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22 April 2021 | Sport for Development and Peace
COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of our lives including where and how we can take part in sport and physical activity. The impacts have been unequal, and some are finding it more difficult than others to stay active. This is widening health gaps,…
22 April 2021 | Women
All over the world we all provide care to a multicultural society. Imagine students in developing and developed countries simultaneously reviewing the same medical education and learning from each other. That is e-learning at its best in an Internet…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
Access to justice is a basic principle of the rule of law: a guarantee for people to exercise their rights, and hold perpetrators and decision-makers accountable. However, both older persons with or without disabilities, and persons with…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
This first side event of the 11th session of the UN Open-ended working group on ageing was opened by Ms Masumi Ono (UNDESA) and had the first UN Global report on ageism at its core, with Dr Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez (WHO) presenting its key findings…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
As part of the 11th Session of the United Nations Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, the International Longevity Centre of Canada hosted a side-event entitled "The Impact of COVID-19 on the Human Rights of Older Persons: An International Dialogue”…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have exposed how current human rights standards and practices fall short in protecting older people’s rights. Kim Samuel, Founder and Chief Belonging Officer, Samuel Centre for Social Connectedness; Dr. Henry Shue…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
This Side Event was held during the 11th session of the Open-ended Working group on Ageing and considered the topic of Access to Justice from the perspective of violence and abuse and neglect. A number of presenters considered issues pertaining to…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
The International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care was honored to convene a side event at the 11th UN Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing with experts Dr. Farzana Khan, Ms. Harmala Gupta, Dott Simone Cernesi, Dr Zipporah Ali, and Mr.…
15 April 2021 | Ageing
The side event on the margins of the 11th Open-ended Working Group on Ageing (OEWG11) was co-hosted by the Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the…
15 April 2021 | Youth
The dialogue included young leaders of UN Experiential Fellows as moderators and panel experts.
Drawing on expert discussions, it was highlighted that innovation and technology creates opportunities for greater access and connectivity for all…
12 April 2021 | Sport for Development and Peace
During the 59th Session of the UN Commission for Social Development (CSocD59), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the ADECCO Group, the European Platform for Sport Innovation (EPSI), and the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS)…
09 April 2021 | Women
The pandemic has given rise to digital technologies becoming central to our personal, family and professional lives, with all three often overlapping. The objective of this virtual discussion was to address its impact on family wellbeing.
The…