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| Disabilities
The 30 indicators from the Zero Project questionnaire 2015 measure the UN CRPD implementation across 150 countries.
They cover areas such as accessibility, education, transportation, employment and data. For 2014/2015 the specific focus…
| Disabilities, | Youth
Submissions are now open for a global art campaign that aims to raise young people’s awareness of disabilities and inclusion. Led by the United Nations Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), in partnership with the Global Observatory for…
| Disabilities, | Youth
Submissions are now open for a global art campaign that aims to raise young people’s awareness of disabilities and inclusion. Led by the United Nations Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), in partnership with the Global Observatory for…
| Youth
Each one of these schools is an orchestra, and everyone has an important role to play. If we all play our instruments together and play them well, we can create a beautiful symphony,” says Ecclésiaste Télémaque, Deputy Director of the Haitian…
| Women
“I always wanted to go to school,” said Azra Misbih-ul-huda, 17, who lives in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “ When this free education mobile learning project was launched in our area I was very excited […]I said to my mother I need…
| Disabilities
The consultation on technology and disability-inclusive disaster risk reduction at the 4th Zero Project conference is organized by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (SCRPD) of the Division for Social…
| Cooperatives, | Women
A cooperative of women in Ethiopia is set to reach the international market thanks to a partnership between Italian gourmet food store Eataly and FAO.
The two joined forces in 2013 to support family farmers around the globe in boosting their…
| Cooperatives, | Women
A cooperative of women in Ethiopia is set to reach the international market thanks to a partnership between Italian gourmet food store Eataly and FAO.
The two joined forces in 2013 to support family farmers around the globe in boosting their…
| Poverty Eradication
Rukhiya is proud of her Punchiri Catering unit. She named it, owns it and runs it, and has been doing so for more than eight years in the Vadanapilly area of Thrissur, India. Her business, like so many throughout the world, is unregistered.…
| Cooperatives
The cooperative enterprise model is seeing a renaissance around the world. The turnover of the largest 300 cooperatives in the world over the last 3 years has grown by 11.6 per cent to reach 2.2 trillion USD in 2012. Preliminary data from 76…
| Youth
During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Investment Case for Education and Equity report, calling for more and better investment in education to reach every child.
Education is one of the most wide-reaching and beneficial development…
| Disabilities, | Social Inclusion
The International Transport Forum is holding their annual summit in Leipzig, Germany from 27-29 of May. The theme of this year's Forum is 'Transport, Trade and Tourism Mobility for a connected world'.
Some of the questions that will be discussed…