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01 December 2016 | Disabilities
Breaking through the stigma barrier to access education and health care is just one of the critical challenges facing persons with disabilities, particularly those in developing countries.
That factor was among a range of key findings outlined to an…
30 November 2016 | Social Inclusion
Social exclusion of HIV/AIDS positive women in Iran: implemented policies for confronting the stigma and discrimination against HIV/AIDS positive women.
HIV/AIDS in IranThe HIV/AIDS disease is a controversial issue in Iran, as this disease is…
29 November 2016 | Disabilities
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) play an increasingly important role in shaping the latest trends in Assistive Technologies (ATs) for the rehabilitation and social inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwD). However, lack of…
25 November 2016 | Employment
Introduction
In sub-Saharan Africa, youth unemployment is causing the devastating problem of underdevelopment and poverty. There is also no doubt that the high rate of youth unemployment is a major factor contributing to the lack of peace and…
23 November 2016 | Youth
Since the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002, the African Youth Movement has been engaged in an enterprise on practical education to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals.
STRATEGY and GOALS…
22 November 2016 | Cooperatives
When it comes to meeting and beating the challenge of achieving sustainable development, mutual effort just might be the magic formula.That was the clear message from a meeting of cooperatives experts from around the world who got together over two…
18 November 2016 | Employment
Society for Human Advancement and Disadvantaged Empowerment (SHADE) is a non-governmental, non- profit organization. It works to empower women and girls, as mentioned in the United Nations Charter and international conventions.Social, political and…
15 November 2016 | Social Inclusion
Reducing inequality has the power to result in sustainable development for all; however achieving equality requires integrated social and economic policy frameworks.
The role of reducing inequality to achieve the 2030 Agenda was highlighted by the…
14 November 2016 | Poverty Eradication
The 2016 Beijing Forum was held from 4 to 6 November 2016 in China under the general theme “The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All”. The Forum aims at promoting the study of humanities and social sciences around the world. It endeavors…
14 November 2016 | Youth
The Catholic intellectual Romano Guardini must have had the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in view when he opined that “the only measure for properly evaluating an age is to ask to what extent it fosters the development and attainment of…
11 November 2016 | Ageing
Background
The challenge to exploit the potential of the aging population has become a pressing social problem in recent years in Central-Eastern Europe. At the same time the offer of active ageing programmes has narrowed. The transfer of…
09 November 2016 | Social Inclusion
What price for instability…
Perhaps the greatest lesson we can learn from recent history is the high price that the human community pays for unstable inter-religious, inter-racial, and inter-ethnic relations. Positive relations across boundaries of…