A global food crisis: WFP

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Aug
Conflict, COVID, the climate crisis and rising costs have combined in 2022 to create jeopardy for up to 828 million hungry people across the world
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Digital solutions: tech-powered responses to 21st century crises (The Young Foundation)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Aug
Digital technology has been at the core of community responses to recent and ongoing national and international crises. This paper explores the potential to develop digital civic infrastructure to support our national growth and drive levelling up.
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Taking a step towards a more diverse and inclusive society (UNV)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Aug
In 2021, over 70 UN Volunteers served in UN agencies in Laos, project offices and government ministries through the UN Development Programme (UNDP), including 23 UN Community Volunteers deployed to remote areas of the country. One of these is Bounchanh Oudom, a national UN Volunteer Disability Inclusion Specialist with UNDP, who shares her story.
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Why a universal job guarantee beats the basic income pipe dream (From the Conversation) by Daniel Tsai Lecturer in Business and Law, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Aug
"On the contrary, a universal job guarantee would be more appealing to voters because it addresses labour shortages while guaranteeing minimum wage. "
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The Constellations Awards: Collaborating for Social Impact (AVPN)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Aug
The Constellations Awards celebrate the remarkable ways in which social investors across Asia collaborate to address the complex challenges of our times.
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Save the Children Calls for Leadership and Vision to Combat Global Food Crisis

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 04Aug
Media Contact: Suzanne Arnold +1.202.794.1580 (O)
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Why we need to fund education now more than ever (Global Partnership for Education)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 04Aug
Financing education is financing our shared future. One year after the Global Education Summit, GPE calls on donors to maintain their commitments towards global education for the world’s most vulnerable children, and on governments to continue prioritizing education in their national budgets.
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Reading between the lines: G7 leaders make important commitments to nature

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 04Aug
aturally much of the focus of the recent G7 Summit, held in Elmau, Germany addressed the war in Ukraine and its economic and security repercussions, including on food and energy. That being said, and perhaps lost beneath the headlines, their G7 Leaders’ Communiqué underscored a variety of important commitments to nature that should be brought to light.
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New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 04Aug
lobally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment. UNAIDS, UNICEF, and WHO have brought together a new alliance to fix one of the most glaring disparities in the AIDS response.
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Accessibility

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Submitted by Michael Rosenkrantz 03Aug
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SOCIETY AT LARGE
Accessibility and sensitivity to accessibility has very different meanings depending upon what one can see and experience. I’ve been very fortunate in having learned about accessibility when I lived in India and Nepal from 2009–16. But then being able to pay more attention when I came back to the US has also enabled me to form stronger opinions and to see the possibilities.
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