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27 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
According to The World's Women 2015 report, the lives of women and girls around the world have improved in several areas over the last 20 years but they continue to be victims of gender based discrimination and violence.
This report brings into…
26 October 2015 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion, | Youth
On 22 September at UN Headquarters, UNICEF and The Guardian news organization, brought together roughly 200 attendees from a cross-section of international NGOs, policymakers, academics and the private sector for an event entitled: “Development…
26 October 2015 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion, | Youth
On 22 September at UN Headquarters, UNICEF and The Guardian news organization, brought together roughly 200 attendees from a cross-section of international NGOs, policymakers, academics and the private sector for an event entitled: “Development…
26 October 2015 | Disabilities, | Social Inclusion, | Youth
On 22 September at UN Headquarters, UNICEF and The Guardian news organization, brought together roughly 200 attendees from a cross-section of international NGOs, policymakers, academics and the private sector for an event entitled: “Development…
26 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication
Ghana’s strong economic growth in the past two decades helped cut the country’s poverty rate in half, from 52.6% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2012. This is based on Ghana’s national poverty line. But according to the newly released “Poverty Reduction…
23 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
Recently, WHO, together with partner organizations, launched the “Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health” which, for the first time, recognizes that the world must meet adolescent girls’ unique health challenges. If we fail…
23 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
Recently, WHO, together with partner organizations, launched the “Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health” which, for the first time, recognizes that the world must meet adolescent girls’ unique health challenges. If we fail…
23 October 2015 | Poverty Eradication, | Social Inclusion, | Women
Recently, WHO, together with partner organizations, launched the “Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health” which, for the first time, recognizes that the world must meet adolescent girls’ unique health challenges. If we fail…
21 October 2015 | Ageing, | Social Inclusion
UNDESA DSPD organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on “Global ageing and the data revolution - the way forward in the post-2015 environment” in New York on 7-9 July 2015. The meeting aimed at exploring how and which new and non-traditional data…
21 October 2015 | Ageing, | Social Inclusion
UNDESA DSPD organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on “Global ageing and the data revolution - the way forward in the post-2015 environment” in New York on 7-9 July 2015. The meeting aimed at exploring how and which new and non-traditional data…
21 October 2015 | Ageing, | Social Inclusion
Age-friendly world is a place that enables people of all ages to actively participate in community activities. It is a place that treats everyone with respect, regardless of their age. It is a place that makes it easy to stay connected to those…
21 October 2015 | Ageing, | Social Inclusion
Age-friendly world is a place that enables people of all ages to actively participate in community activities. It is a place that treats everyone with respect, regardless of their age. It is a place that makes it easy to stay connected to those…