Online Certificate on Education for Sustainable Development
International Professional Development Programme 17 January – 20 June 2017 Register Here About the Programme This unique programme is designed to provide participants with the understanding, knowledge,...
View ArticleVSSU: Techniques and Strategies for Poverty Alleviation
Vivekananda Sevakendra-O-Sishu Uddyan (VSSU), a social developmental organization, was established in 1986 with a vision for community development through community resources. It is presently serving...
View ArticleMoving from Humiliation and Exclusion to Participation
Johnny Ocean, a 27 year-old from New York City cannot read or write at his age level. He has always experienced the inequities of living in poverty. “If we don’t feel comfortable, chances are we won’t...
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Health, Respect and Opportunity: Advancing the Rights of Indigenous Women in...
Montevista, Philippines – For too long, childbirth was a lottery of life and death for many indigenous women in the southern island of Mindanao. For a majority of the island’s 18 indigenous groups,...
View ArticleSDG Knowledge Hub
The SDG Knowledge Hub is an online resource center for news and commentary regarding the implementation of the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including all 17 Sustainable...
View ArticleYouth Employment and Entrepreneurship: The Key to Eradicating Poverty
Jobs for youth. The United Nations strategy for policy-makers: tackle poverty by promoting job-creation and entrepreneurship for youth around the world. This year the number of unemployed youth...
View ArticleRights of way: Safe and sustainable mobility for children
The Sustainable Development Goals and UN Habitat III herald a new era of global development, with the United Nations commitment to end poverty at their core. However, one significant contributor to...
View ArticleBurkina Faso Project Boosts Persons Living in an Unpredictable Climate
Nature can sometimes derail efforts for sustainable development, especially for those that live in areas with regular drought or flood conditions. This is the case for people living in Nouna, Burkina...
View ArticleRevolutionizing Education in the Developing World Webinar
The United Nations Federal Credit Union Foundation partnered with Girl Up and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation & Afghan Friends Network to produce this webinar for students to understand how...
View ArticleExpert Group Meeting on Advancing the Rights and Perspectives of Women and...
The Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD) of DESA will co-organize with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) in Santiago de Chile, Chile, an...
View ArticleThe Cooperative Sector and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
In September 2015, world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda that set out the road map for a future of shared prosperity and environmental sustainability. Cooperatives have contributed to the process that...
View ArticleGlobal Sustainable Transport Conference
Recognizing the fundamental role of sustainable transport in fighting climate change and achieving the sustainable future we want, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will convene the first ever global...
View ArticleInternational Day of Persons with Disabilities
Theme for IDPD 2016: “Achieving 17 Goals for the Future We Want” Since 1992, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been celebrated annually on 3 December around...
View ArticleOpen-Ended Working Group on Ageing
The Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing was established by the General Assembly by resolution 65/182 on 21 December 2010. The working group will consider the existing international framework of the...
View ArticleInternational Human Solidarity Day
2015 Theme: Shared Progress & Prosperity based on global solidarity The General Assembly, on 22 December 2005, by resolution 60/209 identified solidarity as one of the fundamental and universal...
View ArticleWorld Braille Day
The 4th of January is World Braille Day, as it is the birthday of Louis Braille, the Frenchman who invented the code in 1821. Braille helps to provide equal opportunity for many blind people...
View ArticleWorld Day of Social Justice
2016 World Day of Social Justice: The theme this year is “A Just Transition – environmentally sustainable economies and societies” Launch of the World Day of Social Justice, 10 February 2009...
View ArticleWorld Down Syndrome Day
Down syndrome is a naturally occurring chromosomal arrangement that has always been a part of the human condition, exists in all regions across the globe and commonly results in variable effects on...
View ArticleSocial Inclusion to Leave No Group Behind
Reducing inequalities that lead to the social exclusion of particular groups is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals and is a key element in achieving the mandate of the 2030 Agenda – to...
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Nyumbani Village – A Home for the Most Vulnerable in Kenya
Over 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the identification of the virus in 1983. The UNAIDS 2016-2021 Strategy aligned with the SDGs, aims to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The AIDS...
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