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27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, | Women, | Youth
To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
27 October 2014 | Indigenous Peoples, | Women, | Youth
To present best practices from across Latin America regarding indigenous women’s rights and access to justice, country representatives from Mexico, Ecuador and Guatemala took part in a side event during the Third Committee of the 69th UN General…
24 October 2014 | Disabilities, | Youth
Every day, a thousand or so children have been protected from disability during a 26-year global effort to eradicate polio. The worldwide campaign has immunised millions of previously-unreached children across the globe, UNICEF said on the eve of…
24 October 2014 | Disabilities, | Youth
Every day, a thousand or so children have been protected from disability during a 26-year global effort to eradicate polio. The worldwide campaign has immunised millions of previously-unreached children across the globe, UNICEF said on the eve of…
23 October 2014 | Youth
The International Labour Oragnization (ILO) recently released some material to train employers and young employees in what rights they have at work.
The aim of this learning package is to support trade unions, employment services, education and…
22 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The growing menace of desertification poses a distinct threat to the world’s agriculture and eco-systems, the United Nations agriculture agency warned today, as it announced a new initiative aimed at curbing the spread of land degradation and…
21 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
Under the theme "Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth" this year’s World Food Day was observed at the UN Headquarters on 20 October. The commemoration, co-hosted by FAO, IFAD and WFP, featured a thematic debate and interactive…
21 October 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
Under the theme "Family Farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth" this year’s World Food Day was observed at the UN Headquarters on 20 October. The commemoration, co-hosted by FAO, IFAD and WFP, featured a thematic debate and interactive…
21 October 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The Second United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) will be held from 3 to 5 November 2014 in Vienna, Austria. At the LLDC Conference, participants from governments of LLDCs, transit developing countries and donor…
20 October 2014 | Cooperatives
A new report by the cooperatives unit of the International Labour Organization (ILO Coop), highlights the growing problem of electronic waste. Electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is currently the fastest growing waste stream, and it is…
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…