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03 January 2017 | Youth
Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is estimated to cost $US1.5 trillion more a year than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Given this cost, the private sector and volunteers are essential for achieving the 2030…
19 December 2016 | Youth
“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
Everyone deserves a day off. Not just a day off from work, but from the stresses of everyday life and the worries of tomorrow. On these special occasions, men, women…
05 December 2016 | Youth
Thirty five students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) representing different background and nationalities gathered in the Conference Hall of the United Nations House on Saturday 19 November 2016, and simulated the central decision making…
23 November 2016 | Youth
Since the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, the African Youth Movement has been engaged in an enterprise on practical education to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals.
STRATEGY and GOALS…
14 November 2016 | Youth
The Catholic intellectual Romano Guardini must have had the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in view when he opined that “the only measure for properly evaluating an age is to ask to what extent it fosters the development and attainment of…
07 November 2016 | Youth
The annual United Nations Department of Public Information’s NGO Youth-Led Briefing brought hundreds of youth, from all over the world, to the UN Headquarters in New York to discuss Sustainable Development Goals 1, 4 and 16. A panel of experts…
31 October 2016 | Youth
The Sustainable Development Goals and UN Habitat III herald a new era of global development, with the United Nations commitment to end poverty at their core. However, one significant contributor to poverty often goes unnoticed.
Although road traffic…
25 October 2016 | Youth
Jobs for youth.
The United Nations strategy for policy-makers: tackle poverty by promoting job-creation and entrepreneurship for youth around the world.
This year the number of unemployed youth globally is expected to reach 71 million, with young…
24 October 2016 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
The first MOST Forum of Ministers of Social Development for Central Africa is taking place in Yaoundé, from 24 to 26 October 2016, at the invitation of the Government of Cameroon. Co-organized with the UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations…
24 October 2016 | Poverty Eradication, Youth
The first MOST Forum of Ministers of Social Development for Central Africa is taking place in Yaoundé, from 24 to 26 October 2016, at the invitation of the Government of Cameroon. Co-organized with the UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations…
11 October 2016 | Poverty Eradication, Women, Youth
Introduction
Innovative approaches are necessary to increase the leadership of young women with vulnerable backgrounds, to eradicate poverty and prevent forced trafficking.
Our research revealed that a large number of young women age 17-22 are not…
11 October 2016 | Poverty Eradication, Women, Youth
Introduction
Innovative approaches are necessary to increase the leadership of young women with vulnerable backgrounds, to eradicate poverty and prevent forced trafficking.
Our research revealed that a large number of young women age 17-22 are not…