Sustainable Development
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1.1 Statement of problem Feminists and advocates have, since the United Nations declaration of 1975 through 1985, “Decade for Women’ continued the movement for gender equality as a way to end gender discrimination [[13]]. On the other hand, even though existing situations that create discrimination against women remain unresolved, new and frightening challenges seem to…
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The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Tuesday to designate November 26 every year as World Sustainable Transport Day. The resolution invites all UN member states, organizations of the UN system, international and regional organizations and civil society to mark World Sustainable Transport Day by means of education and the holding of events aimed…
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The outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development provides guidance for achieving the transition to sustainable development as a means of increasing the well-being of current and future generations in all countries. Sustainable development strategies need to be inclusive and take special care of the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable. Strategies need to…
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While global poverty rates have been cut by more than half since 2000, one in ten people in developing regions still lives on less than US$1.90 a day–the internationally agreed poverty line, and millions of others live on slightly more than this daily amount. Significant progress has been made in many countries within Eastern…
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