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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 (…
24 April 2014 | Disabilities
People with disabilities have the same rights as everyone to make decisions about their lives, including the right to take risks and make mistakes, a United Nations committee has stressed in new guidelines.
Respect for the freedom to make choices…
22 April 2014 | Families, | Youth
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding to help increase access to family planning information, contraceptives and services in developing countries, particularly for…
22 April 2014 | Families, | Youth
UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation signed a memorandum of understanding to help increase access to family planning information, contraceptives and services in developing countries, particularly for…
17 April 2014 | Families
The Doha International Family Institute (DIFI) a member of Qatar Foundation, is organizing a conference on “Empowering Families: A Pathway to Development ’’ to be held on the 16th and 17th April 2014 in Doha /Qatar, as part of the commemoration of…
15 April 2014 | Ageing
FARSEEING is collecting data about real-life falls of older adults, in order to better understand the risk factors for falls. Based on this, solutions are developed to prevent older adults from falling. This also includes exercises to stay fit. In…
15 April 2014 | Poverty Eradication
According to UNICEF, diarrhoeal diseases linked to water and sanitation kill 1,400 children every day, and contribute to stunting in over 160 million children globally.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, and…
11 April 2014 | Ageing
Published by UNRISD, this research paper argues that reforms implemented in 2008, the re-nationalization of the private pension funds in Argentina and the introduction of a social pension in Chile have moved both countries toward greater social…
09 April 2014 | Youth
There can be no talk for social development and empowerment when still an estimated 168 million children are in child labour worldwide, doing work that affects their health and personal development and which deprives them of schooling, their…
09 April 2014 | Ageing, | Poverty Eradication, | Women, | Youth
Twenty years ago, the international community gathered in Cairo, Egypt, to explore how the world was changing and how those changes were affecting the most vulnerable. At the 1994 meeting, the International Conference on Population and Development (…
09 April 2014 | Ageing, | Poverty Eradication, | Women, | Youth
Twenty years ago, the international community gathered in Cairo, Egypt, to explore how the world was changing and how those changes were affecting the most vulnerable. At the 1994 meeting, the International Conference on Population and Development (…
09 April 2014 | Innovation & Technology
The 14th edition of the InfoPoverty Conference aims at providing a critical overview of the role that new Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) play in the formulation of development strategies in developing countries. The Conference also…