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UNESCO Critiques World Progress on "Diversity" Education
November 13, 2017
In an analysis of a report it commissioned on the progress of its "Global Citizenship Education" agenda, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) found that education systems around the world are failing to sufficiently promote the concepts of "cultural diversity and tolerance" among teachers and students.
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UN Official Calls for Stronger Climate Pledges
November 08, 2017
Highlighting the demands of UN officials and environmental activists on an urgent halt to greenhouse gas emissions, UN Environment Programme Executive Director Erik Solheim has warned that national pledges made under the UN's Paris climate accord amount to only a third of the action needed to meet the objectives of the deal.
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UN Women Strategy Targets "Social Norms"
November 08, 2017
As part of the UN "sustainable development" agenda, and at a planned cost of $1.7 billion, the UN Women agency has endorsed a Strategic Plan for the years 2018 to 2021 that includes a push for the repeal of "discriminatory" legal frameworks and "the transformation of discriminatory social norms and stereotypes" in countries around the world.
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GCF Supports "Gender Mainstreaming" in Climate Efforts
November 08, 2017
Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Isabella Lövin and Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Howard Bamsey explain how GCF and other climate finance organizations are using "gender mainstreaming" to support the "economic empowerment" of women in the funding of climate-friendly energy projects.
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UNESCO Chief Seeks Cooperation Toward "New Humanism"
November 01, 2017
Opening the international organization's General Conference, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova called for countries to adopt a "new humanism" by rejecting the politics of "withdrawal" and embracing such broad concepts as empathy and dialogue.
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