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Ageing, Women, Youth
24 March 2015 | Ageing, Women, Youth
Rural and urban communities in India are being told that violence against women is unacceptable.
Anuradha Kapoor, Director of Swayam, a women's rights organization based in Kolkata says that positive change is underway but that women need to speak…
18 March 2015 | Women, Youth
This issue of UN Youth Flash features the article "Achieving Gender Equality by 2030 Is Possible!" written by Vivian Onano, a youth representative at UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, an External Relations Fellow with African Leadership…
18 March 2015 | Women, Youth
This issue of UN Youth Flash features the article "Achieving Gender Equality by 2030 Is Possible!" written by Vivian Onano, a youth representative at UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, an External Relations Fellow with African Leadership…
03 March 2015 | Disabilities, Youth
Submissions are now open for a global art campaign that aims to raise young people’s awareness of disabilities and inclusion. Led by the United Nations Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), in partnership with the Global Observatory for…
03 March 2015 | Disabilities, Youth
Submissions are now open for a global art campaign that aims to raise young people’s awareness of disabilities and inclusion. Led by the United Nations Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), in partnership with the Global Observatory for…
28 February 2015 | Youth
Each one of these schools is an orchestra, and everyone has an important role to play. If we all play our instruments together and play them well, we can create a beautiful symphony,” says Ecclésiaste Télémaque, Deputy Director of the Haitian…
23 January 2015 | Youth
During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Investment Case for Education and Equity report, calling for more and better investment in education to reach every child.
Education is one of the most wide-reaching and beneficial development…
12 January 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
Unemployment remains a major challenge in Georgia, despite reform efforts and relatively strong economic growth over the past decade. At about 14.6% in 2013, the unemployment rate has dropped slightly in recent years but this has been due mostly to…
12 January 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
Unemployment remains a major challenge in Georgia, despite reform efforts and relatively strong economic growth over the past decade. At about 14.6% in 2013, the unemployment rate has dropped slightly in recent years but this has been due mostly to…
09 January 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
Recent school closures in Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zour governorates and parts of rural Aleppo in Syria have disrupted the education of some 670,000 children of primary and lower-high school age, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today…
09 January 2015 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
Recent school closures in Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zour governorates and parts of rural Aleppo in Syria have disrupted the education of some 670,000 children of primary and lower-high school age, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today…
22 December 2014 | Youth
The Global Forum on Youth Policies was convened, on 28-30 October 2014 in Azerbaijan, by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth together with UNDP, UNESCO, the Council of Europe and the host country.
The objective of the Forum was to…