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Thematic Areas
| 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…
| Disabilities
“Persons with disabilities are not objects of charity but equal members of society.”
That was the message from singer-songwriter and UN Messenger of Peace, Stevie Wonder. Speaking to a packed house at the International Day for Persons with…
| Social Inclusion
Over 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the identification of the virus in 1983. The UNAIDS 2016-2021 Strategy aligned with the SDGs, aims to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The AIDS response is crucial to the implementation of the…
| Social Inclusion
Each year, the United Nations convenes the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting, through the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), to bring together various stakeholders to discuss current and emerging Internet governance issues…
| Social Inclusion
Reducing inequalities that lead to the social exclusion of particular groups is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals and is a key element in achieving the mandate of the 2030 Agenda – to leave no one behind.
Inequalities determine…
| Disabilities
Over a billion people are estimated to live with some form of disability. They remain among the most marginalised people in most societies. This is due to a lack of disability sensitive and responsive policy interventions, barriers like stigma and…
| Youth
Thirty five students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) representing different background and nationalities gathered in the Conference Hall of the United Nations House on Saturday 19 November 2016, and simulated the central decision making…
| 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…
| 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 Iran
The HIV/AIDS disease is a controversial issue in Iran, as this disease is…
| 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…
| 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…
| 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…