Category: Blog
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Is Private Education Impacting the Right to Free Quality Education?
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong summarises the Report on the Right to Education from the Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur and discusses the impact of the private sector on the implementation of quality education for all.
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Families in a Changing World
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, reviews the recent UN Women report, ‘Progress of the World’s Women 2019-2020: Families in a Changing World’.
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UN 2019 Sustainable Development Goals Report
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong summarises and discusses the findings of the UN 2019 Sustainable Development Goals Report.
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A Walk on the Wild Side – SI 21st Convention 2019
The day begins early for those keen to explore, with a walk in Taman Tugu, a rainforest reforestation project, and a ‘Plant a Tree, Grow a Forest Ceremony’ hosted by SI President, Mariet Verhoef-Cohen, SI Immediate Past President, Yvonne Simpson and SI President Elect, Sharon Fisher.
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A review of the ‘Little Data Book on Gender, 2019’
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, reviews the The World Bank Group’s ‘Little Data Book on Gender, 2019‘. “Gender equality plays an important role in sustainable development by improving living standards, reducing poverty and building resilience. But in order to make any progress, regarding any of these goals we require data to determine what…
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Findings from the ‘World Drug Report: Women and Drugs’.
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, provides insight into the ‘World Drug Report: Women and Drugs’ from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
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Are we achieving the SDG’s for all?
Special Advisor to SI Advocacy, Linda Witong, reports from the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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Recommendations to the G7 Summit, 2019
SI UN Rep, Marie-Christine blogs about the Women 7 Forum in Paris and the recommendations that will be made to the G7 Summit in August.
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100 years of the International Labour Organisation
A blog by SI UN Rep in Geneva, following her attendance at the plenary sitting of the 108th Session of the ILC.
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The Future of Food
SI UN Representative, Liliana Mosca, discusses the importance of protecting balanced, sustainable, local diets in the fight against hunger.