Public-Talk #21. SDG 4: ELIMINATION OF ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION IN EDUCATION – BY MS. GULNOZ MAMARASULOVA, 15 MAY, 2023

Area: Quality Education, United Nations, Equality in Education, Discrimination in Education, Education Systems, the UNESCO Convention, Statistics Report on Literacy 
Speaker: Ms. Gulnoz Mamarasulova, the Director of the Representative Office of Association Central Asia in Uzbekistan – a network for democracy and human rights which aim is to promote the implementation of democratic reforms and the formation of civil society and to promote the observance of human rights in Uzbekistan without deviating from the law.
Source: Release and Post Release

OVERVIEW
Guest lecture on elimination of all forms of discrimination in education was held and the participants have been given a copy of the ratified UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education to familiarize themselves with their fundamental rights and state’s obligations to ensure free and compulsory education, and ban any kind of discrimination promoting equality of educational opportunity. As such, the Convention represents a powerful tool to advance the 4th Sustainable Development Goal ‘to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’.