Tag: United Nations

• Call for Participation in the Africa Protected Areas Congress

  

  This landmark forum aims to position Africa’s protected areas within the broader goals of sustainable development and community well-being. The event will provide a platform for holding honest discussions on the future we want for our protected areas and seek solutions to the persistent and emerging problems that stand on the way. The continent has…

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  February 16, 2019

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• Apply: $600,000 Zayed Sustainability Prize for African Innovators

  

  The UAE’s pioneering global award for rewarding innovation, impact and inspiration in sustainable development solutions has announced that it will be inviting organisations and schools to submit their entries in one of its five (5) categories: Health, Food, Energy, Water, Global High Schools. The Prize’s five categories are designed to closely align with the United…

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  February 10, 2019

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• Feature Your Artwork – Design a Cover for the 2018 Commission on the Status of Women Handbook

  

  All artists are invited to design a cover.  The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are welcome to attend the session. Themes…

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  November 4, 2017

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• The AWP Network at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women Forum

  

  The NGO CSW Forum is an open process, a democratic space where boys and girls, men and women can advocate for gender equality, development and peace. CSW58 took place March 9 – 21, 2014 at the United Nations Plaza. AWP Network founder, Mary Olushoga spoke on “Critical Impediments in Attaining Sustainable Health and Education Programs…

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  March 25, 2014

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