IISD Webinar: Thursday, 6 July 2023 What to Expect at the HLPF? Building Momentum Towards the SDG Summit and Beyond

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This webinar offers a chance to learn from experts in government, civil society, and academia who will unpack the main expectations at this year’s HLPF, including reviewing the main findings from two reports that will inform the SDG Summit: the Global Sustainable Development Report 2023, and the report by the High-Level Advisory Board on Effective and Inclusive Global Governance.

Indonesia: Condemnation on the Criminalisation against Human Rights Defenders in Indonesia

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Jakarta, 6 March 2023 — The International Civil Society Organization would like to express our concern as well as condemning to the spillover of the escalating defamation case of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, which targeted human rights defenders in Indonesia, Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar.

Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, and The Rockefeller Foundation Announce New Recipients of Multilateral Development Banks Challenge Fund

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CDB, FDS Africa, IDB Invest, Risk Control, University Freiburg & University of Leeds selected to help increase efficiency and innovation in the world’s development finance system

HRW: More than 70 Countries Pledge to Strengthen Right to Free Education

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Statement at UN Supports Free Education from Preschool through Secondary. Post written by Bede Sheppard Deputy Director, Children's Rights Division.

Michael R. Bloomberg and Sadiq Khan launch US$ 30 million Breathe Cities initiative to take clean air global

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Launch of Breathe Cities boosts London Climate Action Week with Bloomberg Philanthropies committing US$ 30 million to turbocharge cities to reduce air pollution, cut carbon emissions, and improve public health.The initiative will take Mayor Khan’s visionary work to tackle air pollution in London global – one of his top priorities as Chair of C40.

London Climate Action Week 2023 24 June - 2 July 2023

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London Climate Action Week (LCAW) is harnessing the power of London for global climate action. The annual event brings together the city's world-leading array of climate professionals and communities. Now in its fifth year, LCAW creates space for participants to come together and find global solutions to climate change.

A blueprint for a better future (Britain): Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

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Britain needs a new plan. The Future of Britain demands a new era of invention and innovation. Yet the state is no longer fit for purpose, with people paying higher taxes for less effective public services. Incremental improvements won’t deliver the fundamental change we need. The status quo is unsustainable.

Incoming Thai government must enact refugee-friendly policies, Southeast Asian MPs say

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JAKARTA, 28 June 2023 – The incoming Thai government must heed calls from civil society to reform policies on refugees to be more compassionate and in line with international human rights standards, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said today.

OXFAM: The Sex Truck, and women on the move

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A mobile reproductive health clinic in Colombia is delivering more than birth control.

WOMEN WIN: Engaging men to advance women’s economic outcomes

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What are the successes of engaging men to positively advance women’s economic outcomes?

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