UNESCO MGIEP's Annual Report 2020
2020 was indeed a very tough year for all of us. People across the globe were forced into the new normal: lockdowns, shutdowns, and travel bans. Families were separated. Millions fell sick and so many lives were lost. More than 1 billion children were affected by school closures. At UNESCO MGIEP, we analysed the impact of COVID-19 on our programs and pivoted our strategy to ensure that we continued to engage with educators, policymakers and the youth through various online initiatives to build a better, sustainable world for times to come.
2020 was indeed a very tough year for all of us. People across the globe were forced into the new normal: lockdowns, shutdowns, and travel bans. Families were separated. Millions fell sick and so many lives were lost. More than 1 billion children were affected by school closures. At UNESCO MGIEP, we analysed the impact of COVID-19 on our programs and pivoted our strategy to ensure that we continued to engage with educators, policymakers and the youth through various online initiatives to build a better, sustainable world for times to come.
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<strong>UNESCO</strong> MGIEP <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> | <strong>2020</strong><br />
World Youth Conference on<br />
Kindness<br />
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the United<br />
Nations (UN) and to highlight the central role<br />
of youth in policy-development and decisionmaking,<br />
<strong>UNESCO</strong> MGIEP organised the second<br />
World Youth Conference on Kindness on the<br />
theme ‘Kindness for Peaceful and Sustainable<br />
Co-existence’. The Conference was held virtually<br />
and saw over 70,000 views on Facebook and<br />
registrations from over 150 countries. The<br />
Conference saw debates on critical issues involving<br />
the youth such as UN Multilateralism and Kindness<br />
for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A<br />
key outcome of the Conference was the adoption<br />
of a declaration led by the youth – calling upon<br />
governments to declare the International Day of<br />
Kindness for Humanity.<br />
The event was addressed by youth leaders such<br />
as Ms. Maria Toorpakai Wazir, peace, education<br />
and gender rights activist and world ranked<br />
Squash player from Pakistan, Ms. Natasha Wang<br />
Mwansa, journalist, a powerful and influential<br />
18-year old Zambian girl who is the youngest<br />
recipient of the Global Health Leaders Award,<br />
as well as senior policymakers such as Ms. Leslee<br />
Udwin, Human Rights Advocate and Activist, Ms.<br />
Stefania Giannini, <strong>UNESCO</strong> Assistant Director-<br />
General for Education, Ms. Renata Lok-Dessallien,<br />
UN Resident Co-ordinator India, H.E. Mr. Vishal<br />
Sharma, Ambassador of India to <strong>UNESCO</strong>,<br />
amongst many others.<br />
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