One of the biggest decisions in a student’s life is choosing which university to attend in order to pursue a degree. While there are a variety of hard-copy guidebooks and online resources available to incoming college freshmen, the major advances in mobile device technology and the overwhelming popularity of Apple’s App Store have also made it possible for those same students to manage their college search and application process from their cell phones. These 10 apps have helped streamline … [Read more...]
10 iPhone Apps to Help Manage Your College Search
January 7, 2013 by Team Celebration
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Labor Exploitation is main cause of Human Trafficking, IOM
January 6, 2013 by Team Celebration
Labor exploitation is the main cause of human trafficking, according to a new report by the International Organization for Migration, (IOM). The report which looked into human trafficking trends showed that half of the human trafficking cases brought before the IOM for assistance in 2011 involved victims of labor exploitation. Spokesperson for the IOM Jumbe Omari Jumbe says the report, which collected information from more than 150 IOM missions showed that during the period, IOM provided … [Read more...]
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United Nations Foundation says “Thank You”
January 3, 2013 by Team Celebration
A Message of Thanks from the United Nations Foundation Happy New Year! 2013: A YEAR TO BE BOLD Thanks to your support, the United Nations Foundation has been helping the United Nations change lives by improving global health, promoting sustainable energy, empowering women and girls, and advocating for a better world for the past 15 years. New Year's Message from UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin Watch this New Year message from UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin and tell us how we … [Read more...]
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2013, COMMIT to help end violence against women
January 3, 2013 by Team Celebration
Statement by Michelle Bachelet, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of UN Women, on death of Delhi student. 2012 showed too many times over that 'violence against women' remains pervasive worldwide, unfortunately. Today, UN Women expresses our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the young Indian student so brutally raped. This horrific crime committed against a young woman who simply aspired to building a life in the service of others, is a call to action for all … [Read more...]
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Vienna Policy Dialogue focuses on women empowerment
January 2, 2013 by Team Celebration
Global dialogue on development NGO Committee to consider 200 applications The 2013 Regular Session of the Committee on NGOs will meet on 21-30 January and is expected to adopt its report on 8 February 2013 The Committee on NGOs will consider over 200 new applications for status by NGOs as well as applications deferred from earlier sessions. It will also review nearly 300 quadrennial reports of NGOs in general or special consultative status. It is a standing committee of the Economic … [Read more...]
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Little Girl Lives With Half Her Brain, Miraculous Story!
December 30, 2012 by Team Celebration
This is nothing short of a miracle! ... with the beginning of a New Year, inspired by GodTube.com, we share with you one of our world's miracles. A little girl was born with a rare genetic disease that caused her to have seizures multiple times a day, making her life incredibly difficult and painful. But thanks to some amazing doctors and the hands of God, she has made a complete recovery! For three years, little Cameron Mott’s life was a nightmarish succession of violent seizures … [Read more...]
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Celebrating, 2012 as a Year of Women’s Achievements
December 27, 2012 by Team Celebration
Celebrating ... a Year of Achievements From the ratification of a United Nations convention on domestic worker rights to landmark laws on harassment to the conviction of a former president for war crimes ... a true year of firsts. This timeline is a snapshot of some of the gender equality achievements in 2012. JANUARY 02, 2012 Implementation begins for Colombia's Victims and Land Restitution Law Embera indigenous people displaced by armed conflict in Colombia. … [Read more...]
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The 2013 Human Development Report, pre-order today
December 21, 2012 by Team Celebration
2012 theme: Global partnership for building shared prosperity The General Assembly, on 22 December 2005, by resolution 60/209 identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal values that should underlie relations between peoples in the Twenty-first century, and in that regard decided to proclaim 20 December of each year International Human Solidarity Day. By resolution 57/265 the General Assembly, on 20 December 2002, established the World Solidarity Fund, (now hiring) which … [Read more...]
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WOMEN Bloggers – Spiritual Winner
December 21, 2012 by admin
Spiritual Winner by: Jenai Dulaney "..even when my hands too tired to hold on, my heart wont let go. I'm physically exhausted with feeling this way but spiritually my love will never fade. Maybe I'm committed to somethin make-believe, but why would my heart fight for what could never be? Every day I'm at war with emotions over mentality, do I embrace the things I feel or only take chance with reality? I won't lie, it kills me inside that what I want don't come easy, but … [Read more...]
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Ginger Katz, West Rocks Middle Students speak out – Sandy Hook
December 20, 2012 by Team Celebration
Reflections of West Rocks Middle School - Students in Norwalk, CT Sandy Hook Tragedy What a horrible tragedy that happened that day. Everyone is crying for all those innocent kids and adults who passed away. Now there are 26 angels in heaven looking down at us through this hard time. All our best wishes go out to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Reflection Life goes on, but we still grieve. No one will forget about this for a long time. I don't know who would do this or who … [Read more...]
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A Celebration of Women™, Your Support is Appreciated
December 18, 2012 by Team Celebration
Through the creation of our Alumni of WOMEN (MEN) of ACTION™, our advocacy, recognition, and celebration of these positive changes in the lives on this planet created by our members, we have become the first central global platform for all women leaders and their followers. Our Alumni members are trailblazers in this millennium pioneering the new woman’s movement, a new paradigm of thinking that only through the achievement, “Equality of Women among Women”, will our world ever see a working … [Read more...]
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Jada Pinkett Smith, ‘End Slavery Now!’ , 21 million women trapped globally
December 14, 2012 by Team Celebration
Jada Pinkett Smith: End Slavery Now! Today, 21 million women, men and children are trapped in slavery all over the world. Jada Pinkett Smith has teamed up with the ILO and its new campaign End Slavery Now, and so can you! GENEVA (ILO News) – The ILO’s Global Wage Report 2012/13 says many companies have adopted new working practices in response to the global economic crisis as a way of staying afloat. According to the report, employees have seen changes in their hourly wage … [Read more...]
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UNESCO and Pakistan launch Malala Fund for Girls Education
December 11, 2012 by Team Celebration
UNESCO and Pakistan announced today the launch of the Malala Fund for Girls’ Education at a high-level event held as part of the celebrations for Human Rights Day. At the event – Stand Up for Malala, Girls’ Education is a Right – the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari announced that his country would donate the first $10 million. Opened by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and President Zardari, the occasion was dedicated to 15-year-old Pakistani school girl Malala Yousafzai, who was … [Read more...]
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Human Rights Day 2012
December 10, 2012 by Team Celebration
Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December. "On this Day, let us unite to defend your right to make it heard." The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations. The formal establishment of … [Read more...]
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Mayan End Time & the Pole Shift ~ 12-21-12, Drunvalo Melchizedek
December 5, 2012 by Team Celebration
Esoteric researcher Drunvalo Melchizedek discussed the great Earth activation fueling 2012, the magnetic pole shift that is currently affecting humans around the world, and new ways in which humans will begin to perceive and communicate in the world. A magnetic pole shift can precede a catastrophic physical pole shift, and there is some evidence there was one 26,000 years ago, and again 13,000 years ago, which would mean we are due for another one, he said. According to Melchizedek, when … [Read more...]
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