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Childhood After Atrocity Crimes: Hope for Peace, Dignity and Equality

  Childhood After Atrocity Crimes: Hope for Peace, Dignity and Equality Civil Society Briefing Date: 4 February 2021 Time: 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EST The briefing will examine the approaches taken to support children who survived the Holocaust and will consider how these approaches contributed to models adopted for contemporary practice for working with [...]

By |2021-02-18T07:18:56+00:00February 18th, 2021|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Childhood After Atrocity Crimes: Hope for Peace, Dignity and Equality

ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19

ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19 The ILO’s latest analysis of the labour market impact of COVID-19 exposes the devastating and disproportionate effect on young workers, and analyses measures being taken to create a safe return to work environment. Read more...  

By |2020-06-27T21:45:29+00:00June 27th, 2020|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on ILO: More than one in six young people out of work due to COVID-19

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Visit UN Sustainable Development Goals for information on climate change, equity, the impact of urbanization on communities, economic and more https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/decade-of-action/ UN Sustainable Development is hoping that we accomplish our roadmap, and indicates that we together will be able to deliver what we want for all people and for our planet. UN Secretary General has [...]

By |2020-02-08T21:41:42+00:00February 8th, 2020|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on UN Sustainable Development Goals

UN Global Communications on Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals address the global challenges that we are facing and introduce seventeen goals as a roadmap to achieve by 2030 to help us eliminate poverty, hunger and more For More information Visit: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/ And click on any specific goal to learn more about each issue. No Poverty Zero Hunger, Good Health [...]

By |2020-02-08T20:51:58+00:00January 26th, 2020|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on UN Global Communications on Sustainability

Healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages

UN Sustainable Development: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases New HIV infections in 2013 were estimated at 2.1 million, which was 38 per cent lower than in 2001 HIV is the leading cause of death for women of reproductive age worldwide TB-related deaths in [...]

By |2017-04-12T23:56:23+00:00April 12th, 2017|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Healthy lives and well-being for all at all ages

Improving the Lives of Women & Children, Benin, Africa

MARCH 2017 Report from: unaid.org The First Lady of Benin has launched a foundation to improve the lives of the most vulnerable women and children in the western African country, nestled between Nigeria and Togo. The foundation will work under the umbrella of six core values: solidarity, the family, respect for differences, integrity, humility [...]

By |2017-03-12T12:35:09+00:00March 12th, 2017|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Improving the Lives of Women & Children, Benin, Africa

Children of educated mothers are more likely to survive than children of mothers with no education.

UN Sustainable Development reports:Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality.Children healthChildren born into poverty are almost twice as likely to die before the [...]

By |2017-01-01T20:06:17+00:00January 1st, 2017|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Children of educated mothers are more likely to survive than children of mothers with no education.

Gender Equality

Key facts Gender norms, roles and relations can influence health outcomes and affect the attainment of mental, physical and social health and well-being. Gender inequality limits access to quality health services and contributes to avoidable morbidity and mortality rates in women and men throughout the life-course. Developing gender-responsive health programmes which are appropriately implemented [...]

By |2016-11-08T21:49:46+00:00November 8th, 2016|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Gender Equality

Refugees

A peaceful and prosperous world is one in which people can feel safe and secure in their homes, with their families and in their communities.  It is a world in which they can feel confident in their country, their culture and in the family of nations and peoples on our common planet. Sometimes, for [...]

By |2016-11-08T21:48:03+00:00November 8th, 2016|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Refugees

Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) and IVAWA

Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) Women’s Action for New Directions supports the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), federal legislation that educates and empowers women and supports community efforts to combat violence against women in America. for complete report and more information visit: Women’s Action for New Directions (WAND) at wand.org http://ias.org/swo/human-rights-watch-and-humanitarian-work/

By |2016-11-05T01:35:16+00:00October 28th, 2016|UN Human Rights|Comments Off on Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) and IVAWA