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1. Call for Gender-Responsive Implementation of Agenda 2030
(News)
By J C Suresh TORONTO | NEW YORK (IDN) - UN member states committed themselves to the gender-responsive implementation of Agenda 2030 as the 60th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60) ...
Created on 30 March 2016
2. UNIDO and CTBTO Express Support for 2030 Gender Equality Target
(News)
... steps to make “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality”, the theme of the International Women’s Day 2016, a reality. [P41] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION  PDF Director General, LI Yong, said: ...
Created on 30 March 2016
3. Sidelining Mother Languages Threat to Global Citizenship
(News)
... languages. UNESCO Director-General Bokova emphasized that “mother languages in a multilingual approach are essential components of quality education, which is itself the foundation for empowering women ...
Created on 21 February 2016
4. UN Acts to Achieve Complete Gender Equality Ahead of 2133
(News)
By Rita Joshi BERLIN | DAVOS (IDN) - Declaring that theempowerment of the world’s women is “a global imperative”, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s ...
Created on 22 January 2016
5. ‘ISIS Is The Sanctuary For The Desperate’
(News)
... fighters, of whom a third are already battle-hardened. Most of them are from Iraq and Syria, but at least 30,000 are foreigners from 80 countries; about 7,000 are from Europe, including 2,500 women. Till ...
Created on 15 January 2016
6. ‘Good, But Not Perfect’, Pacific Islands Women on Climate Deal
(News)
By Catherine Wilson CANBERRA, Australia (IPS) - Women leaders in the Pacific Islands have acclaimed the agreement on reducing global warming achieved at the United Nations (COP21) Climate Change conference ...
Created on 02 January 2016
7. First Ever UN Security Council Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
(News)
... men and women in peace-building and countering violent extremism. [P31] ARABIC | CHINESE TEXT VERSION PDF | GERMAN |  ITALIAN |  JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | NORWEGIAN | PERSIAN | SPANISH | SWEDISH | URDU ...
Created on 18 December 2015
8. Education Can Promote Global Citizenship and Help the SDGs Succeed
(News)
...  elopment Goals (MDGs) focused solely on primary education, access to secondary and tertiary education also remains limited, especially for girls and women, hindering the ability to participate in the ...
Created on 14 November 2015
9. Using Global Citizenship Education for Sustainable Development
(News)
... cultures, give learners “tools to make the most of diversity” and also “harness the energy of young women and men for the benefit of all”. But UNESCO experts concede that education alone is not a “magic ...
Created on 11 November 2015
10. Aktivisten fordern höhere weibliche Beteiligung an Friedensprozessen
(German)
... Modelle für Friedensstiftung nicht funktionieren", sagte die Exekutivdirektorin von 'UN Women', Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka. Zwischen 1990 und 2000 beschäftigten sich lediglich elf Prozent der abgeschlossenen ...
Created on 10 November 2015
11. UN Report Highlights Women’s Role in Countering Terrorism
(News)
By Fabíola Ortiz NEW YORK (IDN) - Two landmark studies are contributing to fostering global citizenship, by pleading not only for gender equality as such but also stressing the crucial role women can ...
Created on 26 October 2015
12. UN Report Highlights Women’s Role in Countering Terrorism - Norwegian
(Norwegian | Swedish)
... kvinner. Kvinner er fortsatt nederst på agendaen, kritiserte Muna Rihani Al-Nasser, leder av FNs kvinner for freds assosiasjon (Women for Peace Association). Grunnlagt i 2008. Foreningen har som mål ...
Created on 25 October 2015
13. Global Citizenship Education Underpins Efforts of Youth to Build Peaceful Societies
(News)
... Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) found males between the ages of 15 and 19 years to be most vulnerable to death by firearms, while young women and girls living in societies plagued by epidemics of armed ...
Created on 18 October 2015
14. Global Citizenship Education Underpins Efforts of Youth to Build Peaceful Societies - Norwegian
(Norwegian | Swedish)
... helse. Ifølge Women’s Refugee Commission opplever alle 51 land en form for konflikt siden 1986, også rapportert høye nivåer av seksuell vold mot tenåringsjenter. FN sier at komplikasjoner som oppstår ...
Created on 16 October 2015
15. Finishing the Unfinished Business with Sustainable Development Goals
(News)
... of women and men are pushed away from their land into poverty to make way for development, agribusiness, oil plantation, mines and real estates. Millions of us are forced into becoming a cheap explored ...
Created on 28 September 2015
16. Pope Francis Appeals to World Leaders’ Conscience at UN Summit
(News)
... wars and conflicts there are individual persons, our brothers and sisters, men and women, young and old, boys and girls who weep, suffer and die.” Noting the achievements of the UN as it celebrates its ...
Created on 26 September 2015
17. UN High Level Forum Pleads for Culture of Peace
(News)
... or lack thereof in terms of achieving goals while ensuring that women were able to define peace, security and development. Who made the news and why should not be based on patriarchal patterns of power, ...
Created on 12 September 2015
18. U.N. Marks Humanitarian Day Battling Its Worst Refugee Crisis
(News)
... IPS World Humanitarian Day is an important opportunity to stop and honour the brave women and men who work tirelessly around the world every day to save lives in incredibly difficult circumstances. He ...
Created on 24 August 2015
19. U.N. to Unleash “Power of Education” to Fight Intolerance, Racism
(News)
... in Burundi; promoting interfaith harmony in Pakistan; encouraging greater acceptance of migrant populations in South Africa and promoting greater employment opportunities to Muslim women in Germany. Lara-Zuzan ...
Created on 12 August 2015
20. U.N. Taps Private Sector to Fund Development, Advocate Social Causes
(News)
... in Italy. Benetton has also teamed with U.N. Women in its intense campaign to eliminate gender violence worldwide. Nanette Braun Chief, Communications and Advocacy at U.N. Women, told IPS Benetton’s ...
Created on 11 August 2015