VSO: The volunteer helping Rohingya refugee children regain their childhood

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Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugee children are living in camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, having experienced conflict and trauma which has left them vulnerable to violence, exploitation, and human trafficking. Arifa Ripa, a VSO national volunteer is championing play-based learning to help these children regain their childhood.

ESCAP Disaster Resilience Week

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24 to 27 July 2023 | By invitation only. The fourth ESCAP Disaster Resilience Week will be held from 24-27 July 2023 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. The deliberations of the week will be guided by the Executive Action Plan of Early Warning for All 2023-2027 and the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan.

WOMEN DELIVER 2023 CONFERENCE: SPACES, SOLIDARITY, AND SOLUTIONS.

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The Women Deliver 2023 Conference (WD2023) will take place in-person in Kigali, Rwanda, as well as virtually, from 17-20 July 2023.

Demands for decent work for sex workers enter International Labour Organization

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Sex workers demand access to justice as workers – through labour rights – rather than through victimhood. This is an update from the Institute of Social Studies, ISS.

Brazil launches participatory national planning process

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By Tarson Núñez, a People Powered mentor with the National Institute of Science and Technology Observatory of the Metropolis, Brazil, and Luiza Jardim, program associate with People Powered and PhD candidate in public administration and government, Brazil)

Fifth Global Media and Information Literacy Youth Hackathon

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The UNESCO annual Global Media and Information Literacy Week is a major occasion for stakeholders to review and celebrate the progress achieved towards “Media and Information Literacy for All.”

TODAY: HESI 2023 Global Forum

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The HESI 2023 Global Forum, which will be held on 17 July 2023 as an in-person event at UNHQ, will place a particular focus on understanding the challenges and opportunities to accelerate the recovery from COVID-19 and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda at all levels, in line with the theme of HLPF in 2023.

Fourth Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergies

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The Global Conference on Climate and SDGs Synergies is convened by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to take stock of progress on synergistic action at all levels and to plan ahead on prioritizing areas with most need.

PROTECTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM

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How UNFPA integrated national professionals to serve as UN Volunteers

Science Day - HLPF 2023

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This event will offer an informal space in the framework of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) for decision makers, scientists, and other stakeholders to exchange views on potential strategies to ensure the acceleration of SDG implementation is as evidence-based, strategic and effective as possible.

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