Child labour rises to 160 million – first increase in two decades

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Jun
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 10 June 2021 – The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNICEF.
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KIDSRIGHTS INDEX

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Jun
The KidsRights Index is the first and the only global ranking that annually measures how children’s rights are respected worldwide and to what extent countries are committed to improving the rights of children.
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Recruiting persons with disabilities to serve as UN Volunteers

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Jun
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme is pleased to announce the recruitment of persons with disabilities for UN Volunteer assignments funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). UNV will be deploying 50 candidates with disabilities as national UN Volunteer specialists in 37 countries across the world.
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World Sustainability Summit (India)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Jun
The summit is being organized by The Policy Times and several partners, including recyclean.in
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International Forum on SDGs for Regional Revitalization 2021

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 10Jun
The event was organized in Malaysia on January 2021.
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UNDESA World Social Report 2021

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Jun
The World Social Report 2021, a flagship publication of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) on major social development issues offers new strategies to ensure that the 3.4 billion people who live in rural areas are not left behind as global efforts focus on boosting socio-economic growth and tackling climate change in the middle of the COVID-19 recovery.
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The Business Role in Creating a 21st-Century Social Contract (BSR)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Jun
How the Private Sector Can Support Economic Prosperity and Social Mobility Through a New Social Contract
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21st Century Social Contract: Building more inclusive state-society relations through volunteering (UNV)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Jun
The online dialogue on the “21st Century Social Contract: Building more inclusive state-society relations through volunteering” is taking place on 14 June 2021, 09:00-10:00 am EST or 3:00-4:00 pm CEST.
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Launch of the 2021 Sustainable Development Report

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Jun
June 14, 2021 | 08:00 - 09:00am EDT. The annual Sustainable Development Report (SDR) tracks progress on the SDGs and analyzes key issues in sustainable development.
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“I Must Work to Eat” Covid-19, Poverty, and Child Labor in Ghana, Nepal, and Uganda (HRW)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Jun
The study looks at how vulnerable children from three countries that are member of the Pathfinders Initiative to fight child labor have been impacted by the pandemic and how social protection initiatives, in particular cash grants, can make the difference.
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