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literacy
Putting SDG 4 Back on Track After COVID-19: The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education
worldwide/virtualA High-Level Political Forum Side Event on 11 July 2022 co-hosted by the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, the Universal Esperanto Association, and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Register here by July 10! About: Even before COVID-19, alarms were sounded that progress on SDG 4 was too slow and that the
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Putting SDG 4 Back on Track After COVID-19: The Essential Role of Multilingualism in Education
worldwide/virtualA High-Level Political Forum Side Event on 11 July 2022 co-hosted by the NGO Committee on Language and Languages, the Universal Esperanto Association, and the Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations Register here by July 10! About: Even before COVID-19, alarms were sounded that progress on SDG 4 was too slow and that the
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The Impact of Storytelling on Isolation in Older Adults
worldwide/virtualIFA Global Cafe: In Conversation with Dr. Victor Kuperman and Ms. Nancy Siciliana The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of connecting, communicating, and storytelling within the dialogue of isolation. The “Niagara Stories” project - run through a partnership between McMaster University, the Seniors’ Computer Lab Project, and Cyber Seniors’ Connected Communities Niagara - has
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The Impact of Storytelling on Isolation in Older Adults
worldwide/virtualIFA Global Cafe: In Conversation with Dr. Victor Kuperman and Ms. Nancy Siciliana The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of connecting, communicating, and storytelling within the dialogue of isolation. The “Niagara Stories” project - run through a partnership between McMaster University, the Seniors’ Computer Lab Project, and Cyber Seniors’ Connected Communities Niagara - has
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Prayer Service for Children and Young People
Church Center for the UN 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesJoin ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, The Episcopal Church, World Council of Churches and World Vision in prayer for children and young people and for world leaders to give them life in all its fullness, on 8am Eastern at the Church Center for the UN in NYC on Monday, Sept. 19, on the margins of the 77th session of
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Prayer Service for Children and Young People
Church Center for the UN 777 United Nations Plaza, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United StatesJoin ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, The Episcopal Church, World Council of Churches and World Vision in prayer for children and young people and for world leaders to give them life in all its fullness, on 8am Eastern at the Church Center for the UN in NYC on Monday, Sept. 19, on the margins of the 77th session of
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Parents’ Role in Fostering the Financial Literacy of Their Children
worldwide/virtualThe NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join their first fall event of the year, in which attendees will hear from Susan Beacham and a New York banker about educating parents on how to raise financially responsible children. This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Register here! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO
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Parents’ Role in Fostering the Financial Literacy of Their Children
worldwide/virtualThe NGO Committee on the Family invites you to join their first fall event of the year, in which attendees will hear from Susan Beacham and a New York banker about educating parents on how to raise financially responsible children. This event will be held virtually via Zoom. Register here! ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ CoNGO Notes: The NGO
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Language and Minority Rights: A Dialogue Forum with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
worldwide/virtualThe United Nations Charter (Article 1) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) affirm the right to non-discrimination based on language while the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Article 2) asserts that persons belonging to minorities have the right to “use their own
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Language and Minority Rights: A Dialogue Forum with the Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues
worldwide/virtualThe United Nations Charter (Article 1) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) affirm the right to non-discrimination based on language while the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (Article 2) asserts that persons belonging to minorities have the right to “use their own
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