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Poverty and Human Rights: UNESCO's Anti-Poverty Projects



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A Right to:


Food, Housing and Clothing Safe Environment Health and Social Services Education and Training Decent Work Benefits of Science and Technology Cultural Identity Peace and Security Non-Discrimination Access to Justice Freedom of Expression and Participation

Benefits of Science and Technology

"Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit." (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris 1948, art. 26)

Field Projects on Benefits of Science and Technology

Regional Implementation
This right is addressed by our projects in the following regions:

Africa - 2 projects
Arab States - 2 projects
Asia and the Pacific - 6 projects
Latin America and the Caribbean - 5 projects
Europe and North America - 2 projects

Field Projects

Breaking the poverty cycle of women: empowering adolescent girls to become agents of social transformation in South Asia
Empowering marginalized adolescent girls in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan to become agents of social transformation

Enhancing the socio-economic skills of deprived youth in the Arab States
A comprehensive skill training and capacity building program to improve the socio-economic opportunities for marginalized youth in four Arab countries

Forging innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to the Aral Sea Basin
Contributing to poverty eradication through innovative approaches in an ecological disaster area

Handicraft as a socio-economic and cultural development factor
Fighting poverty by developping handicraft in Africa, the Arab States, Asia and Latin America

Indigenous building technologies in Central Asia and Afghanistan
Developing and promoting indigenous building technologies to promote poverty eradication in Central Asia and Afghanistan

Integrating science and technology into micro-finance schemes: from subsistence living to small-scale enterprises
From subsistence living to small-scale enterprises to eradicate poverty in Eastern and Southern Africa

Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in a global society - LINKS -
Combatting poverty and promoting sustainable environments by enhancing local and indigenous knowledge in a global society

Small-scale mining and sustainable development in Latin America
Economic and social development to improving the lives of artisan and small-scale mining communities in the fragile ecosystems of Latin America

Technology and Poverty Eradication - TAPE -
Employing technology to address basic needs, access resources and to promote sustainable livelihoods globally

Technology-related vocational training for marginalized girls : schools and learning centres as community catalysts for poverty reduction
Integrated approaches using formal and non-formal education as catalysts for poverty reduction among young girls in Cambodia, Indonesia and Nepal

Youth development and poverty reduction through sustainable community tourism in the Caribbean - YouthPATH -
Involving youth in community tourism, cultural and natural heritage preservation for poverty eradication in the Carribean (YouthPATH)

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