SIPRI expert at UN open-ended working group session on reducing space threats

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As part of the Climate-related peace and security risks project, SIPRI co-hosted an expert roundtable on maintaining the operational resilience of peacekeeping operations in the face of climate-related disruptions. The event was held on 10 May in New York.

Skoll Venture Award impact report

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Nine years of accelerating positive systems change and tackling the world’s most urgent challenges.

Fostering a Fourth Democratic Wave

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The Fostering a Fourth Democratic Wave project seeks to catalyze support for nonviolent pro-democracy movements fighting against authoritarian rule.

The link between climate change and conflict is dangerously overlooked

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In this video, Crisis Group President & CEO Comfort Ero speaks about why the link between climate change and conflict must receive more attention.

Making sport more inclusive for the LGBTQ+ community

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LGBTQ+ inclusion in sport has been contentious, but LGBTQ+ rights are human rights, and for sport to be an inclusive space, it is imperative that LGBTQ+ policies and procedures are institutionalized in grassroots and elite sport.

“This programme is nation-building” by Inclusive Future

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An innovative disability-inclusive employment pilot programme in Nigeria, Kenya, Bangladesh and Uganda (run by the Inclusive Futures consortium, of which Sightsavers is a partner) has recently come to an end. By Simon Brown, Sightsavers

70 per cent of 10-year-olds in 'learning poverty', unable to read and understand a simple text

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The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update report shows that prolonged school closures, poor mitigation effectiveness, and household -income shocks had the biggest impact on learning poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, with a predicted 80 per cent of children at the end-of-primary-school-age now unable to understand a simple written text, up from around 50 per cent

Singapore: Malaysian Drug Courier Scheduled for Execution (from The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, ADPAN)

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30 June 2022 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) is concerned with the scheduled execution of Kalwant Singh, a young Malaysian individual convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore in 2016. His execution has been scheduled to take place on 7 July 2022.

Transforming Education Pre-Summit (28-30 June UNESCO, Paris)

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The Transforming Education Pre‐Summit will be organized in Paris on 28‐30 June 2022. A Global Engagement Day on 28 June will include technical meetings on Thematic Action Tracks and engagements with key stakeholders. The High‐level segment consisting of Ministerial and Stakeholder engagement will take place from 29‐30 June 2022.

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