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12 August 2021 | Disabilities
True Colors Festival (TCF), presented by The Nippon Foundation, is a long-running international festival of performing arts that celebrates diversity and inclusion, and the fact that we are One World, One Family. TCF brings people together to…
12 August 2021 | Disabilities
The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the need for community-driven action more than ever. As the only global funder solely focused on supporting organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) to advance rights, and as a participatory grantmaker…
12 August 2021 | Disabilities
Inclusive Futures is a consortium comprised of specialists and global leaders in disability and development from 16 international organisations, working to ensure there are equal opportunities for everyone and a global future that’s disability…
12 August 2021 | Disabilities
Accessible Europe is held yearly by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the European Commission (EC) under the framework of the Regional Initiative for Europe on Accessibility, affordability and skills development for all to ensure…
12 August 2021 | Disabilities
The Special Envoy of the UNSG on Disability and Accessibility has launched a campaign promoting inclusive quality police services for persons with disabilities. The guidelines and video are contributions to the training process of persons working in…
12 August 2021 | Youth
In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entities of the United Nations system in Latin America and the Caribbean that are members of the Working Group on Youth of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean launched…
11 August 2021 | Disabilities
This short film features the life and work of John Evans, one of the pioneers of the Independent Living movement in the United Kingdom and a co-founder of the European Network on Independent Living - ENIL. The film talks about John’s successful…
03 August 2021 | Poverty Eradication
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched an online public consultation to obtain inputs on how the UN agencies can collaborate in key areas in the coming years.
The…
03 August 2021 | Social Inclusion
Panel discussions exclusively made up of men, or ‘manels’ need to stop, says Valerie Julliand, the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Indonesia. Ms. Julliand has taken steps to promote gender parity by pledging that the UN will only participate…
21 July 2021 | Innovation & Technology
The Internet and the World Wide Web application have transformed daily life and work for more than half of the world’s population. And the actions of those who are online increasingly affect everyone, including the 3.7 billion who are not yet…
21 July 2021 | Social Inclusion
Although spending on science has risen worldwide, greater investment is needed in the face of growing crises, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has recommended in a new report published on Friday.
The latest edition…
30 June 2021 | Innovation & Technology
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Nesta’s Center for Collective Intelligence Design launched the first two reports of its new publication series Collective Intelligence for Sustainable Development: Getting Smarter Together, a…