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15 June 2015 | Families, | Social Inclusion, | Youth
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a handbook to to establish guidelines to prevent child labour being used in the world's agricultural communities. One hundred million children around the world are forced into child labour which…
15 June 2015 | Families, | Social Inclusion, | Youth
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a handbook to to establish guidelines to prevent child labour being used in the world's agricultural communities. One hundred million children around the world are forced into child labour which…
12 June 2015 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion
Empowering persons with disabilities and securing their rights will advance society as a whole, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said as he urged strengthening global cooperation and partnership on the matter at the Eighth…
12 June 2015 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion
Empowering persons with disabilities and securing their rights will advance society as a whole, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said as he urged strengthening global cooperation and partnership on the matter at the Eighth…
12 June 2015 | Social Inclusion
The 2015 World of Work Summit on 11 June 2015 was opened with a discussion on climate change and the world of work. This panel discussed how governments, workers, and employers can ensure a transition into sustainable enterprises and productive…
12 June 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
Protracted crises undermine food security and nutrition. Women are more likely than men to be affected, and their access to aid can be undermined by gender-based discrimination.
Yields for women farmers are 20-30 percent lower than for men. This is…
12 June 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
Protracted crises undermine food security and nutrition. Women are more likely than men to be affected, and their access to aid can be undermined by gender-based discrimination.
Yields for women farmers are 20-30 percent lower than for men. This is…
12 June 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
Protracted crises undermine food security and nutrition. Women are more likely than men to be affected, and their access to aid can be undermined by gender-based discrimination.
Yields for women farmers are 20-30 percent lower than for men. This is…
10 June 2015 | Indigenous Peoples
For Nepal’s Chepang people, an indigenous group living in the Himalaya foothills, poverty and marginalization remain a daily reality. Chepang women are further marginalized by low literacy rates, lack of access to health services, and scarce…
09 June 2015 | Ageing, | Social Inclusion
On 27 May, a panel was held at the IFT Summit session called "transport for tourists and travelers- improving the user experience." This panel focused on discussing the development of transport for people with disabilities; transport for…
09 June 2015 | Ageing, | Social Inclusion
On 27 May, a panel was held at the IFT Summit session called "transport for tourists and travelers- improving the user experience." This panel focused on discussing the development of transport for people with disabilities; transport for…
09 June 2015 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “…