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| Families, | Poverty Eradication
As the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met to discuss the role of partnerships in achieving the Post-2015 development agenda, the focus fell on the recent response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa and the need to work together…
| Families, | Poverty Eradication
As the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) met to discuss the role of partnerships in achieving the Post-2015 development agenda, the focus fell on the recent response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa and the need to work together…
| Disabilities
The World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) process is seeking to find better ways to meet the needs of millions of people affected by conflicts and disasters. In collaboration with Handicap International, and with the support of the International…
| Poverty Eradication
The Addis Ababa Conference which is scheduled for two months from now will focus on the issue of world poverty; the event is held in Ethiopia where world leaders will come to map out a financial plan to work towards the goal of ending extreme…
| Disabilities
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) today opened a state-of-the-art Accessibility Centre at the ESCAP Conference Centre in Bangkok to support the participation of persons with disabilities in United…
| Disabilities, | Youth
Estimates suggest that there are between 180 and 220 million youth with disabilities worldwide and nearly 80% of them live in developing countries.[1]
The unemployment rate of persons with disabilities is over 80% in some countries across…
| Disabilities, | Youth
Estimates suggest that there are between 180 and 220 million youth with disabilities worldwide and nearly 80% of them live in developing countries.[1]
The unemployment rate of persons with disabilities is over 80% in some countries across…
| Youth
When young people have decent jobs, political weight, negotiating muscle and real influence in the world, they will create a better future, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he kicked off a Headquarters event on…
| Poverty Eradication
Because the population in cities is growing rapidly, there is now an increasing amount of people suffering from poverty and undernourishment in urban areas. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Union of…
| Poverty Eradication, | Women
Sudanese stakeholders need to be holding constructive dialogues to tackle the prominent issue of violence against women within the country. These conclusions were drawn from a UN special Rapporteur against violence who brought back reports and…
| Poverty Eradication, | Women
Sudanese stakeholders need to be holding constructive dialogues to tackle the prominent issue of violence against women within the country. These conclusions were drawn from a UN special Rapporteur against violence who brought back reports and…
| Poverty Eradication, | Women
Suicide attacks amongst women and children has dramatically spiked recently in Northeast Nigeria. It was made clear in a press release statement by a UN representative in Nigeria that children are not instigating these attacks, and they are first…