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| Cooperatives, | Women
Women living in rural areas of Morocco not only face the challenges posed by a male-dominated society, but also have to survive in environments where basic infrastructure is a luxury. Nevertheless, they remain very active, perhaps even more so than…
| Cooperatives, | Women
Women living in rural areas of Morocco not only face the challenges posed by a male-dominated society, but also have to survive in environments where basic infrastructure is a luxury. Nevertheless, they remain very active, perhaps even more so than…
| Disabilities
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will hold its eleventh session from 31 March to 11 April at the Palais Wilson in Geneva. During the session the Committee will consider the reports of Azerbaijan, Costa Rica and Sweden on how…
| Families, | Women, | Youth
Financial and infrastructure support for small-scale family farmers is crucial to winning the fight against hunger around the world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on March 5th 2014, urging Governments to create polices…
| Families
The "Families in the Crisis - Finding work-life balance in difficult economic context" conference is a jointly organized event by COFACE and its Greek member organisation, KMOP, in close cooperation with the Hellenic Presidency of the Council…
| Families, | Women, | Youth
Financial and infrastructure support for small-scale family farmers is crucial to winning the fight against hunger around the world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on March 5th 2014, urging Governments to create polices…
| Disabilities
World Autism Awareness Day was designated by the General Assembly resolution 62/139 adopted in 2007. The Day raises awareness of autism on all levels of society and encourages participation of Member States, civil society, private and public…
| Disabilities
Persons with disabilities are a huge and largely overlooked labour market segment. Even when employers overcome the fear of the unknown and start looking at abilities rather than disabilities, negative attitudes from co-workers and supervisors is…
| Families, | Women, | Youth
Financial and infrastructure support for small-scale family farmers is crucial to winning the fight against hunger around the world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on March 5th 2014, urging Governments to create polices…
| Disabilities
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed for better access and equality to health services for persons with Down syndrome.
“Too often, persons with disabilities – including those with Down syndrome – face stigma,…
| Youth
Youth empowerment and youth employment are the key elements of successful social development strategies, worldwide. In order to build capacity of unemployed youth and for young people to be able to compete in the labor market, the United…
| Ageing, | Disabilities, | Indigenous Peoples, | Poverty Eradication, | Women
Last Friday, 7 March, the Policy Strategy Group of the World We Want 2015 platform hosted its Seventh Interactive Session of its People's Voices Series. The “People's Voices” Series is an opportunity for people to showcase various points of view and…