Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura

Linking Gender and Sustainable Development

For UNESCO, mainstreaming gender in sustainable development means committing to human security - a concept that encompasses ecological, economic, social, cultural and personal security for women and men alike.


In particular:

  • Promoting Education for All, notably girls, young and adult women's education as a fundamental human right; working for gender equality in education at all levels, in all its forms and in all fields, throughout life.

  • Women and men having equal access to science and technology.

  • Upholding cultural diversity and pluralism with emphasis on women's human rights.

  • Equal access to and representation in the media and information and communication technologies.

  • Engendering participatory democracies by providing for real equality between women and men.


    • ProyectosAsia Pacific Gender Equity in Science and Technology (APGEST)
    Linking modern and indigenous knowledge, UNESCO supports specific technologies and local practices that empower women to combat poverty.
     ProyectosCities, the Environment and Gender Relations
    UNESCO supports action-research projects that are accompanying local initiatives.
     ProyectosCurriculum theme: women and sustainable development
    UNESCO has developed an online teacher education programme to explore ways in which women are working to promote sustainable development in their communities and how these ideas can be integrated into a teaching programme.
     ProyectosForum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
    In collaboration with the "Forum for African Women Educationalists" (FAWE), ESD conducted a study on economic activities and technology needs of women farmers and producers in Machakos, Kenya.
     ProyectosSpecial Project on Scientific, Technical and Vocational Education of Girls in Africa
    UNESCO is developing gender-sensitive teaching material to overcome the barriers to girls' access to and successful completion of scientific, technical and vocational education.
     ProyectosUnited Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI)
    UNESCO provides strategic guidelines for Member States on how to strengthen national policies and programmes to ensure women's and girls' right to education.
     ProyectosWomen and Gender in Science
    UNESCO seeks to create an enabling policy environment for gender equity in science and technology.
     ProyectosWomen in the Media
    UNESCO provides training and technical support for radio programme production to women running community radio stations; radio being a powerful tool for giving voice to women in developing countries and fostering participatory democracies.
     ArtículosWhy link Gender And Sustainable Development ?
    Sustainable development must be for all, men and women alike.
    DocumentosThe Challenge of Achieving Gender Parity in Basic Education. A Statistical Review, 1990-1998. UNESCO
    This Report attempts to produce a global picture of the present situation, provide an anlysis of the disparities which exist in primary and secondary education, and identify present trends in particular regionas and societieis.  
    DocumentosGender and Post-literacy: A Non-formal Education Approach to HIV/AIDS Prevention Namtip Aksornkool - UNESCO
    Results of an awareness-raising workshop in Mbabane, Swaziland for education, health care and communication professionals from Malawi, Swaziland and Zimbabwe to assist in preparing post-literacy materials to teach safe sex.  
    DocumentosGender Equality and Equity UNESCO
    A summary review of UNESCO's accomplishments since the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995).  
    DocumentosAfrican Stories UNESCO
    Results of the UNESCO-DANIDA workshops for the preparation of post-literacy reading materials and radio programmes for girls and women in Africa.  
    DocumentosGuidelines on Gender-Neutral Language Annie Desprez-Bouanchaud, Janet Doolaege, Lydia Ruprecht and Breda Pavlic - UNESCO
    Third edition of a booklet first published by UNESCO in 1987.  
    DocumentosWomen, Science and Technology: Towards a New Development? UNESCO
    Highlights from the debate on gender issues at the World Conference on Science for the Twenty-first Century, Budapest, 1999,  
    DocumentosToolkit on Gender Indicators in Engineering, Science and Technology Sophia Huyer and Gunnar Westholm - UNESCO
    Produced within UNESCO’s University–Industry-Science Partnership (UNISPAR) programme in UNESCO’s Science Sector, with a view to promoting gender-disaggregated data in S&T activities.  
    DocumentosUNESCO - Mainstreaming the Needs of Women UNESCO
    Booklet on the challenge of gender equality and equity, and work thereon in UNESCO’s various programme sectors.  
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