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14 February 2018 | Youth
Youth from all over the world gathered at the United Nations to have their voices heard at the ECOSOC Youth Forum, held on 30-31 January 2018 in New York. They took the opportunity to address the challenges that today’s generation faces and to…
12 February 2018 | Ageing
“Digital skills can be effective for senior citizens to feel empowered and in control of their own lives. Digital skills help our relationships with our families, our communities and even beyond. They also help seniors to socialize, ease the pain of…
08 February 2018 | Disabilities
The 9th Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) will be the 1st session to focus on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted in Habitat III. WUF9 will be instrumental to substantively feed into the inputs for the first report of the…
08 February 2018 | Poverty Eradication
This year’s UN Commission on Social Development (CSocD56) took place from 29th January to 7th February, and was concluded on the last day with the adoption of policies — including the establishment of nationally appropriate social protection systems…
06 February 2018 | Indigenous Peoples
From 10th to 12th January, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized a three days Forum on Indigenous Women in Mexico City. The forum aimed to develop public policy recommendations to empower indigenous women, strengthen their decision-…
06 February 2018 | Youth
The 2018 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum was held on 30 and 31 January, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Forum, which the Council has been convening since 2012, continued to grow in size and stature, bringing together…
05 February 2018 | Families
What will families look like in the future? Are existing social- and family policies compatible with changes in family patterns? These and related questions are addressed in the large-scale integrating project FamiliesAndSocieties – Changing…
22 January 2018 | Youth
Decent jobs for Youth is the global initiative to scale up action and impact on youth employment in support of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Recently, United Nations system launched a new platform “Decent Jobs for Youth” for youth…
15 January 2018 | Poverty Eradication
The first International Forum on Migration Statistics will be kicked off in Paris, France from 15 to 16 January. Organized by UN Department of Economic and Social Affair (UN DESA), the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),…
02 January 2018 | Social Inclusion
In his message on the New Year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for unity among the global community to tackle overwhelming challenges and defend values shared by all.
“On New Year's Day 2018, I am not issuing an appeal…
20 December 2017 | Youth
How can we do better consultations where youth can participate more constructively?
How can I do consultations with youth and the public at large without information leaking out?
What have young people around the world done to influence policy?…
19 December 2017 | Poverty Eradication
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a renewed global commitment to not only end poverty and hunger but also achieve social inclusion, universal social protection, reduction of…