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Re-imagining The Future We Need: Community voices for a healthy, green and just recovery
worldwide/virtualNGO Major Group Side Event This side event at the UN's High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2021 will hear directly from community voices from different parts of the world on action steps needed for a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. A priority of this session is to ensure the
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Re-imagining The Future We Need: Community voices for a healthy, green and just recovery
worldwide/virtualNGO Major Group Side Event This side event at the UN's High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2021 will hear directly from community voices from different parts of the world on action steps needed for a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. A priority of this session is to ensure the
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Promising Practices: Protecting Migrant and Refugee Victims of Xenophobia and Intolerance in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic
worldwide/virtualThe NGO Committee on Migration' s Subcommittee on Xenophobia, Racism and Social Inclusion invites you to a virtual Side Event in parallel with the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) to present and discuss a just-completed survey on promising practices developed by front-line organizations working with migrants in this COVID-era. Read the full concept note here and register here! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information
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Promising Practices: Protecting Migrant and Refugee Victims of Xenophobia and Intolerance in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic
worldwide/virtualThe NGO Committee on Migration' s Subcommittee on Xenophobia, Racism and Social Inclusion invites you to a virtual Side Event in parallel with the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) to present and discuss a just-completed survey on promising practices developed by front-line organizations working with migrants in this COVID-era. Read the full concept note here and register here! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: For more information
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Stand up for Rights of Older Persons
worldwide/virtualViolations of older persons’ human rights have been witnessed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Decades long implicit biases rooted in ageism have made older people invisible through lack of insightful policies that protect their rights. As the world’s population ages, the trends of human rights violations will undermine the fabric of society and its
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Stand up for Rights of Older Persons
worldwide/virtualViolations of older persons’ human rights have been witnessed before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Decades long implicit biases rooted in ageism have made older people invisible through lack of insightful policies that protect their rights. As the world’s population ages, the trends of human rights violations will undermine the fabric of society and its
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Remembering Past Massacres: Honoring the legacy and resilience of the victims | EUROPE
worldwide/virtualThe webinar is part of a series of regional webinars organized by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in collaboration with the WCC Spiritual Life. It is part of the many virtual events organized this year to mark the 75th anniversary of the CCIA. Realizing
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Remembering Past Massacres: Honoring the legacy and resilience of the victims | EUROPE
worldwide/virtualThe webinar is part of a series of regional webinars organized by the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in collaboration with the WCC Spiritual Life. It is part of the many virtual events organized this year to mark the 75th anniversary of the CCIA. Realizing
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NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular mtg]
worldwide/virtualOn behalf of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please consider yourselves cordially invited to attend our next regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 at 1pm EST. AGENDA 1. Moment of Silence in Honor of the Land we are on and the Native Peoples of this land 2. Welcome, Introductions
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NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [regular mtg]
worldwide/virtualOn behalf of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, please consider yourselves cordially invited to attend our next regular monthly meeting on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021 at 1pm EST. AGENDA 1. Moment of Silence in Honor of the Land we are on and the Native Peoples of this land 2. Welcome, Introductions
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