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12 September 2019 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion
"The 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals are our collective response to building a fair globalization." António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development…
04 September 2019 | Youth
The 16-year-old and two other teens got a preview of the UN General Assembly Hall, where all 193 of the entity’s Member States gather every year to discuss a wide array of international issues, and where Ms. Thunberg is scheduled to speak during the…
23 July 2019 | Poverty Eradication
The High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the largest annual gathering on SDG implementation, commenced on 9 July and will run until 18 July. The event is expected to gather over 2,000 participants, including 100 ministers…
15 July 2019 | Cooperatives
As people-centred enterprises and key development actors, cooperatives have a critical role to play in the creation of decent jobs and the social and economic empowerment of communities. On 16 December 1992, the United Nations General Assembly…
02 July 2019 | Disabilities
Sports and the expressive arts serve as a powerful tool for the social inclusion of persons with disabilities. The UN recognized sport in its 2030 Agenda as an important contributor to the realization of sustainable development and peace goals due…
19 June 2019 | Disabilities
Disability inclusion is not only a fundamental human right, it is “central to the promise” of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the annual conference on the Convention of Rights of Persons with…
02 May 2019 | Social Inclusion
2-3 May 2019, Baku, Azerbaijan
“Building dialogue into action against discrimination, inequality and violent conflict”
The global community is constantly and rapidly changing, implying effective responses to new occurrences.
Against this…
02 April 2019 | Families
On March 6th, the European Federation for Family Employment and Homecare (EFFE) presented the European White Paper on ‘Home, family employment and home care in the European Union’ at the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels. The White…
29 March 2019 | Ageing
As the issue of ageing gains more significance across countries, so
too is the need to protect the fundamental rights of older persons. Starting
from the human rights discourse on older persons, initiatives need to be
grounded in the acknowledgement…
25 March 2019 | Social Inclusion
Racism is a historical and social construct, firmly grounded in the
processes of dehumanizing and stigmatizing the ‘Other’. With widening
socioeconomic inequalities and growing disillusionment with public
institutions, nationalist populism and…
25 March 2019 | Women
Gender-based discrimination is a
lifelong and intergenerational problem. From an early age, women face
multidimensional challenges in their homes, communities and society at large.
According to the UN Women’s 2018
Flagship Report on Gender Equality…
12 March 2019 | Women
Groundbreaking innovations and technologies are unlocking the human
potential and with it, new sets of human rights challenges that pose
significant threats to women and girls at the margins.
Gender-blind approaches and persisting under-…