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06 February 2017 | Youth
By 2030, the target date for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the number of youth (aged 15-24 years) globally is projected to reach nearly 1.3 billion. While this trend stabilized or reversed in some regions, Africa’s youth population is…
01 February 2017 | Families
The Commission for Social Development contributes to the follow up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, within its existing mandate, by supporting the thematic reviews of the high-level political forum implementation of the Sustainable…
30 January 2017 | Poverty Eradication
UNDESA’s Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) is hosting a photo exhibition at United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 1-10 February 2017 as part of its activities to promote the work of the CSocd55, which this year will focus…
03 January 2017 | Youth
Achieving the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is estimated to cost $US1.5 trillion more a year than the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Given this cost, the private sector and volunteers are essential for achieving the 2030…
29 December 2016 | Social Inclusion
Social Protection involves preventing, managing and overcoming situations that adversely affect people's wellbeing usually through monetary means or services provided. Following the release of the Report on the World Social Situation 2016, the…
21 December 2016 | Disabilities
Ensuring inclusivity of persons with disability in the era of sustainable development is imperative for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the capacity of Member States to develop policies and frameworks aimed at disability…
19 December 2016 | Ageing
“When an elder dies, it is indeed like burning a library,” said a representative from Angola, “They are the faithful guardians of our cultural heritage and identity.”
In our rapidly shifting and increasingly technological world, security of the…
19 December 2016 | Youth
“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
Everyone deserves a day off. Not just a day off from work, but from the stresses of everyday life and the worries of tomorrow. On these special occasions, men, women…
14 December 2016 | Families
Service and Research Institute on Family and Children (SERFAC) innovative policy and action is geared to developing ‘Family Centred Practises’ as an effective tool for implementing the Sustainable Development Goals for poverty eradication, women’s…
12 December 2016 | Disabilities
In Quito, Ecuador this year the New Urban Agenda included persons with disabilities with a focus on making cities accessible to all, for the first time. With 41 million persons with disabilities expected to be living in cities by 2030 it is an issue…
12 December 2016 | Employment
Since 2013, the NGO, the Equal Rights Trust has advocated for the adoption of an equal rights approach to development, which rests on comprehensive equality legislation prohibiting discrimination on all recognized grounds and requiring states to…
09 December 2016 | Disabilities
Of the world’s 7.4 billion people, some 15 per cent – or one billion – are said to have some form of disability. Jun Ishikawa is one of them. An international relations professor at the University of Shizuoka in Japan, he lost his eyesight at the…