: such a scene no longer raises eyebrows in many countries, but it represents a revolution in Pakistan, where the pilot phase of a project entitled "Men's Involvement in the Quest for Gender Equality", launched last year by UNESCO's Islamabad Office and the NGO Rozan, has just been completed.More

    page51_V.jpg Mediterranean Chamber of Fine Arts
    Artisans of development
    Hadda Bediaf is not the kind of woman who brags about herself or makes big speeches. And yet this weaver from El Golea (the Algerian Sahara) is a pioneer. Nearly 15 years ago, alone, she started making carpets for sale.More
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