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| Families
On 10 February 2024, the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations, in collaboration with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), the Doha International Family Institute (DIFI), and the International…
| Women
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are crucial to economic growth – yet gender inequality in these fields remains widespread.
“Despite the progress, women still make up only one-third of the global scientific…
| Innovation & Technology
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) held a joint high-level conference entitled ‘Social Justice in the Digital Era: AI’s Impact on work and society’, gathering over 300 experts,…
| Disabilities
UN Tourism and the European Accessibility Resource Centre (AccessibleEU) have joined accessible tourism champions to advance policies, standards, incentives, skills and business strategies, making inclusion a reality for millions of people.
The…
| Youth
The emergence of cheap or free AI tools is being eagerly embraced by those with smartphones and the ability to get online. As governments and legislators struggle to get their heads around the implications of this powerful technology and work out…
| Poverty Eradication
In 2025, the United Nations will convene the Second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD) to address ongoing social challenges and renew commitments made in the 1995 Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and Programme of…
| Women
Nearly 800 women die every day from preventable maternal causes, and in 2022 alone, an estimated 2.3 million newborns died. For every maternal death, countless more women endure life-altering injuries, infections, and disabilities related to…
| Employment
A new ILO initiative empowers young mothers to enter the workforce in the Republic of Moldova. Anastasia Chistol is a young entrepreneur from Chisinau, Moldova. With support from the ILO, she started a home-based creche for children under three,…
| Social Inclusion
Changing patterns of climate variability and extreme weather events are negatively affecting all dimensions of food security and exacerbating other underlying causes of malnutrition in all its forms in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to…
| Youth
At least 242 million students in 85 countries had their schooling disrupted by extreme climate events in 2024, including heatwaves, tropical cyclones, storms, floods, and droughts, exacerbating an existing learning crisis, according to a new UNICEF…
| Social Inclusion
“I’m a big believer that everyone deserves the very best standard of care that we can give,” said Rebecca, a midwife and medical team leader on board the Ocean Viking, a ship that has been in service since 2019 and fitted for search and rescue…
| Social Inclusion
Understanding the ocean is critical for protecting our climate, sustaining biodiversity, and supporting the livelihoods of over 3 billion people.
Three-quarters of seafloor remains unmapped, and hundreds of thousands of marine species are yet to be…