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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development recognizes the “growing contribution of sport to the realization of development and peace in its promotion of tolerance and respect, and the contributions it makes to the empowerment of women and of young people, individuals and communities, as well as to health, education and social inclusion objectives” (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development A/RES/70/1, paragraph 37). The General Assembly has emphasized the contributions of sport to development and peace in a series of resolutions on sport as an enabler of sustainable development, and through an expanding network of actors and stakeholders supporting the theme.
Given the ever-growing…
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While the world was building back from the COVID-19 pandemic and grappling with ongoing interlinked food, fuel and financing crises, UN DESA’s work in 2022-2023 sought to tackle the multidimensional challenges of poverty and inequality; shaping evidence-based policies to realize the 2030 Agenda’s central promise to “leave no one behind”.
View the full UN DESA Annual Highlights report 2022-2023
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This report aims to assess the extent of progress made in the first phase of implementation of the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing, from 2021 to mid-2023; present contributions to the Decade being made by stakeholder groups, including Member States, UN agencies, civil society, academia, the private sector, community groups and older people themselves; and inspire and motivate stakeholders to collaborate in their continued efforts to implement the Decade at country level and scale up interventions to ensure healthy ageing.
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The World Youth Report: Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda seeks to contribute to the understanding of how youth social entrepreneurship can both support youth development and help accelerate the implementation of the SDGs. To do so, the Report first synthesizes the current discussion on social entrepreneurship and anchors it in the context of the 2030 Agenda. Chapter 2 of the Report then turns toward the situation of youth and examines weather youth social entrepreneurship can offer not only employment opportunities, but also support other elements of youth development such as youth participation. In the third chapter, the Report assesses the potential and the challenges of…
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The World Social Report 2020 examines the impact of four such megatrends on inequality: technological innovation, climate change, urbanization and international migration. Technological change can be an engine of economic growth, offering new possibilities in health care, education, communication and productivity. But it can also exacerbate wage inequality and displace workers. The accelerating winds of climate change are being unleashed around the world, but the poorest countries and groups are suffering most, especially those trying to eke out a living in rural areas.
Urbanization offers unmatched opportunities, yet cities find abject poverty and opulent wealth in close proximity, making…
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Neglect, Abuse and Violence against Older Women
Report on of the current status of the social situation, well-being, participation in development and rights of older persons worldwide.
Click here to download the full publication. World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Ageing World: The 2007 Survey analyses the implications of population ageing for social and economic development around the world, while recognizing that it offers both challenges and opportunities.
Click here to download the full publication. Regional Dimensions of the Ageing Situation: This publication contributes to the series of events, conferences and publications related to the…
Click here to download the full publication. World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Ageing World: The 2007 Survey analyses the implications of population ageing for social and economic development around the world, while recognizing that it offers both challenges and opportunities.
Click here to download the full publication. Regional Dimensions of the Ageing Situation: This publication contributes to the series of events, conferences and publications related to the…
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on "Older Persons in Emergency Crises", 15-17 May 2019, UN Headquarters, New York
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on ‘Global ageing and the data revolution – the way forward in the post-2015 environment’, 7-9 July 2015, UN Headquarters, New York
Report of the Workshop on the Social Integration and the Rights of Older Persons in the Asia-Pacific Region, 30 September – 2 October 2014, Bangkok
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on “Neglect, Abuse and Violence of Older Women”, New York, 5-7 November 2013
Report of the Expert Group Meeting on the Human Rights of Older Persons, UN Headquarters, New York, 29 to 31 May 2012
Report of the Expert Group Meeting…
New report on the status of the rights of older persons
jueves, 15 diciembre 2011
The report focuses on the social and economic wellbeing of older persons and documents the demographics of older age; their economic status and participation in the labour force; the health of older persons; and the societal perceptions and social integration of older persons. On each of these topics, the report attempts to account for the diversity of situations of older persons in society and across the world. It also attempts to capture the changing reality and perceptions of old age as well old persons’ own views.
The report is based on recent research and empirical data from various sources…