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"Persons with disabilities, including those with Down syndrome, are more than persons in need of assistance; they are agents of change who can drive progress across society – and their voices must be heard as we strive to reach the Sustainable…
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Promoting accessible tourism for all can be a useful strategy for building inclusive and sustainable societies. This was the main message coming out of yesterday’s conference on Accessible Tourism for All in Saint Julian's in Malta.
Organized…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
The UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) has launched its new and improved website at: http://social.un.org or http://undesadspd.org
The new website promotes three core issues of DSPD: poverty eradication,…
| Disabilities
There was now a common understanding that social policies inclusive of persons with disabilities were a “sound” investment in society and that their exclusion from decisions came with economic costs that countries could no longer ignore, the Special…
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The first-ever United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) gathering of scientists to discuss disaster risk management kicked off today in Geneva, Switzerland, seeking to map out a scientific and technological approach to the issue…
| Ageing, Cooperatives, Disabilities, Families, Indigenous Peoples, Poverty Eradication, Social Inclusion, Youth
“Development must be built on inclusive policy aligned with people's needs, aspirations – There is one word above all that must guide us on this roadmap to ending poverty, transforming lives and protecting the planet,” Ban told the 2015 United…