empowerment Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/empowerment/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Sun, 22 Apr 2018 16:09:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 Investing in women key to sustainable peace in DR Congo and Nigeria – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ deputy chief /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/08/investing-in-women-key-to-sustainable-peace-in-dr-congo-and-nigeria-un-deputy-chief/ Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:13:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=30443 Investing in women and girls must be central to global efforts towards sustainable peace and development in both Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations deputy chief said today. “Both have dismayingly low levels of women's political participation and are experiencing conflicts marked by extremely high levels of sexual- and [...]

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]]> Sport is force of social empowerment and an engine for equality – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/04/sport-is-force-of-social-empowerment-and-an-engine-for-equality-unesco/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 15:39:26 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=24992 There is no more powerful platform for promoting shared values than sport, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO), Irina Bokova, said in a message marking the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

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]]> Closing session, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Commission agrees roadmap to women’s economic empowerment /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/03/closing-session-un-commission-agrees-roadmap-to-womens-economic-empowerment/ Fri, 24 Mar 2017 14:58:26 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=24768 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Commission on the Status of Women today agreed on a roadmap to women’s full and equal participation in the economy as a vital step to achieving sustainable development as the body concluded its two-week session.

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]]> Laos: Planning Power for Women /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/laos-planning-power-for-women/ Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:00:33 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=7444 The post Laos: Planning Power for Women appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

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