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Common security, nuclear risks and the OSCE in the wake of the Ukraine conflict
Common security, nuclear risks and the OSCE in the wake of the Ukraine conflict
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yqRRAyjZR8KLbjkYmMi7Xw The Russian invasion of Ukraine is impacting significantly on the European security framework. The European Union has facilitated a sweeping package of economic sanctions against Russia, unlike anything undertaken by the EU in any previous conflict. The invasion has elevated the risks of nuclear war, and stimulated Sweden and Finland to abandon
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Common security, nuclear risks and the OSCE in the wake of the Ukraine conflict
Common security, nuclear risks and the OSCE in the wake of the Ukraine conflict
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yqRRAyjZR8KLbjkYmMi7Xw The Russian invasion of Ukraine is impacting significantly on the European security framework. The European Union has facilitated a sweeping package of economic sanctions against Russia, unlike anything undertaken by the EU in any previous conflict. The invasion has elevated the risks of nuclear war, and stimulated Sweden and Finland to abandon
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The Peoples’ Global Summit | Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind
Join the people’s global summit by registering HERE Check the programme HERE. The President of CoNGO--Liberato Bautista--is delivering one of the Keynote Speeches. The people’s global summit is for everyone. It brings together individuals and communities, people of lived experiences, along with global organisations to co-build a combined global conversation on the creation of globally shared
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The Peoples’ Global Summit | Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No One Behind
Join the people’s global summit by registering HERE Check the programme HERE. The President of CoNGO--Liberato Bautista--is delivering one of the Keynote Speeches. The people’s global summit is for everyone. It brings together individuals and communities, people of lived experiences, along with global organisations to co-build a combined global conversation on the creation of globally shared
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Can Harnessing Blue and Thematic Bonds Build a Sustainable, Regenerative Ocean Economy?
Can Harnessing Blue and Thematic Bonds Build a Sustainable, Regenerative Ocean Economy?
On Wednesday, June 29, at 1pm ET, join the NGO Committee on Financing for Development for an official virtual side event of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference! A multilateral expert panel will discuss what blue and thematic bonds are, how they’re working in practice, and how to optimize them as building blocks toward a regenerative,
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Can Harnessing Blue and Thematic Bonds Build a Sustainable, Regenerative Ocean Economy?
Can Harnessing Blue and Thematic Bonds Build a Sustainable, Regenerative Ocean Economy?
On Wednesday, June 29, at 1pm ET, join the NGO Committee on Financing for Development for an official virtual side event of the 2022 UN Ocean Conference! A multilateral expert panel will discuss what blue and thematic bonds are, how they’re working in practice, and how to optimize them as building blocks toward a regenerative,
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Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) Annual Membership Meeting
Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) Annual Membership Meeting
Venue: Online and Baha’i International Community (866 UN Plaza, Suite 120) RSVP required: https://bic-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvf-uorDkuH9GvRCtVkcF-JfCsuk8EOTY5 As we emerge from a pandemic-induced hiatus during which the Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) largely carried out its activities through the CRNGO Climate Working Group, the CRNGO Bureau invites its members to come back together, in community,
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Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) Annual Membership Meeting
Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) Annual Membership Meeting
Venue: Online and Baha’i International Community (866 UN Plaza, Suite 120) RSVP required: https://bic-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEvf-uorDkuH9GvRCtVkcF-JfCsuk8EOTY5 As we emerge from a pandemic-induced hiatus during which the Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN (CRNGO) largely carried out its activities through the CRNGO Climate Working Group, the CRNGO Bureau invites its members to come back together, in community,
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WMG’s 2022 HLPF Colour Campaign
As is the feminist tradition of the Women's Major Group, we're calling on feminists and allies to wear and bring attention to certain colors on each day of HLPF because #FeministsWantSystemChange! Each of these colors represent feminist demands regarding systemic change in order to really achieve the SDGs! Join us in making feminist analyses heard!
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WMG’s 2022 HLPF Colour Campaign
As is the feminist tradition of the Women's Major Group, we're calling on feminists and allies to wear and bring attention to certain colors on each day of HLPF because #FeministsWantSystemChange! Each of these colors represent feminist demands regarding systemic change in order to really achieve the SDGs! Join us in making feminist analyses heard!
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Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural India
Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural India
Join us for this HLPF side event featuring a lively panel discussion followed by an entrepreneurial showcase. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApcu2tpjoiGdMZpmkCuFutzIkkr9mdBP3N?mc_cid=13e5b4d572&mc_eid=e1bba69d46 __________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-NY, a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship at the United Nations, please visit ngocsw.org. Likewise, for
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Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural India
Economic Empowerment of Women in Rural India
Join us for this HLPF side event featuring a lively panel discussion followed by an entrepreneurial showcase. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApcu2tpjoiGdMZpmkCuFutzIkkr9mdBP3N?mc_cid=13e5b4d572&mc_eid=e1bba69d46 __________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-NY, a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship at the United Nations, please visit ngocsw.org. Likewise, for
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Leadership for Change: A Call to Action from Sisters Supporting Vulnerable Communities
Leadership for Change: A Call to Action from Sisters Supporting Vulnerable Communities
This side event will address SDGs 14, 15, and 17 – under review at this year’s High-Level Political Forum – by featuring panelists with expertise in creating environmental initiatives that serve and support our planet’s most vulnerable communities. Panelists will include Sisters engaged in grassroots advocacy, speakers from civil society sharing best practices for partnerships
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Leadership for Change: A Call to Action from Sisters Supporting Vulnerable Communities
Leadership for Change: A Call to Action from Sisters Supporting Vulnerable Communities
This side event will address SDGs 14, 15, and 17 – under review at this year’s High-Level Political Forum – by featuring panelists with expertise in creating environmental initiatives that serve and support our planet’s most vulnerable communities. Panelists will include Sisters engaged in grassroots advocacy, speakers from civil society sharing best practices for partnerships
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WMG’s Side Event: The Centrality of Human Rights to SDG 5 & Agenda 2030
WMG’s Side Event: The Centrality of Human Rights to SDG 5 & Agenda 2030
This HLPF 2022 side event, organized by the Women's Major Group, UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, and the LGBTI Stakeholder Group, will look into the importance of centrality of human rights to the implementation and achievement of SDG 5 & Agenda 2030. There are many topics that could be examined under
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In this Together: Share the Care, Transform Tomorrow
In this Together: Share the Care, Transform Tomorrow
Dear friends, We hope you can join Make Mothers Matter on July 11th for their virtual event taking place on the margins of HLPF, the annual UN conference that assesses progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing the inequitable distribution of unpaid care work by ‘Sharing the care’ is in our view not only key
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Invest in SDG 4.7 to Unleash the Transformative Power of Education
Invest in SDG 4.7 to Unleash the Transformative Power of Education
This side event sponsored by Salesian Missions, addresses the critical need for a holistic education focused on target 7 of SDG 4. Even though we are yet to achieve the various targets under Goal 4, considerable progress has been made in this regard. This has not resulted in a more equal world despite the fact
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In this Together: Share the Care, Transform Tomorrow
In this Together: Share the Care, Transform Tomorrow
Dear friends, We hope you can join Make Mothers Matter on July 11th for their virtual event taking place on the margins of HLPF, the annual UN conference that assesses progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Addressing the inequitable distribution of unpaid care work by ‘Sharing the care’ is in our view not only key
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Invest in SDG 4.7 to Unleash the Transformative Power of Education
Invest in SDG 4.7 to Unleash the Transformative Power of Education
This side event sponsored by Salesian Missions, addresses the critical need for a holistic education focused on target 7 of SDG 4. Even though we are yet to achieve the various targets under Goal 4, considerable progress has been made in this regard. This has not resulted in a more equal world despite the fact
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Putting SDG 4 Back on Track After COVID-19: The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education
Putting SDG 4 Back on Track After COVID-19: The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education
A High-Level Political Forum Side Event on 11 July 2022 co-hosted by the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, the Universal Esperanto Association, and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Register here by July 10! About: Even before COVID-19, alarms were sounded that progress on SDG 4 was too slow and that the
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Creating an Enabling, Gender-Responsive Work Environment for the Future: The Role of ILO Convention 190 in Addressing Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
Creating an Enabling, Gender-Responsive Work Environment for the Future: The Role of ILO Convention 190 in Addressing Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
About: To achieve a job-rich recovery and just transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy, the UN Secretary-General is calling for a Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection that would create at least 400 million jobs and extend social protection to 4 billion women, men, and children
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Creating an Enabling, Gender-Responsive Work Environment for the Future: The Role of ILO Convention 190 in Addressing Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
Creating an Enabling, Gender-Responsive Work Environment for the Future: The Role of ILO Convention 190 in Addressing Violence and Harassment in the World of Work
About: To achieve a job-rich recovery and just transition to a sustainable and inclusive economy, the UN Secretary-General is calling for a Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection that would create at least 400 million jobs and extend social protection to 4 billion women, men, and children
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Torture in Our Name: A Moral Call to End Solitary Confinement
Torture in Our Name: A Moral Call to End Solitary Confinement
Please join us for a film screening and discussion about how survivors of solitary confinement and religious communities are working together to abolish torture once and for all. Join live via Zoom or Facebook! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hIAox0YhQOCLvRJgLqxMHA Religions for Peace (RFP) USA is the largest and most broadly-based representative multi-religious forum in the United States, with
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Torture in Our Name: A Moral Call to End Solitary Confinement
Torture in Our Name: A Moral Call to End Solitary Confinement
Please join us for a film screening and discussion about how survivors of solitary confinement and religious communities are working together to abolish torture once and for all. Join live via Zoom or Facebook! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hIAox0YhQOCLvRJgLqxMHA Religions for Peace (RFP) USA is the largest and most broadly-based representative multi-religious forum in the United States, with
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The Fear of “The Great Replacement” and Impact on Society
The Fear of “The Great Replacement” and Impact on Society
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, 2 PM to 3 PM ET Join Live via Zoom or Facebook. Please click here to register. Please join Religions for Peace for a discussion on how the fear of “The Great Replacement” has provided motivation for many heinous attacks on racial and religious minorities and what should be the role of religious communities
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The Fear of “The Great Replacement” and Impact on Society
The Fear of “The Great Replacement” and Impact on Society
Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, 2 PM to 3 PM ET Join Live via Zoom or Facebook. Please click here to register. Please join Religions for Peace for a discussion on how the fear of “The Great Replacement” has provided motivation for many heinous attacks on racial and religious minorities and what should be the role of religious communities
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