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2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum Side Event: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs
2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum Side Event: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs
2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum Side Event: WSIS Cooperation for Accelerating Progress on the SDGs United Nations Group on the Information Society (UNGIS) and the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Session 131 Tuesday, 31 January 2023 08:30-9:45 (UTC-5) New York 14:30–15:45 (UTC+01:00) Geneva Register for virtual participation » The achievement and the progress for
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61st Session of the Commission for Social Development
The 61st United Nations Commission for Social Development (CSocD61) will take place from 6 to 15 February 2023 in Conference Room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Priority Theme: Creating full and productive employment and decent work for all as a way of overcoming inequalities to accelerate the recovery from the COVID-19
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SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE REMARKABLY RESILIENT EVEN IN TIMES OF EXTREME SOCIAL TRAUMA: LESSONS FROM THE UKRAINE
SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE REMARKABLY RESILIENT EVEN IN TIMES OF EXTREME SOCIAL TRAUMA: LESSONS FROM THE UKRAINE
CSocD61 Side Event: GENERATIONS UNITED NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity NGO Committee on Ageing-NY National Academy of Social Insurance NGO Committee on the Family The Second in a Series Presented by the NGO Committee on Intergenerational Solidarity (COIGENS) on the Theme: “Social Trauma and Intergenerational Programmes” This symposium is an approved
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SDG Conference Bergen 2023: A just transformation to a sustainable future
We invite you to the SDG Conference Bergen 2023: A just transformation to a sustainable future 8–10 February 2023 In order to succeed with a sustainable transformation of our societies we must face the grand challenges of our time. How can we ensure that this transformation is just and leaves no one behind? The 6th annual
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Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
The NGO Committee on Financing for Development cordially invites you to join its annual virtual informal working breakfast More information about the Development Cooperation Forum is available here: un.org/development/desa/financing/events/2023-development-cooperation-forum-dcf. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United
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Reimagining the Future of Work for the Needs of Humanity
Reimagining the Future of Work for the Needs of Humanity
REGISTER HERE __________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on CoNGO–the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations, visit www.ngocongo.org. For specific information about how CoNGO and its substantive committees (also known as NGO Committees) work on matters related to the subject of the event on this page, visit NGO Committees. In particular, visit the NGO Committee on
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Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Co-Building an Eco-Social World
Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda: Co-Building an Eco-Social World
Social Work Strategies to Support Decent Work to Overcome Inequality and Achieve the 2030 Agenda Join the International Federation of Social Workers for this virtual side-panel event in support of the 61st Session of the United Nations Commission on Social Development. Thursday, February 9, 2023 3:00PM-4:15PM EST Register here to attend: https://www.monmouth.edu/school-of-social.../ifsw-ny-event/ Concept Note
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Don’t Steal My Childhood: Child Labor and Children in Migration
Don’t Steal My Childhood: Child Labor and Children in Migration
Don't Steal My Childhood! Child Labor and Children in Migration Despite significant progress in reducing child labor in the past two decades, most recent data show that global progress has stalled since 2016. Forced child labor deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity. It is harmful to their physical and mental health
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MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Formalization Ensure Sustainable Finance and Decent Jobs?
MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Formalization Ensure Sustainable Finance and Decent Jobs?
About 2 billion workers, or over 60 percent of the world’s adult labor force, operate in the informal sector --at least part-time, according to the ILO. The COVID-19 pandemic hit informal workers particularly hard, especially women. Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSME), both formal and informal, make up over 90% of all firms around the globe
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One Earth, One Chance: UN COP15
One Earth, One Chance: UN COP15
This conversation will look at the UN COP 15 experience and the diverse strategies for the urgent changes we need going into and coming out of that pivotal event. Grassroots pressure is crucial, as is policy change from within the multilateral spaces. The involvement of faith communities can be a game changer. The pressure must come
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Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
Global Negotiations in a Fractured World
______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO Committee on Financing for Development is a Substantive Committee of the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations. Likewise, for more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/NY, please visit ngocsd-ny.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Sustainable Development/Vienna, please visit ngocsdvienna.org. For
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Commemorative Event: World Day of Social Justice
Commemorative Event: World Day of Social Justice
The Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UN and the International Labour Organization (ILO), in partnership with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), are pleased to convene the commemorative meeting of the 2023
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International Mother Language Day 2023: Multilingual education, a necessity to transform education
International Mother Language Day 2023: Multilingual education, a necessity to transform education
International Mother Language Day 2023: Multilingual education, a necessity to transform education International Mother Language Day 21 February 2023 - 9:30 am - 21 February 2023 - 5:30 pm Location: UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France Rooms : Room X Type : Cat VIII - Symposia Arrangement type : In-Person Language(s) : French, Spanish, English On International Mother Language
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International Mother Language Day–UN Headquarters Event
International Mother Language Day–UN Headquarters Event
Six-year-old students in a special language class common to all schools in high mountain areas of Viet Nam with a large ethnic minority population. In this class, students study both languages - their mother tongue and Vietnamese. PHOTO:UNICEF/Hoang Le Vu International Mother Language Day Event at UN Headquarters Tuesday, 21 February 2023, from 3 to
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Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges
Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges
“Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges” February 23 | 1:15-2:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) The NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join us at our event “Sons and Daughters of Working Mothers: Successes and Challenges.” We will hear from Kathleen L. McGinn, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard
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Save the Date: NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY
Save the Date: NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY
NGO CSW67 CONSULTATION DAY Join us virtually this Sunday, 5 March at 10am EST to kick off the NGO CSW67 Forum! We'll be hosting an engaging program to prepare attendees for the NGO CSW67 Forum. We'll hear from speakers and experts from the UN, governments, and civil society, as well as feminist entertainment throughout the
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Town Hall Meeting with the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly
Town Hall Meeting with the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly
Town Hall Meeting with the President of the 77th session of the General Assembly 27 February 2023, 16:15-17:15, Room XVIII (CoNGO calls on NGOs based and within the vicinity of Geneva to participate in this town hall meeting. For its part, CoNGO is pleased that three civil society speakers have been selected to give the
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Briefing on the EDVAW Platform: The Platform of International and REgional Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence Against Womenj
Briefing on the EDVAW Platform: The Platform of International and REgional Mechanisms on Discrimination and Violence Against Womenj
Date: Tuesday, 28 February 2023 Time: 9am -12pm EST Find your timezone here. This briefing aims at raising awareness of the EDVAW Platform which is made up of the following expert mechanisms: UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women and girls (WGDAW) UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women (SRVAW) UN Committee on the Elimination of
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Global Thematic Webinar: Social Justice–Racial Justice, Migration Justice, and Health Justice (A CoNGO 75th Anniversary Event)
Global Thematic Webinar: Social Justice–Racial Justice, Migration Justice, and Health Justice (A CoNGO 75th Anniversary Event)
SPONSORS VERSION UPDATE FEBRUARY 28 ________________________________ GLOBAL THEMATIC WEBINAR on SOCIAL JUSTICE: MIGRATION JUSTICE, RACIAL JUSTICE & HEALTH JUSTICE (A CoNGO 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT) Thursday | March 2, 2023 | | 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST, 15h30 to 18h CET Time Zone Calculator REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/register_socialjustice_webinar ________________________________ The Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative
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