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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…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Marion Sesay gossiped with her two work colleagues while they waited in the shade of a local money handler for their names to be called.
She and her friends, nurses at a nearby hospital, are entitled to hazard pay, an extra bit of money every two…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
MY World survey participants have voted for six out of 16 issues which are most important to them and their families – from better health care to clean water and sanitation, to freedom from discrimination. Their votes represent the hopes and dreams…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
“Youth employment is a top priority for many countries” said ILO Director-General Guy Ryder during the talkshow organized in the context of the activities of the Asia and Pacific Youth Network of the ILO (APYouthNet). During the discussion, Mr Ryder…
23 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Natural and human-induced hazards strongly affect vulnerable populations, especially the urban poor. These hazards, along with the effects of climate change, are posing unprecedented challenges to cities and human settlements, and they are a…
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…
17 December 2014 | Cooperatives
United Nations Convened Expert Group Meeting and Workshop on Cooperatives
The United Nations Expert Group Meeting (EGM) and Capacity-building Workshop on “The Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development: Contributions, Challenges and Strategies…
16 December 2014 | Poverty Eradication
A prolonged drought is threatening to leave over two million people without enough food in Central America, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The agency says that thousands of cattle have died, and warns…
10 December 2014 | Disabilities
Persons with disabilities are a unique resource of knowledge and experience, which is often overlooked in disaster risk reduction (DRR) efforts. The UN works to ensure the active participation of persons with disabilities in all steps of the DRR…
09 December 2014 | Disabilities
The First UNWTO Conference on Accessible Tourism in Europe addressed how to advance quality, sustainability and competitiveness in accessible tourism with a special focus on cultural heritage and the use of smart technologies. Increased…
09 December 2014 | Families, | Women
A staggering 225 million women in developing countries want to avoid pregnancy but are not using modern contraceptives, and tens of millions of women do not receive the basic pregnancy and delivery care they need. These are the findings of Adding It…