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Youth-led Action Research (YAR) on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalised Youth in 9 Countries in the Asia Pacific
worldwide/virtualThe Asia Pacific region is home to more than 700 million young people. About 85 million come from marginalized backgrounds, living in extreme poverty, having little to no access to education, employment, health care, and social protection, and facing barriers to meaningful opportunities to engage in decision-making processes that affect their lives. Disconnected from their
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Youth-led Action Research (YAR) on the Impact of COVID-19 on Marginalised Youth in 9 Countries in the Asia Pacific
worldwide/virtualThe Asia Pacific region is home to more than 700 million young people. About 85 million come from marginalized backgrounds, living in extreme poverty, having little to no access to education, employment, health care, and social protection, and facing barriers to meaningful opportunities to engage in decision-making processes that affect their lives. Disconnected from their
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Making equitable education and decent jobs work for the marginalized: Pathway to a gender-just recovery
worldwide/virtualIn this side event with GCE, ASPBAE will be doing a soft launch of the 2021 Spotlight Reports. In ASPBAE, the national education coalitions in Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Japan have produced country reports. These Spotlight Reports emphasize the role of education as a driver towards sustained recovery
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Making equitable education and decent jobs work for the marginalized: Pathway to a gender-just recovery
worldwide/virtualIn this side event with GCE, ASPBAE will be doing a soft launch of the 2021 Spotlight Reports. In ASPBAE, the national education coalitions in Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Japan have produced country reports. These Spotlight Reports emphasize the role of education as a driver towards sustained recovery
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Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group
worldwide/virtualJoin the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Tuesday, April 26, from 8 - 9:30am EST for an official side event of the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum on Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group Speakers: H.E. Mr. Phillippe Kridelka, Ambassador, Permanent
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Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group
worldwide/virtualJoin the NGO Committee on Financing for Development on Tuesday, April 26, from 8 - 9:30am EST for an official side event of the 2022 ECOSOC Financing for Development Forum on Financing for Universal and Crisis-Responsive Social Protection and Decent Work: Proposals of 2021 UN Inter-Agency Working Group Speakers: H.E. Mr. Phillippe Kridelka, Ambassador, Permanent
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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 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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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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MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Formalization Ensure Sustainable Finance and Decent Jobs?
worldwide/virtualAbout 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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MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Formalization Ensure Sustainable Finance and Decent Jobs?
worldwide/virtualAbout 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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