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Global Citizenship: Foundations for an Interconnected World
worldwide/virtualCGC 2030 Side Event Join the NGO Major Group’s Cluster for Global Citizenship to explore how our interconnectivity impacts the United Nations and the UN Sustainable Development goals. Register here! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Major Group, please visit ngomg.org. For more information on the NGO Committee on Education, Learning, and
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The Resilience Paradox: The Role of Faith Actors in Addressing Climate Challenges and Vulnerabilities Faced by Small Island States
worldwide/virtualDear partners, Greetings from the Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations! We are proud to share with you the event we are co-sponsoring at the margins of the High-Level Political Forum: The Resilience Paradox: Faith Actors in Addressing Climate Challenges and Vulnerabilities Faced by Small Island States. This event is the result of a partnership between
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Building Back Better after COVID-19 through Addressing Health Equity, Mental Health, and Well-being: Contributions of Psychological Science and Practice to Leave No One Behind
worldwide/virtualBuilding Back Better after COVID-19 through Addressing Health Equity, Mental Health, and Well-being: Contributions of Psychological Science and Practice to Leave No One Behind The event highlights challenges and solutions related to achieving health and mental health equity in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Speakers include experts, “voices from the field,” and
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Migration and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications on the Sustainable Development Goals
worldwide/virtualMigrant Forum in Asia, in partnership with Asian People’s Partnership for Peace, Planet and Prosperity (APSD) is organizing an official HLPF side-event to explore the challenge COVID-19 represented for migrants and the impact of the pandemic on SDGs progress. Read more & find related events here. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Migration, please visit ngo-migration.org. For more information on
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Changing narratives about unpaid care work and the economy
worldwide/virtualThe pandemic has shown the critical importance of Care. It also exposed the challenges that women, particularly mothers, face in juggling paid work and unpaid Care responsibilities. At the heart of the problem is our current economic system, which considers unpaid care work - and nature - as endless and free commodities. The Covid-19 crisis provides a unique
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Is Extractivism Compatible with Sustainable Development?
worldwide/virtualPlease join us in the Mining Working Group’s side-event at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021. Our speakers from the Philippines, Brazil, Bolivia and Democratic Republic of Congo will discuss the impacts of mining and extractive industries and initiatives in their communities to address poverty and human rights abuses brought about by
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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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No-First-Use: A powerful tool to achieve a world without nuclear weapons
worldwide/virtualDear colleagues, We draw your attention to the international launch on July 15 of NoFirstUse Global, a campaign platform and network promoting no-first-use policies globally as a measure to prevent nuclear war and to help achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world. Support for No-First-Use policies is growing in nuclear armed countries and around the world, as evidenced by the recent Open Letter
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Trilateral Meeting of Regional FBOs Networks for the SDGs
worldwide/virtualDear colleagues, You are invited to the Trilateral Meeting of Regional FBOs Networks for the SDGs at the 2021 Meeting of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) to be held on Friday, July 16, 2021, at 9:00 am New York City time. Register here! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information on the Committee
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