Eurostat, 08 July 2025, International

Between 2015 and 2024, the EU gender gap in cultural employment dropped from 6.4 percentage points (pp) (53.2% of men vs 46.8% of women) to 0.8 pp in 2024 (50.4% of men vs 49.6% of women). This marks the lowest gender gap in cultural employment in the last decade and since data are available (2011).

UNESCO, 08 July 2025, Mexico

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), working in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mexico office of UNESCO, hosted the “Binational Cooperation Workshop on the Recovery and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage” to establish strategies against illicit trafficking of cultural goods.

UNESCO, 08 July 2025, Namibia

Namibia launched the Kick-Off Workshop for the implementation of the UNESCO Thematic Indicators for Culture in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UNESCO Culture|2030 Indicators) under the leadership of the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts & Culture and the City of Windhoek.

Arab News, 06 July 2025, International

For decades, the Arab world’s economic narrative was dominated by hydrocarbons, with oil and gas shaping everything from cultural vision to foreign relations. More recently, the promise of artificial intelligence and digital transformation has captured the imagination of policymakers. But there is a quieter revolution underway that could prove just as pivotal for the region’s future: the rise of …

Syrian Arab News Agency, 06 July 2025, Syria

Minister of Culture, Mohammad Yassin Saleh, discussed Sunday with Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Abdul Salam Heikal, Mechanisms for effectively using digital transformation in the Syrian cultural sector.

ANTARA News, 05 July 2025, Indonesia

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs has announced that the National Action Plan for Cultural Advancement (RAN-PK) will serve as a key reference for Indonesia’s development strategy.