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Social integration and civil society must include Women of African Descent
Photo: UNDPI As part of the United Nations’ 2015-2024 International Decade for People of African Descent, speakers, performance artists and an international panel of UN representatives, civil society...
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Digital Creativity: Reimagining Culture for Sustainable Development
Photo: WIPO The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of Indonesia, organized an event on “Digital Creativity: Reimagining Culture for Sustainable...
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Indigenous Peoples: Conflict, Peace and Resolution
UN Photo/Loey Felipe This year, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) meets for the 15th time – and it is expected that more than 1500 participants will join and that more...
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Inspection panel an important tool for development of indigenous communities
Photo: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas The World Bank’s Inspection Panel was presented at a side event on 10 May 2016 at United Nations Headquarters in New York as a part of the 15th session of the UN Permanent...
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Global Indigenous Youth present recommendations for preventing suicide and...
Photo: UN Photo/Manuel Elias Indigenous youth leaders of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus spoke about the plague of suicide and self-harm that afflicts young people in indigenous communities and...
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Tools for monitoring and evaluation of indigenous rights implementation
Photo: Indigenous Navigator Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) was a challenge that civil society groups sought to immediately resolve after the...
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Families are central to achieving good health and well-being for all
Photo: UNDESA DSPD There is no one-size-fit-all framework for family policy as there is no single family model. However, family policies can be made and reformed to enable better outcomes as family...
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Empowering indigenous youth through tech and cross-culture collaboration
Photo: UN Photo/Jerry Frank Youth have always played an important role in the social development of indigenous communities and the younger generation’s embrace of technology provides more opportunities...
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Digital solutions for vulnerable people without legal identity
Photo: UN/Clement Nocos Without access to legal identities that can be used to verify their existence and access to government services, approximately one-fifth of the world’s population is currently...
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Families & 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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