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| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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 (…
| 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 (…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…