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| Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous peoples own, occupy or manage up to 65 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, yet they have largely been excluded from national plans prepared for next month’s United Nations climate change conference in Paris, according to the UN…
| Women, | Youth
The heads of UNESCO, UNFPA and UN Women sealed a partnership to empower adolescent girls and young women through education, by signing a joint programme agreement on 23 November, 2015, at the headquarters of the United Nations Population Fund in…
| Women, | Youth
The heads of UNESCO, UNFPA and UN Women sealed a partnership to empower adolescent girls and young women through education, by signing a joint programme agreement on 23 November, 2015, at the headquarters of the United Nations Population Fund in…
| Women
The Asia-Pacific Commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will be held at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok from 15:30-17:30 on 25 November 2015.
This year marks the five-year anniversary of the Asia-…
| Poverty Eradication
Tackling climate change is the only way to address poverty to order propecia, according to the UN's leading expert on climate issues.
In fact, Christiana Figueres, head of the UN climate secretariat, UNFCCC, sees these two global concerns as "…
| Disabilities
The United Nations Special Rapporteur Catalina Devandas Aguilar will visit Paraguay from 19 to 27 November 2015 to assess the situation of persons with disabilities, including indigenous persons, women and children with disabilities, and with a…
| Poverty Eradication
The 13th African Regional Meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from November 30, 2015 to the December 3, 2015. The meeting will bring together ILO’s tripartite constituents – governments, employers and workers – along with…
| Youth
Timor-Leste is a tiny country with a huge trash problem. Water is not potable -- as a result, plastic bottles of all sizes can be found everywhere, marring the country’s natural beauty and creating hazardous health and environmental conditions. The…
| Poverty Eradication
16 UN Member States have pledged approximately US$ 77 million to go towards UN development work for 2016, with US$10 million destined for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Member states that announced pledges at the Conference were:…
| Poverty Eradication
The #endpoverty hashtag challenge, a partnership between National Geographic Your Shot and the World Bank Group, asked photographers to show what #endpoverty meant to them. How are people helping other people live better lives? How are people…
| Women
Stella S. Dongo is the head of the Community Empowerment Project which was established as a means to buffer the blow of the 2008 global economic meltdown on citizens of the southern African country. Ms Dongo was recently honoured by…
| Cooperatives
On 8-10 November, an international conference in Turkey will discuss, among other issues, ways in which cooperatives can help the growing number of refugees and migrants in today’s world. ILO News spoke with Simel Esim, head of the ILO’s…