The 26th IAVE World Volunteer Conference

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Hosted for the first time in the Middle East, the 26th IAVE World Volunteer Conference will be hosted by the Emirates Foundation, the national organization of the UAE set up by the Abu Dhabi Government to facilitate public-private funded initiatives to strengthen community resilience

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2022 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems

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Third session of UN cyber working group meets next week The third substantive session of UN's Open-ended Working Group on cyber issues will be meeting in New York from 25-29 July 2022. The preview edition of our Cyber Peace & Security Monitor has a look ahead at what to expect, while we are also posting documents and statements on our resource page.

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Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change

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New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking the first-ever global effort to address this increasingly major concern.

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Chaos, Conflict, Impunity: PEN International, Case List 2021

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July 13: PEN International releases Chaos, Conflict, Impunity: PEN International, Case List 2021 today. A yearly compilation of PEN International’s most emblematic cases from 2021, Chaos, Conflict, Impunity provides an overview and an indication of global trends, as well as a guide to the type of challenges writers faced, in different countries worldwide, and the actions other writers took....

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The Essentials for Collective Impact series

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The Essentials for Collective Impact series is designed to support those early in their collective impact work by providing workshops that focus on four key areas—an overview of collective impact and the backbone role, advancing equity, community engagement, and data and learning—that are critical when using the collective impact approach for social change.

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UN Transforming Education: Pre Summit Preparation: Youth Declaration

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Transforming education can only be achieved if we, young people, are included in the processes of implementing policy and systematic changes to education stakeholders and governments. This is why youth must be engaged in critical events that will shape education’s future, such as the Transforming Education Summit (TES), which will take place in September 2022.

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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at an address on the state of global food security and nutrition

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"If you have ever seen a severely wasted child – as I have – it never leaves you. I will be forever haunted by the tiny, fragile children I saw on recent missions in Ethiopia and in Afghanistan."

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From Our Member Suara Rakyat Malaysia, Malaysia – Launch of Malaysia Youth’s Action Against Torture Exhibition: Re-imagining a Torture Free Nation

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In commemoration of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26th of June, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) in collaboration with Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) and Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF) launched an exhibition on torture prevention. The exhibition showcased 30 selected cartoons from a competition for Malaysian youths held in 2021.

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A sporting chance at peace

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As the 2022 Commonwealth Games get underway, a group of academics from around the world ask: what role does sport play in promoting peace and universal understanding?

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Time for a World Education Service | Event with Tony Blair (Thursday 28th July, 12:00 – 12:45 BST / 13:00 – 13:45 CAT)

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Join our discussion on how technology is super-charging global education efforts as we launch our latest paper that argues there has never.The global education crisis is real and urgent. Today, over 258 million children and young people are out of school and, post-Covid, 1 in 7 10-year-olds would struggle to read a simple text. Without radical action, we won't even come close to achieving UN SDG4.

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Framework for Disability Policies and Strategies in Asia and the Pacific

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UN-ESCAP came up with a new framework to include disability into policy making.

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BEYOND THE GAMES 2022

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Beyond Sport is convening 300 leaders from the national and international sport sector to explore, debate and share insights on sport’s role in addressing the UK’s most pressing social and sectoral issues.

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PROTECT THE PROTEST

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO CONFRONT UNPRECEDENTED WORLDWIDE THREAT TO THE RIGHT TO PROTEST

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Listen Include Respect: LAUNCHED!

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The Listen Include Respect guidelines will help organisations of all types to be more inclusive of people with disabilities. From producing and delivering accessible information, to running inclusive meetings, to including people with intellectual disabilities in consultations.

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Gender Equality at the heart of Agenda 2030: Launch of the special report on the Local and Regional Governments’ localization of SDG 5

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"For this reason, we are proud to announce the launch of ‘From Making Commitments to Realizing Change: Local and Regional Governments’ Progress on Gender Equality’, a report to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on the localisation of SDG 5. The publication was developed with Associate Professor Jennifer Piscopo as lead author...."

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Nepal joins UN-Habitat and European Commission initiative on applying global definition of urban areas

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Kathmandu, Nepal, 14 July 2022 – Officials in Nepal, a country whose urban population has increased nearly four-fold in a decade, are better equipped to provide harmonised nationwide urban planning and development in the aftermath of a workshop provided by UN-Habitat.

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NESTA EVENT: How to create a radical future (28 Jul 2022 12:00 – 13:00, London Time)

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Sir Geoff Mulgan is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London. He formerly held roles in government, including as the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit Director and Downing Street’s Head of Policy, and founded leading organisations such as Demos and the Young Foundation. He was chief executive of Nesta from 2011 to 2019.

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Canada: Delivering clean oceans and healthy coasts with an expanded Oceans Protection Plan

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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced the next phase of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan. With the new investment of $2 billion over nine years, announced in Budget 2022, Canada will establish 15 new measures to expand ocean protection initiatives to more regions and better proactively combat emerging threats to marine safety, while continuing or expanding 39 existing initiatives.

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BIEN 2022: Crisis and Transformation (26 September, 2022- 28 September, 2022)

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BIEN 2022 is the 21st annual Congress of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN). BIEN draws together individuals and groups across the world who have an interest in basic income, and encourages education and informed discussion about the potential of basic income in a wide range of contexts.

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Global cities convene in London to tackle triple threat of congestion, air pollution and the climate emergency

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Mayor of London and Chair of C40 Cities Sadiq Khan is convening global cities to accelerate city-led action to address the triple threat of congestion, air pollution and the climate emergency. Representatives from 16 C40 cities will attend the Air Quality and Climate Solutions Summit held at London City Hall.

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Chaos, Conflict, Impunity: PEN International, Case List 2021

The Essentials for Collective Impact series

UN Transforming Education: Pre Summit Preparation: Youth Declaration

UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell's remarks at an address on the state of global food security and nutrition

From Our Member Suara Rakyat Malaysia, Malaysia – Launch of Malaysia Youth’s Action Against Torture Exhibition: Re-imagining a Torture Free Nation

A sporting chance at peace

Time for a World Education Service | Event with Tony Blair (Thursday 28th July, 12:00 – 12:45 BST / 13:00 – 13:45 CAT)

Framework for Disability Policies and Strategies in Asia and the Pacific

BEYOND THE GAMES 2022

PROTECT THE PROTEST

Listen Include Respect: LAUNCHED!

Gender Equality at the heart of Agenda 2030: Launch of the special report on the Local and Regional Governments’ localization of SDG 5

Nepal joins UN-Habitat and European Commission initiative on applying global definition of urban areas

NESTA EVENT: How to create a radical future (28 Jul 2022 12:00 – 13:00, London Time)

Canada: Delivering clean oceans and healthy coasts with an expanded Oceans Protection Plan

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