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⚽ Female player: €642,386 ⚽ Male player: €200,000,000. This stark contrast highlights the magnitude of the gender gap in sports. On #InternationalWomensDay, join us to level the playing field and ensure every athlete, regardless of gender, has an equal shot at success. https://lnkd.in/e-zgrNmS #IWD2024 #Fit4Life

🟠 The 46th session of the #WorldHeritage Committee, which ended on Wednesday in New Delhi, India 🇮🇳, inscribed: ➡️ 26 new cultural and natural properties ➡️ including making 2 major extensions to properties which are considered as new inscriptions And great news: the session concluded with Nauru ratifying the World Heritage Convention and becoming its 196th State Party. Read more about it here: https://unes.co/0437wm #46WHC

Standing tall, iconic, and always ready to steal the scene? It's the Tour Eiffel! As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are underway , listen to the President of the SETE - Société d'Exploitation de la tour Eiffel, Jean-François Martins, speaking about the special character of the tower, within the UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site “Paris, Banks of the Seine”. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dQhScTjU Ville de Paris Paris 2024 - Comité d'organisation des Jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 2024

85% of girls are insufficiently active, according to World Health Organization (WHO) data. There is a critical need for safer and more supportive environments for women and girls engaged in sports. Let’s work together to create spaces where everyone can thrive and be active. It’s time to #ChangeTheGame 💪 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eUZhwk4n

As the curtain falls on the 46th session of the #WorldHeritage Committee in New Delhi, India we celebrate the collaborative efforts to preserve our shared cultural and natural heritage. This gathering has once again demonstrated the power of unity in preserving our planet's most diverse and precious cultural and natural treasures. https://t.co/F9zFIxOOWT #Culture #46WHC

SEVENTEEN's historic appointment as UNESCO's first-ever Goodwill Ambassador for Youth highlights the power of music and storytelling in connecting youth worldwide. Through authentic dialogues and collaborative initiatives, #SEVENTEEN is dedicated to amplifying the voice of youth, empowering the next generation to tackle the pressing challenges of our time. By speaking up together and listening to each other, the collective voice of youth can drive meaningful change and shape a brighter future: https://t.co/buyCy8RGhH #GoingTogether #TeamSVT #세븐틴

Now more than ever before we are making strides in closing the gender gap, but sports news coverage still has a long way to go. At the current rate of change, gender balance in sports news coverage won’t be seen until 2048. Let’s #ChangeTheGame! Learn how: https://lnkd.in/eUZhwk4n

The Fit for Life initiative aims at creating a framework for change by bringing people together – from the global to the local level – and giving them the tools to drive social transformations. Listen to Nancy McLennan, Programme Specialist and Fit for Life Lead, to discover #Fit4Life’s tools on how to tackle gender inequalities and gender-based violence in and through sports. Learn more about the programme and UNESCO’s sport mandate here: https://lnkd.in/gjx_BprN

Discover the history of the Banks of the Seine! Isabelle Backouche, historian and professor at the EHESS - Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, delves into the Seine's evolving role from the 18th century to the present. Together with the Ville de Paris, we're taking you on a journey to discover what makes this UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite so special! Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dQhScTjU

Chemical pollution may not be as visible as plastic pollution, but it poses a real threat to our ocean and human well-being. Often originating inland, pollutants like wastewater and excess fertilizer reach the ocean via rivers and waterways. It's time to take action before it’s too late. UNESCO's latest State of the Ocean Report provides potential solutions to #SaveOurOcean: https://unes.co/qw1xpq