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30 May 2022 | Ageing
The Healthy Ageing 50: A call for government, civil society, industry and academic leaders transforming the world to be a better place in which to grow older
The UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) is an opportunity to work together to improve…
07 April 2022 | Sport for Development and Peace
Ahead of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace, we spoke with the best female wheelchair racer of all time. Raising her voice for climate action, she explained why global warming threatens everyone, but especially persons with…
07 March 2022 | Sport for Development and Peace
The SIGA Summit on Female Leadership in Sport is back and better than ever before in a new exclusive hybrid format kicking off on International Women’s Day!
With SIGA Founding Member Mastercard, hosting the Summit at their brand-new Technology Hub…
07 March 2022 | Ageing
AARP, the UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the Permanent Mission of Argentina, UN Women and the UN Special Procedures Office of the Independent Expert on the Rights of Older Persons will organize a virtual event on Tuesday,…
24 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
More than 60 percent of the world’s adult labour force, or about 2 billion workers work in the informal economy. They are not recognized, registered, regulated or protected under labour legislation and social protection. The consequences can be…
24 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
Global Population Growth and Sustainable Development probes the linkages between global population growth and the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development. The report examines how the current rapid growth of the human…
14 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
Even citizens living in countries that enjoy some of the highest levels of good health, wealth, and education outcomes, are reporting even greater anxiety than a decade ago.
Apprehensive about the future
“Despite global wealth being higher than…
14 February 2022 | Poverty Eradication
With the pandemic worsening the plight of those already experiencing multidimensional poverty, and pushing many more people into food insecurity and immiseration, countries must urgently strengthen social protections to ensure an inclusive recovery…
24 January 2022 | Sport for Development and Peace
Amidst spreading conflict and rising tensions, he reminded that the appeal calls on all parties to observe a ceasefire throughout the course of the upcoming winter games.
‘A date with history’
In the spirit of “mutual understanding, hard work and…
04 December 2021 | Disabilities
An estimated 1 billion people – about 15% of the world’s population – are living with disabilities, and their exclusion has worsened during the global COVID-19 crisis. It is imperative that persons with disabilities do not remain excluded from the…
02 December 2021 | Innovation & Technology
An estimated 37 per cent of the world’s population – or 2.9 billion people – have still never used the Internet.
New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication…
29 November 2021 | Youth
Farzeen Alam, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur, was laughed off when he approached banks for a loan to start his farming business: today, Oggro Dairy is helping to lower unemployment, particularly amongst marginalized youth.
Oggro Dairy is the first…