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| Ageing
UNRISD Research Coordinator Katja Hujo was a panellist at the international conference on pension reform “Thanks, Otto! 125 years of pensions” hosted by BMZ, GIZ, Helpage International and Allianz in Berlin on 28-29 October 2014. The conference…
| Poverty Eradication
The World Food Programme (WFP) says that the Ebola outbreak has bumped up food prices and forced families to cope by eating fewer meals and smaller portions.
Agency spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs announced the findings from the agency's latest text…
| Indigenous Peoples, | Women
Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
| Indigenous Peoples, | Women
Violence against women cannot be analyzed or confronted in isolation; it must be linked to the factors of economic, social and cultural inequalities that occur in power relations between men and women, according to the latest annual report of the…
| Ageing
The United Nations health agency warned today that as the world population aged 60 or older will jump from some 800 million to 2 billion in the next four decades, soaring levels of chronic illness and diminished wellbeing are poised to become a…
| Poverty Eradication
The UN General Assembly’s Second Committee has to address a wide range of important topics related to economic growth and development this fall. Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi, the Chair of the Committee, sat down with DESA News for an exclusive…
| Poverty Eradication
Over a million people in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have received food aid by the World Food Programme (WFP). The agency is ramping up services to the whole humanitarian effort in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.…
| Disabilities
The Preparatory Committee of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (3WCDRR) will meet for its second session from 17 to 18 November 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland, to negotiate a zero draft of the post-2015 disaster risk reduction…
| Social Inclusion
The international community must aid the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDC) in pursuing their goals for greater economic development to transition from being landlocked to “landlinked,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon advised today, noting…
| Youth
The safe use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) by children and adolescents in the region can help ensure the fulfillment of their rights, according to two documents released today by the Economic Commission for Latin America and…
| Disabilities
The Third Committee of the 69th session of the General Assembly discussed disability issues this month at UN Headquarters in New York. The Committee reviewed the Reports of the Secretary-General on a disability-inclusive development agenda towards…
| Youth
ITU is strengthening its commitment to including young people in its policy-setting processes with a special Youth Programme underway at its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) currently underway in Busan, Republic of Korea. The programme is designed…