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| Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion
The New Report "Human Development for Everyone" released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), found that while many people have greater access to education, health and sanitation, for example, more focus needs to be paid to who has been…
| Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion
The New Report "Human Development for Everyone" released by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), found that while many people have greater access to education, health and sanitation, for example, more focus needs to be paid to who has been…
| Cooperatives
On March 6, 2017, a seminar on "Co-operatives and the Sustainable Development Goals" was held in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, co-organized by the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), Brazilian Cooperatives Organization (OCB), Unimed…
| Disabilities
One billion people currently experience some form of disability. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that the number of people aged 60 years and older will reach two billion by 2050, therefore we need to pay attention to accessibility…
| Ageing
Ministers and Senior Officials from Asia and the Pacific are coming together in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 20 to 23 March 2017, for the First Asia-Pacific MOST Forum of Ministers of Social Development. Together with researchers and scientists,…
| Disabilities
Each year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder. The Down Syndrome International (DSi) encourages friends all over the world to choose their own activities and events to help raise…
| Employment
“Work at this point, does not work for women. We are starting a journey to make work work for women”
A crowd of individuals in red, a colour representing solidarity in pursuit of gender equality heard this message delivered by Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-…
| Families
The unpaid work is indispensable to maintaining and advancing capabilities and human development. It is essential to the functioning of societies and economies and makes possible much of the observed kinds of paid work. However, it is unevenly…
| Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion
Since its first session in 1947, the UN Statistical Commission has brought together senior statisticians from across the globe to make sure that all nations speak the same statistical language, using harmonized data. The goal has been clear from the…
| Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion
Since its first session in 1947, the UN Statistical Commission has brought together senior statisticians from across the globe to make sure that all nations speak the same statistical language, using harmonized data. The goal has been clear from the…
| Poverty Eradication
With over 700 million people around the world living on less than $1.90 a day, the United Nations declared in 2015 that its number one Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) was to end poverty in all its forms.
In February 2017 the 55th Commission for…
| Disabilities
The Zero Project Conference 2017 took place in the UN Office in Vienna from 22 to 24 February 2017, with a theme focused on Employment, Decent Work and Vocational Education and Training. The Conference gathered around 500 experts,…