Call for action ahead of the Transforming Education Summit

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The upcoming UN Summit must fully include persons with disabilities and their inalienable rights.

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Working Together for Everyone’s Well-being: The Satoyama Initiative and Building Back Better (UN UNIVERSITY)

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This side event at the 2022 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will highlight the role of the Satoyama Initiative in achieving the SDGs and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It will discuss contributions to the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

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SOFI report: Record hunger on the rise, UN study says

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WFP and FAO among agencies warning 828 million people are hungry as war in Ukraine sends food, fuel and fertilizers prices rocketing

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Air Pollution and Climate Change Take a Growing Toll on Children's Health

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The following is an excerpt from a press release by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health.

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Pursuing inclusive and participatory consultations on climate actions in Nepal

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Rassu Manandhar is a national UN Volunteer Specialist with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in her home country, Nepal. She is part of a UNDP team that supports the people and Government in their efforts to integrate climate change and disaster risk reduction and management into the overall development process.

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Report: Motivations for Business to Create Shared Value in Hong Kong

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The Hong Kong Social Entrepreneurship Forum, Ernst & Young and InnoFoco Limited and Social Innovation Exchange have come together, with support of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund), to understand the motivations of businesses in creating shared value and making recommendations on wider promotion of the business for a good concept.

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The Right to Education for girls with disabilities in Nepal by VSO

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Around the world, girls with disabilities are being denied their right to an education. With a shortage of properly trained staff, inaccessible schools, and lack of appropriate learning resources, girls face barriers at every turn. Many have no choice but to drop out of school. It’s not their choice, and the cycle of poverty continues.

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