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| Disabilities
Adopting the Sendai Declaration and Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 after days of discussions and a final 30-hour negotiating session, 187 UN Member States attending the Conference approved seven targets, four priorities and a set…
| Disabilities
The theme this year for the World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April is "Employment: The Autism Advantage".
It is estimated that more than 80% of adults with autism are unemployed.
Research suggests that employers are missing out on abilities…
| Disabilities, | Families
21 March 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day and each year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder.
Down Syndrome International encourages our friends all over the world to…
| Disabilities, | Families
21 March 2015 marks the 10th anniversary of World Down Syndrome Day and each year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder.
Down Syndrome International encourages our friends all over the world to…
| Cooperatives
This brochure presents the preliminary findings of an FAO study on the impact of natural hazards and disasters on the agriculture sector and sub–sectors in developing countries.
The core findings of the study are:
• The agriculture…
| Disabilities, | Poverty Eradication
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University today launched the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics. The result of a long partnership, the new Centre will help…
| Disabilities, | Poverty Eradication
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) at Tohoku University today launched the Global Centre for Disaster Statistics. The result of a long partnership, the new Centre will help…
| Ageing
ICT can contribute by providing European citizens with better and cheaper services for health and ageing well. The introduction of ICT and telemedicine alone is estimated to improve efficiency of health care by 20%.
ICT empowers users of every…
| Women, | Youth
This issue of UN Youth Flash features the article "Achieving Gender Equality by 2030 Is Possible!" written by Vivian Onano, a youth representative at UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, an External Relations Fellow with African Leadership…
| Women, | Youth
This issue of UN Youth Flash features the article "Achieving Gender Equality by 2030 Is Possible!" written by Vivian Onano, a youth representative at UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Group, an External Relations Fellow with African Leadership…
| Disabilities
When disaster strikes, the surest way to save more lives is to get targeted, practical information quickly out to communities, United Nations experts told delegations gathered in Sendai, Japan, but stressed that even the most technically impressive…
| Poverty Eradication, | Women
The year of 2015 marks the 20th anniversaries of the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen, and the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing. Both landmark summits sought to promote inclusive and equitable social…