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20 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Africa’s continued progress on growth and development targets will hinge on concerted efforts – from partnerships inside and outside the continent – to enhance infrastructure, a vital area that will facilitate diversification of African economies…
20 October 2014 | Youth
UNESCO has entered into its first-ever partnership with a private company based in sub-Saharan Africa. The Funds-In-Trust agreement between Airtel Gabon and UNESCO will support Train My Generation: Gabon 5000, a three-year project to provide…
20 October 2014 | Disabilities
The 1st ever World Summit Destinations for All will take place in Montreal from 19 to 22 October 2014. The issue of accessible tourism has never been more relevant: 15% of the world’s population live with a disability, and with a greater aging…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking access to healthy, nutritious food, family farmers must play an increasingly vital role in the global war on hunger, United Nations officials affirmed today, adding that the strong participation…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
With over 800 million people worldwide still lacking access to healthy, nutritious food, family farmers must play an increasingly vital role in the global war on hunger, United Nations officials affirmed today, adding that the strong participation…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Families, | Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Families, | Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
16 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Families, | Poverty Eradication
Nine out of ten of the world's 570 million farms are managed by families, making the family farm the predominant of agriculture, and consequently a potentially crucial agent of change in achieving sustainable food security and in eradicating hunger…
14 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Women
On the fertile and lush fields of the Dibra region, one of the poorest in Albania, located on the north-east border of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 47-year-old Emrie Lata and her husband collect their daily harvest. Emrie has worked on…
14 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Women
On the fertile and lush fields of the Dibra region, one of the poorest in Albania, located on the north-east border of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 47-year-old Emrie Lata and her husband collect their daily harvest. Emrie has worked on…
14 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
While many African countries and communities have made great progress in peace and security, human rights, good governance and the rule of law, more remains to be done, several senior United Nations said during a high-level panel discussion…
13 October 2014 | Ageing
Did you know that nearly two thirds of the victims of the Japanese tsunami in 2011 were aged 60 or above? Or that the average decedent associated with Hurricane Sandy was 60 years old?
Persons over 60 make up one of the most vulnerable groups in…