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13 May 2014 | Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples must be a part of the ongoing process to define a global development agenda beyond 2015, United Nations officials said today, calling for explicit assertion of their collective rights as well as the promotion of traditional…
09 May 2014 | Youth
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), over 40 percent of Albania’s youth are unemployed. One of the challenges young people face when seeking gainful employment, is the lack of skills and education to respond to market needs.…
09 May 2014 | Poverty Eradication
Can the seemingly intractable problems of global poverty be addressed by the latest wonders of science and technology?
Last month, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the launch of its new Global Development Lab, which…
09 May 2014 | Disabilities
Tourism is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries. As an effective driver of economic growth, it can promote inclusive development by enhancing the well-being of host communities.
Developing and expanding tourism is increasingly…
07 May 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
Tens of thousands of farmers are bringing in their first rice harvest just six months after one of the worst typhoons to ever hit the Philippines left their fields in tatters and their livelihoods at risk, FAO announced today.
After Typhoon Haiyan…
07 May 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
Tens of thousands of farmers are bringing in their first rice harvest just six months after one of the worst typhoons to ever hit the Philippines left their fields in tatters and their livelihoods at risk, FAO announced today.
After Typhoon Haiyan…
06 May 2014 | Families
1. Details of your organization, work, regions and accomplishments.
IFFD’s work on courses for parents began in Spain in the mid-sixties with the development of Family Enrichment programmes based on the case method: a useful way of promoting…
30 April 2014 | Indigenous Peoples
UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake travelled to Peru this week where he met with children, community members, government officials and civil society partners to see how education, health and social protection programmes are bridging the equity…
30 April 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
The National Geographic Society and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are teaming up to raise awareness on food and agriculture issues as National Geographic, a U.S.-based nonprofit institution, begins an eight-month…
30 April 2014 | Poverty Eradication
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has announced business-building proposals from Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, India, Iran, Kenya, Rwanda, Timor Leste and Zambia as winners of the 2013 Fund for Evaluation in Employment.
Launched in 2010, the Fund…
30 April 2014 | Cooperatives, | Poverty Eradication
The National Geographic Society and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are teaming up to raise awareness on food and agriculture issues as National Geographic, a U.S.-based nonprofit institution, begins an eight-month…
29 April 2014 | Women, | Youth
The annual International Girls in ICT Day is a global initiative that aims to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of information and communication technologies (…