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| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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)…
| 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…
| Families
“Youth Perspectives on Family Homelessness and Technology” was a side event hosted by UNANIMA International and co-sponsored by Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur at the United Nations. In panel format, the event…
| Disabilities
Inclusive employment models for persons with disabilities are still far away from mainstream, with few differences between high-income countries and low-income countries. Developing and sharing good practices, as well as innovations, are…
| Women
During the 59th UN Commission on Social Development on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, the Swedish think tank Global Utmaning hosted a panel discussion on the importance of social entrepreneurship for a just transition, in…
| Families
There are alternative views on work-family balance. The dominant perspective emphasizes that there is a clear interference of work over family implying that work engagement is bound to negatively impact family. A more recent perspective of…
| Youth
The Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, the Permanent Mission of Portugal and UN-DESA hosted an event in the margins of the Commission for Social Development, on February 5, entitled The Importance of Youth Delegates inclusion…