Children cannot afford another year of school disruption (Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore)

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“The cost of closing schools – which at the peak of pandemic lockdowns affected 90 per cent of students worldwide and left more than a third of schoolchildren with no access to remote education – has been devastating.The number of out-of-school children is set to increase by 24 million, to a level we have not seen in years and have fought so hard to overcome", shares Fore.

UN Women and UNV launch new Young Women Leaders Initiative

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UN Women and UNV launch the new Young Women Leaders Initiative to create professional opportunities for leaders of tomorrow and further enhance diversity in UN Women. We invite 10 young women from the Global South to serve as UN Youth Volunteers at UN Women Headquarters in New York.

Singapore Perspectives 2021 "Reset" by The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

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The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is holdin its annual flagship Singapore Perspectives (SP) conference, on 12, 14, 19 and 25 January 2021. The theme of SP2021 is “Reset”. The conference aims to bring together international thought leaders, academics, activists and community leaders with each other to consider the challenges presented by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Transforming trade, backing productive capacities is key to fixing global economy (UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD)

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UNCTAD Secretary-General sets down roadmap for health, productivity, prosperity and fixing a fractured global economy scarred by the coronavirus pandemic ahead of its October 2021 quadrennial conference in Barbados.

Human Rights Watch World Report 2021 ( ESSAY BY Kenneth Roth Executive Director)

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World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.

The Value of Your Voice ( from Ashoka)

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Brazil's Ministry of Education has approved Everyone a Changemaker Learning materials that have been co-authored by Ashoka for up to 1.5 million high school students

ACT NOW: New nationwide back to school campaign promotes safe COVID-19 behavior for the 2021 school year in Cambodia

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Today the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), supported by UNICEF, launched a national back to school campaign to encourage Cambodian children to return to classrooms while practicing safe behavior to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As the new school year starts, and with COVID-19 still a global challenge, this campaign will be crucial in making school environments as safe as possible.

The Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Top 10 Visionaries Transforming the Future of Food Systems Across 8 Countries

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New York, January 7, 2021 – Ahead of the first-ever United Nations’ Food Systems Summit, the Food System Vision Prize announced its top 10 “Visionaries” who offer solutions to complex food system challenges across six categories: environment, diets, economics, culture, technology, and policy. These winners will each be awarded $200,000 in recognition of their bold ideas.

OCEAN WISE STUDY: SYNTHETIC FIBERS ARE INVADING THE ARCTIC

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Ocean Wise has produced the most comprehensive study to date on Arctic Ocean microplastics. And the results are troubling.

OCEAN WISE STUDY: SYNTHETIC FIBERS ARE INVADING THE ARCTIC

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Ocean Wise has produced the most comprehensive study to date on Arctic Ocean microplastics. And the results are troubling.

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