SAVE THE DATE: E-Discussion on Disadvantaged Children and Young People living in Urban Areas 1-29 August 2013 Dear colleagues, friends. As part of the continued effort to ensure that inequalities are addressed in the post-2015 agenda, the Global Thematic Consultation on Addressing Inequalities (co-led by UNICEF and UN Women) will be holding additional periodic e-discussions hosted on the World We Want website. These will serve to deepen the debate on issues touched on … [Read more...]
AUG 1-29: E-Discussion on Disadvantaged Children, Young People living in Urban Areas
July 16, 2013 by Team Celebration
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Ban Ki-Moon speaks with Malala!
April 9, 2013 by Team Celebration
As of 5 April, only 1,000 days remain until the end of the 2015 target date for achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The eight MDGs – which range from halving extreme poverty to promoting gender equality to providing universal primary education by the target date of 2015 – form an internationally agreed blueprint which countries and leading development institutions have signed onto. Since their adoption in 2000, the MDGs have made a huge difference, helping to set global and … [Read more...]
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Building capacities in Gender Statistics, WORLD EVENTS
April 1, 2013 by Team Celebration
Workshop on improving the integration of a gender perspective into official statistics will be arranged in Chiba, Japan on 16-19 April DESA’s Statistics Division and the Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific (SIAP) are organizing jointly a capacity building workshop on gender statistics, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Government of Japan. The purpose of the workshop is to train national statisticians on the production and use of gender … [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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