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Reclaiming and Transforming Multilateralism: Towards a Peoples’ Multilateralism
worldwide/virtualAlongside the High-Level Political Forum 2021, ActionAid’s Youth Working Group will launch its popular education and advocacy series called “Reclaiming and Transforming Multilateralism: Towards a Peoples’ Multilateralism.” The report was authored by Diyana Yahaya, edited by Nancy Kachingwe, and commissioned by Katherine Robinson. This series of primers are intended to raise awareness and increase participation
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Reclaiming and Transforming Multilateralism: Towards a Peoples’ Multilateralism
worldwide/virtualAlongside the High-Level Political Forum 2021, ActionAid’s Youth Working Group will launch its popular education and advocacy series called “Reclaiming and Transforming Multilateralism: Towards a Peoples’ Multilateralism.” The report was authored by Diyana Yahaya, edited by Nancy Kachingwe, and commissioned by Katherine Robinson. This series of primers are intended to raise awareness and increase participation
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Towards the creation of a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
worldwide/virtualDear friends and colleagues, As the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (21 June-13 July 2021) is about to end, we would like to invite you to a virtual briefing for civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, to take stock of the most recent developments on the proposal to establish a new UN Special
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Towards the creation of a UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change
worldwide/virtualDear friends and colleagues, As the 47th session of the Human Rights Council (21 June-13 July 2021) is about to end, we would like to invite you to a virtual briefing for civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations, to take stock of the most recent developments on the proposal to establish a new UN Special
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Sustainable Ageing in a Digital World
worldwide/virtualObjectives: An increasing number of concerns have been raised regarding the risks of leaving vulnerable groups behind in a hyper-digitalised world which includes older and marginalised populations. Therefore, digital inclusion needs to be a top priority in terms of public policy making from a human rights and from an economic productivity point of view. The
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Sustainable Ageing in a Digital World
worldwide/virtualObjectives: An increasing number of concerns have been raised regarding the risks of leaving vulnerable groups behind in a hyper-digitalised world which includes older and marginalised populations. Therefore, digital inclusion needs to be a top priority in terms of public policy making from a human rights and from an economic productivity point of view. The
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FORUM2021 Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth
worldwide/virtualIn solidarity with other NGO’s offering a strong critique of the fall UN Food Summit, FORUM2021 explores the potential of local regenerative agriculture, highlights the growing organic farming movement and offers an interfaith moral call to redressing the harm caused by agribusiness, the industrialization of the world’s food production system. FORUM2021 explores the ancient, respectful
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FORUM2021 Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth
worldwide/virtualIn solidarity with other NGO’s offering a strong critique of the fall UN Food Summit, FORUM2021 explores the potential of local regenerative agriculture, highlights the growing organic farming movement and offers an interfaith moral call to redressing the harm caused by agribusiness, the industrialization of the world’s food production system. FORUM2021 explores the ancient, respectful
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Multilateralism & Multi-stakeholderism: Where does accountability for the corporate sector fit in?
worldwide/virtualJoin this UNGA76 side event exploring corporate influence across the United Nations System, and identifying ways in which civil society and all actors can resist corporate influence with a view to build a more accountable and equitable system that operates in the interests of people and planet, rather than profit. Register: bit.ly/AccountabilityForCorporateSector Speakers will include: Moderator: Barbara
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Multilateralism & Multi-stakeholderism: Where does accountability for the corporate sector fit in?
worldwide/virtualJoin this UNGA76 side event exploring corporate influence across the United Nations System, and identifying ways in which civil society and all actors can resist corporate influence with a view to build a more accountable and equitable system that operates in the interests of people and planet, rather than profit. Register: bit.ly/AccountabilityForCorporateSector Speakers will include: Moderator: Barbara
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