Winners of the 2018 UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize to A Canadian filmmaker & the Kenyan NGO

News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris - 7th July 2016

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended conference on "Migration for Sustainable Develop.."

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation attended "Migration for Sustainable Development: Social Transformations, Media Narratives and Education"...

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France - 7th July 2016

Meeting of the Jury, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence held at UNESCO Headquarters

News UNESCO headquarters, Paris - 8th June 2016

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the World Ocean Day at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris

World Oceans Day (WOD), held every June 8th, is the United Nations-recognized day of ocean celebration and action. People all over the world organize celebrations to support action to protect the ocean.....

News SAF-India Office, Delhi, India - 19th April 2016

UNESCO SWAN Women in Media initiative are being held at SAF-India from 3-5 May 2016

SWAN (South Asia Women’s Network) brings together women leaders from nine South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. SWAN .....

News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France - 12th March 2016

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the Mobile Learning Week (MLV)

Mobile Learning Week is UNESCO’s flagship ICT in education conference. The 2016 event will shed light on the ways technology can be leveraged — in different contexts and for different groups — to improve the quality of education now and in the future. The theme of Mobile Learning Week 2016 is “Innovating for quality”.....

News UNESCO Headquarters - 22nd February 2016

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the Celebration of the Mother Language Day 2016

The theme for 2016 is, Quality Education, Language of instruction and learning outcomes. On the occasion of the Day, UNESCO reiterates the importance of using appropriate languages of instruction, usually mother tongues, in early years of schooling

News UNESCO Headquaters, Paris, France - 19th November 2015

Mme France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the 38th General Conference

UNESCO 38th UNESCO General Conference, Tuesday, 3 November 2015 - 10:00am to Wednesday, 18 November 2015

News UNESCO, Paris France - 28th October 2015

Mme France Marquet, representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended 9th UNESCO Youth Forum

The 9th UNESCO Youth Forum – Young Global Citizens for a Sustainable Planet – took place in Paris, France on the 26th to the 28th October 2015. The forum brought together over 500 young women and men from all over the world to focus on issues related to Climate Change and the post-2015 Sustainable Development agenda to ensure that the voices of future generations remain front and centre of the new development agenda.

News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris - 26th October 2015

Mme France Marquet representative of SAF to UNESCO attended the Ceremony of the UNESCO Juan Bosch Prize

Ms France Marquet representative of South Asia Foundation to UNESCO attended the Ceremony of the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the promotion of Social Sciences research in Latin America and the Caribbean, presented by Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO in the presence of Rafael Albuquerque ......

Conference Quai d’Orsay, Paris, France - 16th October 2015

Mme France Marquet Trustee SAF and MSF attended conference on 'Women committed' for COP 21

During this conference Ms Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, signed the petition and handed over to the President of COP21 for the integration of Human Rights and Gender Parity in the Paris Agreement....