ILO Global Business and Disability Network 2016: Future of work and what it means for people with disabilities

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Watch and listen Live webcast: Global Meeting, 12 October 2016. The challenge is now how to include small medium size companies rather than just multinationals though in developing countries like Nepal, even local big companies, have a lot of work to be done to catch up with global standards.

Celebrating Deshain in the US

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A few weeks ago I was able to celebrate Deshain with the Nepalis and Friends Association Arizona.

10th EU Anti-Trafficking Day: Commission calls for intensified efforts to address new challenges

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The European Commission marks the 10th EU Anti-Trafficking Day today urging a reinvigoration of joint efforts across the Union to eradicate trafficking in human beings.

UN Secretary-General's Message for International day for the eradication of poverty: Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: Ending poverty in all its forms

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"Poverty is not simply measured by inadequate income. It is manifested in restricted access to health, education and other essential services and, too often, by the denial or abuse of other fundamental human rights. Let us listen to and heed the voices of people living in poverty. Let us commit to respect and defend the human rights of all people and end the humiliation and social exclusion..."

yesterday was international poverty day but who really cares?

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The 17th of October is the International Day for the eradication of Poverty, a UN special day, one of many, actually but i just found it out by chance reading a small article on a local day. The day should be of strategic importance but it seems no one really cares. Maybe because there are too many "special" days celebrated all over the world? Find some background info about the day.

International White CANE DAY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH SRISTI KC

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The celebration of International White Cane Day offered an opportunity to talk with Activist Sristi KC about her experience in Europe. The overall situation in terms of accessibility and inclusion is mixed though there are some encouraging steps within the higher education system. Yet much more can be done.

Presidential Proclamation -- Blind Americans Equality Day, 2011

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Today is White Can Day and President Obama is taking it seriously.

THE GYPSY GODDESS : RAMBLINGS OF A RESTLESS MIND

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It's not a review, it's rambling of a restless mind.

The scope of having a national volunteering award

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Volunteers are often praised but most of the time neglected. That's why we need a national volunteering award to celebrate the achievements of citizens of all ages who serve their communities, formally and informally. The article has been published on Republica.

Loneliness can harm your heatlh ( FROM CBC RADIO)

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Find here an interesting audio story based on studies from Brigham Young University according to which Loneliness and social isolation are just as much a threat to longevity as obesity. The effect occurs even for people who like to be alone. Lack of relationships is a bigger health risk for people under age 65.

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