UNESCO Courier articles from July 1997

UNESCO Courier archives from July 1997

Breaking the stereotype. (women in Japanese children's literature)(A True Likeness? Portraits of Women in Young People's Literature)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1997... Japanese children's literature came into being in the second decade of this century. The first literary review to be entirely devoted to it, Akai tori ("The Bluebird"), appeared in 1918. The country was then enjoying a period of prosperity, and...

Silent partners. (women in African literature)(A True Likeness? Portraits of Women in Young People' Literature)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1997... For centuries, children in East African countries gathered around the fire, usually after their evening meal, to listen to stories told by their grandparents. Boys learned about the exploits of brave men and legendary hunters, while girls learned...

From ideology to love. (women in Russian children's literature)(A True Likeness? Portraits of Women in Young People's Literature)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1997... The picture of women in Russian children's literature before the October Revolution of 1917 is similar to that found in Western Europe. At the same time it has its roots in Russian history, culture and Orthodox Christianity. After the...

Mothers and daughters. (women in North American children's literature)(A True Likeness? Portraits of Women in Young People's Literature)(Cover Story)
July 1, 1997... There is no such thing as the archetypal North American woman. She is as many-sided as the continent itself, a vast fusion of races and religions. All the same, books for children and adolescents provide an interesting overview of the...

The human right to peace. (declaration by Federico Mayor)
July 1, 1997... "The purpose of the Organization is to contribute to peace and security by promoting collaboration among the nations through education, science and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, for the rule of law and for the human...

Sarajevo's battered soul.
July 1, 1997... "The day the Sarajevo Library burned down, in 1992, and the ashes rained gently down over the city," says Maja Barlich, a staff member of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Institute for the Protection of the Heritage, with sadness in her voice, "everyone...

Albania's threatened heritage. (interview with Albanian Ministry of Culture's Foreign Affairs Dept Chief Ylljet Alicka)(Interview)
July 1, 1997... Albania's cultural heritage has been hard hit by recent events in that country. Here Ylljet Alicka, Chief of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Albanian Ministry of Culture, Youth and Women's Affairs, talks to Jasmina Sopova. * The...

Forests: a breathing space for the planet.
July 1, 1997... Forests are the earth's most complex and elaborate natural ecosystems. They cover about 10 per cent of the planet's surface and 26 per cent of the continental surface area (excluding Greenland and Antarctica). The globe's biggest producers of...

The divine faces of Teotihuacan. (Teotihuacan, Mexico)
July 1, 1997... After a century of archaeological investigation, the remains of the city-state of Teotihuacan (Mexico) still guard many of their secrets. This pre-hispanic site, the Largest in Mesoamerica, was included on UNESCO'S World Heritage List in 1987....

Adult education for tomorrow: UNESCO in action. (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization)
July 1, 1997... Samia Wadie Hannah began her working life at the age of five helping her father collect garbage in the streets of Cairo. She never went to school and remained unable to read until she enrolled in an adult literacy class run by the priest of her...

Letters from Asia.
July 1, 1997... Diplomats and merchants used the written word to overcome the language barrier in central Asia long ago To communicate by means of the written word, two conditions have to be fulfilled: the sender and the recipient of the communication must be...

The magnificent beauty of music! (interview with Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich)
July 1, 1997... * Are your exuberance, your enthusiasm and your generosity innate or have you developed them over the years? Mstislav Rostropovich: Innate. I was born happy! * How did your love for the cello originate? M. R.: Little by little. At the...