Category: Development
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Sustainable Fashion Tackling Climate Change and Gender Inequality
Quid is a woman-led, eco-fashion social enterprise in Verona, Italy, that addresses climate change while responding to gender inequality by providing jobs for struggling women. The initiative recycles high-quality fab...
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Women and Girls Excel in Science
On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, meet female innovators who prove that all people can make a contribution in this field. Sharing their experiences, these accomplished women send a strong message...
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Promoting Sustainable Business
As the World Economic Forum opens in Davos, Switzerland, United Nations Global Compact encourages economic leaders to integrate sustainable development in their business models.
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Real-Life Mermaids: Women Guardians of the Sea
They are called mermaids: the Haenyeo women divers of Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea. Carrying on a centuries-old tradition, these remarkable women use no modern equipment while serving as guardians of the sea. ...
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Nepal: Women Take Charge of Family Planning
In Nepal, 17% of adolescent women age 15-19 are already mothers or pregnant with their first child, and only 15% of married women or girls aged 15-19 use a modern form of contraception. In rural areas, women have litt...
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Earthboy To The Rescue
Meet the boy who uses his art to protect the environment. Emerson Chong creates comics and video games to encourage recycling. His “Earth Boy” comic was published by UNICEF as part of a campaign to teach kids about su...
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Peru: Protecting the Amazon
The indigenous peoples of Loreto, Peru, understand the value of the Amazon and the resources it provides. For more than 10 years, they have become environmental monitors to track and report the impact of oil activity ...
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At epicentre of Indonesia disaster, Guterres praises resilience of Sulawesi people
United Nations chief António Guterres on Friday (12 Oct) visited Palu, Indonesia after the earthquake and tsunami hit the country. On arrival, Secretary-General António Guterres met at the Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airpo...
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Indonesia Tsunami – UN Agencies Rush to Assist Victims
Days after a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, reportedly killing more than a thousand people, UN agencies and their partners are still struggling to reach to worst-affected areas. ...
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La ONU y la Unión Europea suman esfuerzos para acabar con el feminicidio en América Latina
América Latina es el hogar de 14 de los 25 países con las tasas más altas de feminicidio en el mundo y un asombroso 98% de los homicidios relacionados con el género, no son procesados como tal, y muchas veces quedan e...
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Get Ready for the UN General Debate 2018
We will be LIVE on YouTube! Subscribe to not miss the action: https://www.youtube.com/user/unitednations?sub_confirmation=1 1 building. 193 countries. Countless opportunities for change. In September, world l...