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Families Coping with COVID: Challenges and Opportunities in Child Welfare
VirtualFamilies Coping with COVID: Challenges & Opportunities in Child Welfare Please RSVP by 6pm EST Wednesday, Nov. 18th, via this form. Families around the world are struggling with the added pressures of the COVID-19 health crisis due to the effects of job losses, changes in schooling, and affected family members, especially those which are vulnerable. For
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World Water Day
worldwide/virtualWorld Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, focuses on the importance of freshwater. World Water Day celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water. It is about taking action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is
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Decreased Access to Safe Water in Asia: Challenges to Human Security
worldwide/virtualThe Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) will organise a webinar on ‘Decreased Access to Safe Water in Asia: Challenges to Human Security’ in conjunction with the World Water Day–2021. Scheduled to be held on 22 March 2021 from 12 PM to 2 PM (Bangkok time), the webinar will highlight the importance of access to water
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Universal Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Draws Closer to Epic Goal Despite Global Pandemic
worldwide/virtual50 Years and Billions Spent: New Reporting Shows Universal Access to Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Draws Closer to Epic Goal Despite Global Pandemic Join a special session with Ambassador Mark Green featuring groundbreaking reporting on one of the most stubborn challenges in human history—universal access to water, sanitation and hygiene. Register here: https://engage.wilsoncenter.org/a/50-years-and-billions-spent?_ga=2.257362504.2142016265.1620277195-242578209.1620277195 Over 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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Deepening Inequalities Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Implications for the Realization of Human Rights
worldwide/virtualHRC48 Panel Discussion on Inequalities Exacerbated by COVID-19 Join us at the 48th Session of the Human Rights Council for the panel discussion on Deepening Inequalities Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic and their Implications for the Realization of Human Rights on 28 September, 2021. We invite you to consult the Human Rights Council Extranet webpage to view the full
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Episcopal Church events at COP26
worldwide/virtualDear UN faith-based and civil society partners in climate action at COP26, We hope this finds you doing well as COP26 approaches. Please find yourselves warmly invited to join our Episcopal Church events at COP26 on October 28th, November 6th and November 12th. And of course, we will be in touch with you ahead of and during
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NGO CSW/NY monthly meeting
worldwide/virtualJoin the NGO Committee on the Status of Women-NY for our December Monthly Meeting! This month, we'll be exploring the intersection of human rights and climate change.At the beginning of the meeting, we will provide updates on NGO CSW/NY and the NGO CSW66 Forum.Date: Thursday, 16 December 2021Time: 1 - 3 pm EST Find your timezone here.
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2022 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: The Role of Indigenous Women in the Preservation and Transmission of Traditional Knowledge
worldwide/virtualThe International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is celebrated globally on 9 August. It marks the date of the inaugural session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) is organizing a virtual commemoration of the International Day from 9 am to 11am (EST) on Tuesday,
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UN 2023 Water Conference-Open Call for Side Events
worldwide/virtualPursuant to General Assembly decision A/RES/73/226 of 20 December 2018, the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action (UN 2023 Water Conference) will be held from 22 to 24 March 2023 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The co-hosts are the governments of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
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