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UNESCO Seeks "Gender Mainstreaming" in Schools
January 02, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on best practices for national policymakers to promote "gender mainstreaming" in schools, including by focusing on "gender-responsive teacher training and professional development."
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South Korea Sets up Framework for UN Climate Pledges
January 02, 2017
The South Korean government has produced a "pangovernmental comprehensive framework" on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the country, including inspections every five years to measure emissions progress, in line with the government's commitments under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015.
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IMF Board Considers Role in Climate Finance
December 30, 2016
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently considered a staff paper discussing what role the IMF should play, in line with the climate change agenda of the World Bank and other international organizations, in financing projects to reduce the future, catastrophic impacts of global warming in small countries.
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OSCE Seeks Standardized Human Rights Education in Ukraine
December 30, 2016
At an event in Kiev, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Council of Europe (CoE) presented to Ukrainian education officials a "Human Rights Calendar" encouraging teachers from schools across the country to include lessons on the global human rights agenda in their curricula.
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UN Agents Push Portugal on Housing, Sanitation Rights
December 30, 2016
Following a recent official visit to Portugal, two UN human rights mandate holders called on the country's officials to adopt "human rights oriented regulations and safeguards," along with national legislation, guaranteeing the recognition and fulfillment of what they identified as global rights to safe drinking water, sanitation, and adequate housing.
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