New IPCC climate report to add pressure for action and justice (GreenPeace)

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Approval of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability in a virtual session (14-25 Feb).

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Peer research conference announced with a call for submissions for conference focused on Youth in UK

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Join us at Hive, 23-24 March 2022, to share your work and discuss issues facing the sector. This is organized by the Young Foundation.

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Workshop: Sport for Gender Equality (09 - 11 February 2022)

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Join GIZ S4D Learning Lab for a three-day workshop on how sport can be used to promote gender equality.

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Marshall Impact Accelerator Making things people need

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The Marshall Impact Accelerator will provide a brand-new platform for the world’s most promising social ventures, scaling them to help us tackle global challenges in areas such as health, the environment, social inequality, public policy and developmental economics.

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World Interfaith Harmony Week 1-7 February

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World Interfaith Harmony Week is an annual event observed during the first week of February, after General Assembly designation in 2010. The General Assembly pointed out that mutual understanding and interreligious dialogue constitute important dimensions of a culture of peace and established World Interfaith Harmony Week as a way to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith.

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Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI)

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The UHRI allows you to explore over 170.000 observations and recommendations made by the international human rights protection system: Treaty Bodies-Universal Periodic Review-Special Procedures

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For every dollar invested in assistive technology, there is a return of $9 ( by the International Disability Alliance, IDA)

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On 14th January, ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology, hosted "Mobilising for Assistive Technology - Towards the 2nd Global Disability Summit". In the event, the panellists highlighted how only 10% of people in need of an assistive device could access it.

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FROM ACTION AID: Afghanistan humanitarian crisis: Governments must ensure aid reaches those most in need

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Sudipta Kumar, Country Director of ActionAid Afghanistan, says: “The situation is grave for communities in all provinces of Afghanistan. Freezing temperatures and heavy snowstorms are intensifying an already devastating humanitarian crisis, with more than half of all Afghans facing severe hunger and malnutrition"

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Environmental Justice Coalition Calls for More Action on Justice40, Cutting Legacy Pollution and Enacting Build Back Better Agenda

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More must be done to ensure environmental justice in the USA AS Earth Justice explains.

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Call for Papers: ICEGOV 2022, UN UNIVERSITY

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On 4–6 October 2022, the UNU Operating Unit on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV) and the University of Minho will co-organise the 15th edition of the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance in Guimarães, Portugal.

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VSO Volunteer Impact Awards, The unsung heroes of 2021

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In the first week of December 2021, VSO awarded some amazing examples of champions of volunteerism, citizens impacting and creating positive change through volunteerism.

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Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed professor of practice and co-director of HKS's Center for Public Leadership ( HKS, HARVARD)

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"Cambridge, MA—Deval L. Patrick, former two-term governor of Massachusetts, will join Harvard Kennedy School in February 2022 as a professor of the practice of public leadership and as co-director of the School’s Center for Public Leadership (CPL), Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced today. He will be starting at the Kennedy School next week".

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FORUM ASIA: press Briefing: Myanmar attempted coup one year on – ASEAN must not fail its peoples, 31st JAN 2022

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This media briefing reminds ASEAN Member States and the whole ASEAN community of the regional bloc’s failure to hold the junta accountable for its grave human rights violations and its lack of commitment to the five-point consensus on Myanmar.

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Walking the talk: Strengthening states’ capacity to mainstream gender into education systems (by Fabricia Devignes)

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Fabricia Devignes for the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP)is highlighting how many countries are falling short of 2030 targets related to gender equality in education, capacity in gender responsive sector planning is a key component to achieving 2030 objectives.

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Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window by AVPN ASIA (28TH JAN)

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The Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window will award early-stage grant funding for the design and launch of innovative blended finance vehicles focused on the intersection of climate change and gender equality in emerging markets globally. This Window is funded by the Government of Canada.

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2022 Holocaust Remembrance Commemorations

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The 27th of January is celebrated as Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to commemorate the millions of Jews who died during the second world war and those who fell victim to hatred.

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Indonesians’ support for the death penalty declines with more rigorous survey methods

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"Indonesia, like its regional neighbours in Southeast Asia, has supported capital punishments for decades, particularly for drug-related offences" writes By Carolyn Hoyle and Parvais Jabbar

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COVID:19 Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

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NEW YORK, 24 January 2022 – More than 616 million students* remain affected by full or partial school closures. On the International Day of Education and as the COVID-19 pandemic nears its two-year mark, UNICEF shares the latest available data on the impact of the pandemic on children’s learning.

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Bachelet outlines funding needs required to support her “agenda of rights”, UN HUMAN RIGHTS

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UN Human Rights Chief, Michelle Bachelet, has made an appeal to UN Member States and private donors to support her 2022 “agenda of rights” through the work of her Office’s 1,600 staff at headquarters and 103 field presences, as well as her Office’s global partners.

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Capacity Development Webinar to Launch the Curriculum on Governance for the Sustainable Development Goals in the Asia-Pacific Region

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ffective Governance for Transformational Change: Strengthening capacities, mindsets, and competencies of public institutions to build the next generation of public servants in the Asia-Pacific Region, 25th jan 2022. The event was organized by UNESCAP

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New IPCC climate report to add pressure for action and justice (GreenPeace)

Peer research conference announced with a call for submissions for conference focused on Youth in UK

Workshop: Sport for Gender Equality (09 - 11 February 2022)

Marshall Impact Accelerator Making things people need

World Interfaith Harmony Week 1-7 February

Universal Human Rights Index (UHRI)

For every dollar invested in assistive technology, there is a return of $9 ( by the International Disability Alliance, IDA)

FROM ACTION AID: Afghanistan humanitarian crisis: Governments must ensure aid reaches those most in need

Environmental Justice Coalition Calls for More Action on Justice40, Cutting Legacy Pollution and Enacting Build Back Better Agenda

Call for Papers: ICEGOV 2022, UN UNIVERSITY

VSO Volunteer Impact Awards, The unsung heroes of 2021

Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed professor of practice and co-director of HKS's Center for Public Leadership ( HKS, HARVARD)

FORUM ASIA: press Briefing: Myanmar attempted coup one year on – ASEAN must not fail its peoples, 31st JAN 2022

Walking the talk: Strengthening states’ capacity to mainstream gender into education systems (by Fabricia Devignes)

Gender-Responsive Climate Finance Window by AVPN ASIA (28TH JAN)

2022 Holocaust Remembrance Commemorations

Indonesians’ support for the death penalty declines with more rigorous survey methods

COVID:19 Scale of education loss ‘nearly insurmountable’, warns UNICEF

Bachelet outlines funding needs required to support her “agenda of rights”, UN HUMAN RIGHTS

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