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| Ageing
Developing countries in East Asia are at risk of getting old before they get rich, a new study by the World Bank warns.
As the region is ageing faster than any other in history, some of its middle-income and wealthier economies could lose…
| Women
Three outstanding organizations and three distinguished individuals leading projects and advocacy to boost gender equality and women’s empowerment using information and communication technologies (ICTs) will be honoured at a ceremony in New York…
| Disabilities
I was born in the Italian countryside and at the age of six, I was diagnosed with a very rare tumour pressing on my spine. I survived but I became paraplegic. Growing up, there were no specific laws in favour of children with…
| Families, | Poverty Eradication
The absence of financial, physical, social and human resources has left some 700,000 farm households extremely vulnerable in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the results of a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) household survey…
| Families, | Poverty Eradication
The absence of financial, physical, social and human resources has left some 700,000 farm households extremely vulnerable in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine, the results of a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) household survey…
| Poverty Eradication
Situated in south-central Africa and bordering eight countries offering
, peaceful and stable Zambia is approximately three times the size of the UK. Endowed with natural resources such as copper and hydropower, it ranks among the top 10 fastest…
| Cooperatives, | Women
The ICA-AP will hold the ‘Third Regional Conference on Status of Women in Cooperatives in Asia-Pacific” in Philippines from 9-11 February 2016. The event will be held in collaboration with the cooperative movement of Philippines to…
| Cooperatives, | Women
The ICA-AP will hold the ‘Third Regional Conference on Status of Women in Cooperatives in Asia-Pacific” in Philippines from 9-11 February 2016. The event will be held in collaboration with the cooperative movement of Philippines to…
| Poverty Eradication
The Meeting brought together ILO’s tripartite constituents – governments, employers and workers – along with the political, economic and social actors of the world of work in Africa, to address the imperative of promoting an inclusive and job-rich…
| Youth
There are 73 million youth currently without work worldwide.
UNSDN interviewed International Labour Organization's Youth Employment Programme Analyst, Dino Correll who discussed recommended programmes to highlight ways the international…
| Poverty Eradication
A new initiative to build climate resilience in the world’s most vulnerable countries was launched yesterday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and 13 members within the UN system at COP21, the Paris Climate Conference. The new initiative…
| Disabilities
The World Bank and World Health Organization (WHO) estimate that the one billion people living with disabilities worldwide face many barriers to inclusion in many key aspects of society.
As a result, people with disabilities do not enjoy access to…