In today’s highly competitive sporting environment, athletes and athlete support personnel are under increasing pressure to do whatever it takes to win. As a result, the use of performance enhancing substances and methods in sport is becoming more pervasive. This...
Read MoreThe drive to ensure that youths are engaged in community development comes against a background where research has revealed that the youth in Malawi form 40% of the total population, indicating that Malawi is a youthful nation. It also...
Read MoreAn example of research carried out with support from UNESCO is: Mapping Research and Innovation in Malawi which can be accessed on: unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0022/002288/228807E.pdf..\Science and Technology ST\STUDY ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION IN MALAWI STI.pdf National Science Policy Science, technology and innovation...
Read MoreThe United Nations General Assembly declared 22nd March of each year World Water Day for water onDecember 22,1992.The day was first celebrated in 1993, in conformity with the recommendations of the United Nations conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Agenda 21. During World Water Day...
Read MoreMan and Biosphere (MAB) Reserves of Malawi Lake Chilwa Wetland MAB Reserve Situated in the south of Malawi close to the eastern border with Mozambique, the Lake Chilwa Wetland Biosphere Reserve is home to one of the world’s most...
Read MoreTentative List Before submitting a dossier to nominate a site as world heritage site, states are encouraged to submit their Tentative Lists. A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party considers to be cultural...
Read MoreThe United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) aimed at promoting the country’s economic development through culture and heritage. Through the MOU, UNESCO...
Read MoreTchopa Tchopa, the sacrificial dance of the Lhomwe people was in 2014 inscribed on to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Gule Wamkulu Gule Wamkulu, the Great dance of the Chewa people was in...
Read MoreDocumentation of Folktales Project This project was concerned mainly with collecting folk-tales throughout Malawi for education purposes contributing to the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage of Malawi in the national context of implementing the UNESCO 2003 Convention for...
Read MoreTo celebrate and popularize freedom of the press UNESCO also supports the celebration of World Radio Day which falls on 14 February each year. The 2017 World Radio Day was commemorated underthe theme: Radio is You. Radio continues to...
Read MoreTo celebrate and popularize freedom of the press UNESCO supports the celebration of World Freedom Day which falls on 3 May each year. In 2017 UNESCO contributed financial assistance towards the holding of a panel discussion. The panel discussion...
Read MoreTo contribute to promoting women’s participation in Malawi’s development and promoting women’s issues and development through enhancing professional capacities of women, the Commission supported women journalists to acquire knowledge to engage their communities by sharing information that is cardinal...
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