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Thematic Areas
| Poverty Eradication, | Women
The Good Shepherd International Foundation (GSSI Foundation) is releasing their newest documentary, "Mahila: a Women's Movement Rising," on March 8th International Women's Day, to celebrate the power of women helping each other and to support a…
| Poverty Eradication, | Women
The Good Shepherd International Foundation (GSSI Foundation) is releasing their newest documentary, "Mahila: a Women's Movement Rising," on March 8th International Women's Day, to celebrate the power of women helping each other and to support a…
| Women
This year, the International Women’s Day comes on the heels of unprecedented global movement for women’s rights, equality and justice. The celebration of the Day has taken the form of global marches and campaigns, including #MeToo and #TimesUp in…
| Families
A recent assessment by the United Nations shows a world’s population numbered 7.6 billion in 2017 and is projected to grow to around 8.6 billion in 2030, especially in Africa and Asia.
The world’s population is likely to continue at a slower pace…
| Cooperatives
The Asia-Pacific Co-operative Development Conference will focus this year on the theme “Building Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships on Sustainable Development.” The conference will take place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 26 February to 1 March 2018…
| Disabilities
The Zero Project Conference 2018 will focus this year on Accessibility and will take place from 21 to 23 February in Vienna. The Conference will seek to connect invitees from many different sectors of society so that they can share and discuss…
| Employment
Social justice is a cornerstone of lasting peace and prosperous coexistence. On this World Day of Social Justice, we are focusing on the world’s 150 million migrant workers, many of whom face exploitation, discrimination and violence and lack…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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-…