UNESCO - Communication, Information and Informatics Sector

16.04.2003 Pampay Usman from the Mindanao province of the Philippines started her education at the ripe old age of 60. Though she ran a small shop and gave goods on credit to people, she never wrote down their names. She would recount what she had credited to whom by memory. Read how learning has made a big difference to her life.

15.04.2003 A group of women filmmakers has created a documentary film on ordinary Afghan women, shooting in the streets of Kabul and other Afghan towns with their TV cameras and professional equipment. This is the first documentary film ever on Afghan women done by Afghan women themselves.

14.04.2003 Education and culture can play a key role in consolidating the peace process and restoring national unity in Iraq. UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuurahe said in meeting convened on Hertiage in Iraq.

10.04.2003 Iraq had one of the best education systems before sanctions were imposed on the country. It had a 100 per cent enrolment rate at the primary level, high levels of literacy for adults and its higher education was of international standards. Here is an overview of the Iraqi education system.

10.04.2003 A project for community access to ICTs in Nigeria aims to provide FM broadcasting equipment for radio programmes aimed at raising awareness of information and communication technologies.