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economic justice
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021: Demanding Justice Beyond Rhetoric
worldwide/virtualPolicy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. The most visible example of this is the global disparity in the distribution of vaccines. So far more than 60 percent of people in high-income countries have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but less than
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Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021: Demanding Justice Beyond Rhetoric
worldwide/virtualPolicy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have exacerbated rather than reduced global inequalities. The most visible example of this is the global disparity in the distribution of vaccines. So far more than 60 percent of people in high-income countries have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, but less than
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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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Digital Equity for all Ages: Connect, Respect and Protect Older People in Digital Technologies
worldwide/virtualThis year, the International Day of Older Persons 2021 will provide a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and serve as a call to action. The #UNIDOP2021 will adopt a person centered, human rights approach to ensure digital equity including adequate policies, access, digital literacy and safety for individuals of all ages. This particular side event from
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Digital Equity for all Ages: Connect, Respect and Protect Older People in Digital Technologies
worldwide/virtualThis year, the International Day of Older Persons 2021 will provide a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and serve as a call to action. The #UNIDOP2021 will adopt a person centered, human rights approach to ensure digital equity including adequate policies, access, digital literacy and safety for individuals of all ages. This particular side event from
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NIFEA e-conference “Degrowth – Living Sufficiently and Sustainably”
worldwide/virtualDear friends, Warm greetings from Geneva. On behalf of our Economic and Ecological Justice Programme, please consider yourselves invited to attend the upcoming Online NIFEA (New International Financial and Economic Architecture) E-Conference on “Degrowth – Living Sufficiently and Sustainably” Taking place on Friday 1st October 2021, from 10:00-12:00 CEST and from 14:00-16:00 CEST For additional information, please
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NIFEA e-conference “Degrowth – Living Sufficiently and Sustainably”
worldwide/virtualDear friends, Warm greetings from Geneva. On behalf of our Economic and Ecological Justice Programme, please consider yourselves invited to attend the upcoming Online NIFEA (New International Financial and Economic Architecture) E-Conference on “Degrowth – Living Sufficiently and Sustainably” Taking place on Friday 1st October 2021, from 10:00-12:00 CEST and from 14:00-16:00 CEST For additional information, please
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Adequate reparation in the future LBI: The example of mining disasters
worldwide/virtualJoin us for this official side event during the 7th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. Examining the concrete situations in Marinduque Island (the Philippines) and Minas Gerais State (Brazil), panelists will interrogate whether articles in the current draft for the legally
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Adequate reparation in the future LBI: The example of mining disasters
worldwide/virtualJoin us for this official side event during the 7th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. Examining the concrete situations in Marinduque Island (the Philippines) and Minas Gerais State (Brazil), panelists will interrogate whether articles in the current draft for the legally
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