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| Indigenous Peoples
Olinda Silvano
Olinda Silvano is an artist and leader in a Shipibo-Conibo indigenous community in Peru’s capital city, Lima.
Sometimes people look at us and think that because we are indigenous we know nothing, and that we are going to do what…
| Cooperatives
An UNCTAD project is harnessing the power of bees to help women improve their livelihoods while creating sustainable opportunities in rural communities in the southern African nation.
Mavilde de Assunção Alves has been a beekeeper for almost 15…
| Sport for Development and Peace
Athletes are pushing for a more equitable world, both on and off the playing field – one of the messages coming out of the UN on Thursday, the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
The annual commemoration, now in its…
| Sport for Development and Peace
UNESCO’s Sector for Social and Human Sciences is launching a contest to design a visual identity for its sport flagship, Fit for Life, as part of the celebrations around the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP). Fit for Life…
| Poverty Eradication
17.04.2023 - 20.04.2023
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The global economic outlook remains fragile amid a highly challenging environment. Countries are facing difficult economic policy trade-offs and recent shocks are threatening to further reverse progress on…
| Employment
About the report
At the end of March 2020, 80% of the world’s population lived in countries with required workplace closures. At the same time, in the hushed streets of cities and towns throughout the world, key workers left the safety of their…
| Youth
“Across identities and differences… over countries and continents… it is not hard to choose peace.” These lines are from a new poem created to mark the 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping operations.
Called “Peace…
| Poverty Eradication
The UN 2023 Water Conference closed on Friday with the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect “humanity’s most precious global common good”.
The Agenda sets…
| Sport for Development and Peace
IDSDP at 10 - Looking Back and Looking Forward
Join a global group of panelists for the tenth anniversary of the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of April 6, the International…
| Poverty Eradication
This program is made possible by the financial support of IASSW, ICSW, IFSW, NASW, CSWE, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, Monmouth University School of Social Work and Rutgers University School of Social Work.
As we…
| Poverty Eradication
The theme of the 2023 International Day of Forests is “Forests and Health”. This year’s celebration aims to highlight how forests sustain all aspects of our health, from cleaning our air and water to providing us with essential food, fuel, medicines…
| Indigenous Peoples
The World Water Day 2023 campaign, called Be the change, encourages people to take action in their own lives to change the way they use, consume and manage water.
The promises made by individuals on the campaign website will…