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Poverty Eradication
06 March 2018 | Poverty Eradication
Statistics, numbers, figures – they tell the story of our lives. How well we live, and how well we take care of ourselves, each other and the environment. Through data, for example, we know how healthy people are, how many people live in poverty…
06 March 2018 | Poverty Eradication, Women
The Good Shepherd International Foundation (GSSI Foundation) is releasing their newest documentary, "Mahila: a Women's Movement Rising," on March 8th International Women's Day, to celebrate the power of women helping each other and to support a…
06 March 2018 | Poverty Eradication, Women
The Good Shepherd International Foundation (GSSI Foundation) is releasing their newest documentary, "Mahila: a Women's Movement Rising," on March 8th International Women's Day, to celebrate the power of women helping each other and to support a…
08 February 2018 | Poverty Eradication
This year’s UN Commission on Social Development (CSocD56) took place from 29th January to 7th February, and was concluded on the last day with the adoption of policies — including the establishment of nationally appropriate social protection systems…
15 January 2018 | Poverty Eradication
The first International Forum on Migration Statistics will be kicked off in Paris, France from 15 to 16 January. Organized by UN Department of Economic and Social Affair (UN DESA), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),…
19 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a renewed global commitment to not only end poverty and hunger but also achieve social inclusion, universal social protection, reduction of…
13 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
“Those who fail to bet on a green economy will be living in a grey future”, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned during the One Planet Summit, calling for greater ambition by governments, civil society, the private sector and…
12 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
The Second UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Tourism and Culture was held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, 11th – 12th December 2017. The first Tourism and Culture Conference was held in Cambodia in 2015, and part of the official events of the 2017…
30 November 2017 | Poverty Eradication
On 30th November 2017, the Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD EXPO) 2017 wrapped up in Antalya, Turkey, with delegates from dozens of countries, key international organizations, and United Nations agencies reaffirming their commitment to…
19 November 2017 | Poverty Eradication
By 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to reach everyone with adequate and equitable sanitation, as well as halve the proportion of untreated wastewater and increase recycling and safe reuse. For that to be achieved, everyone’s poo…
10 November 2017 | Poverty Eradication
A United Nations forum on sustainable development concluded on 2 November in Bahrain with a strong call for the integration of entrepreneurship and innovation in all economic and social dimensions as key strategies to implement the Sustainable…
02 November 2017 | Poverty Eradication
What does it mean to live in poverty? This question has often been answered by lack of income, but the traditional narrow focus on income as the only measure of a person’s wellbeing, or lack of it, is being increasingly challenged. Recent high-…