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| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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 (…
| 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…
| 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 (…
| 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 (…
| 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 (…
| 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…
| Indigenous Peoples, | Women, | Youth
Guatemala’s population is one of the youngest, fastest-growing and least educated in Latin America. More than 2 million children in Guatemala do not attend school. Most of them are indigenous girls living in rural areas. Nearly half of the…
| Indigenous Peoples, | Women, | Youth
Guatemala’s population is one of the youngest, fastest-growing and least educated in Latin America. More than 2 million children in Guatemala do not attend school. Most of them are indigenous girls living in rural areas. Nearly half of the…
| Indigenous Peoples, | Women, | Youth
Guatemala’s population is one of the youngest, fastest-growing and least educated in Latin America. More than 2 million children in Guatemala do not attend school. Most of them are indigenous girls living in rural areas. Nearly half of the…