2011 in Social and Human Sciences

Over the past year UNESCO’s Social and Human Sciences Programme has been active in many areas ranging from support for philosophical dialogue between Africa and The Americas, climate change and migration, democracy in the Arab World to how youth drive change worldwide.

Below, you will find an overview of the main events that marked the past year.

9 December, UNESCO Headquarters

• Anarkali Honaryar (Afghanistan) and Khaled Abu Awwad (Palestine) win the 2011 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence

24-26 November, Busan, Republic of Korea

• World Humanities Forum promotes universal human values in the age of globalization

21-22 November, Kazan, Russian Federation

• Gender Perspective of Bioethics debated in Russian Federation

15 November, UNESCO Headquarters

• Migration and climate change: the Global Migration Group (GMG) meets at UNESCO

17 November, UNESCO Headquarters – World Philosophy Day

• Squaring the circle – Launch of Women Philosophers’ Journal

17 November, UNESCO Headquarters – World Philosophy Day

• International Panel on “Philosophy and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits of Science”

14-16 November, UNESCO Headquarters

• 3rd Session of the Conference of Parties to the International Convention against Doping in Sport

17-20 October, UNESCO Headquarters

• How youth drive change – 7th UNESCO Youth Forum
  Today’s youth are raising their voices to shape the present and futures of their countries. They want to be heard, to be included in decision-making debates and to make change.
  This year, the Forum was also marked by the active participation of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation and Academy Award winner, Forest Whitaker, and United Nations Youth Champion and star of High School Musical, Monique Coleman.

9-12 October, Doha, Qatar

• 7th Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST)

17-18 August, Mexico City, Mexico

• UNESCO unites experts to rethink development

11-12 July, San Salvador, El Salvador

• Social exclusion and youth debated at ministerial forum in Latin America

21 June, UNESCO Headquarters

• A roadmap for democracy and renewal in the Arab world – Roundtable at UNESCO in support of transition to democracy

7-8 June, UNESCO Headquarters

• Plenary Session of the Intergovernmental Committee for Physical Education and Sport (CIGEPS)

31 May – 2 June, Baku, Azerbaijan

• Report on human vulnerability finalized at 18th session of the International Bioethics Committee

18-20 April, West Lafayette, United States of America

• Leading philosophers from Africa and the African Diasporas in The Americas address common challenges

14-16 March, UNESCO Headquarters

• 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Council (IGC) of the Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme

8-9 March, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis

• UNESCO addresses climate change adaptation in the Caribbean

20-22 February, Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Sri Lanka hosts UNESCO Forum of Ministers on Social Protection Policies in South Asia