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OSCE Trains Teachers on Gender Mainstreaming
October 17, 2017
As part of the regional security organization's promotion of "gender mainstreaming" in areas such as education, journalism, and lawmaking, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently hosted a seminar in Moldova training teachers from vocational schools how to implement "gender-sensitive teaching techniques" to further women's rights.
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UN, World Bank Push SDG-based Peace Initiative
October 17, 2017
The UN and the World Bank Group are collaborating on a Humanitarian-Development-Peace Initiative seeking to use the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address conflicts in fragile countries such as Somalia and Yemen.
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World Bank, ESA Use Satellites to Review SDG Progress
October 17, 2017
The World Bank Group is partnering with the European Space Agency (ESA) to use satellites to monitor countries' progress on a broad array of targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of the ESA's Earth Observation for Sustainable Development initiative.
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UN Agency Publishes Global Tourist Guidelines
October 16, 2017
The UN World Tourism Organization recently launched a "Travel.Enjoy.Respect" campaign offering a global manual guiding "responsible travellers" visiting other countries on how to "respect nature, respect culture, and respect your host."
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UN Panel Pushes Samoa to Uphold "Sexual Rights"
October 16, 2017
Following a recent visit to Samoa, the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women concluded that the country has failed so far to uphold "women's sexual and reproductive rights" and must establish a "state-sponsored social welfare system" to fully combat gender discrimination.
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