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Summit of the Future
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UN Summit of the future: world leaders adopt the "Pact for the Future"

On Sunday 22 September 2024 , the global leaders at the UN Headquarters during the UN Summit in New York unanimously adopted the ‘’Pact for the Future’’, a landmark ...

Last update 7 Oct 2024
Protect her rights, strengthen your laws: Her Atlas: status report on girls’ and women’s right to education
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UNESCO - New report on girls' and women's right to education: “Protect her rights, strengthen your laws”

Worldwide, 8% of States still explicitly restrict the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls in their legislation, according to UNESCO’s Her Atlas, an online monitoring tool on ...

Last update 18 Jul 2022
Displaced families in Kiwandja, Rutshuru territory in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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UNICEF: A record 37 million children displaced worldwide

Conflict, violence and other crises left a record 36.5 million children displaced from their homes by the end of last year, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates – the highest number ...

Last update 28 Jun 2022
New ILO database highlights labour market challenges of persons with disabilities
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New ILO database highlights labour market challenges of persons with disabilities

There are an estimated 1 billion persons with disabilities around the world or 15% of the global population. Most of them are of working age. New labour market indicators are now available on ...

Last update 25 Jun 2022
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Seminar: Does the EU guarantee the right to education of migrant children? A documentary analysis. Monday, 12 July at 10:30 am

The Seminar is directed to PhD students of human rights, society and multilevel governance and for master’s degree students in human rights and multilevel governance. It will delve into the ...

Last update 12 Jul 2021
Equality in the EU 20 years on from the initial implementation of the equality directives. Image
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): published the report on "Equality in the EU 20 years on from the initial implementation of the equality directives"

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has presented a report-opinion titled “Equality in the EU 20 years on from the initial implementation of the equality directives”. It ...

Last update 14 May 2021
Human Rights Day 2020 -- Recover Better
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Human Rights Day, 10 December 2020: Recover Better - Stand Up for Human Rights

Human Rights Day is celebrated every year on 10 December, the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone ...

Last update 3 Dec 2020
Artists from Belluno representing through arts the international women's day
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The World's Women 2020 - Trends and Statistics

Five years after its adoption of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and 25 years after the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ...

Last update 9 Nov 2020
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International Day of the Girl 2020: "My voice, our equal future"

Every year UNICEF launches an annual campaign with girls to amplify their voices and stand up for their rights on 11 October, the International Day of the Girl Child. This year’s theme ...

Last update 29 Oct 2020
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Student Peace Prize 2021 announcement, 15th October 2020

The Student Peace Prize was established in 1999 as an initiative from volunteers from the International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT). It is awarded biennially to a student or student ...

Last update 24 Sep 2020
Osservatorio nazionale contro le discriminazioni nello sport
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UNAR launches the National Observatory Against Discrimination in Sport

The National Observatory against Discrimination in Sport was born, thanks to the memorandum of understanding signed in Rome at the headquarters of the UNAR - National Office against Racial ...

Last update 4 Sep 2020
Scholars at Risk Network
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University of Trento - Call for the selections for the awarding of no. 2 research fellowships within the "Temporary Protection Project SAR-UniTrento"

The University of Trento (Italy) takes part in the international network "Scholars at Risks" (SAR), which aims at promoting academic freedom and at providing support for scholars worldwide who are ...

Last update 11 Sep 2019
Study trip to Geneva of post-graduate students on human rights of the University of Padua (19-23 May 2013)
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University of Padua: first edition of the 1st level Master Course in Gender, Women condition, rights and policies, A.Y. 2014/2015

The University of Padua, in collaboration with the Interdepartmental Research Centre on Gender Studies, organises the first edition of the 1st level Master Course in “Gender, women condition, ...

Last update 19 Sep 2014
Photo on the subject of violence against women in East Timor. Black and white image of the faded silhouette and hand of a woman.
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Council of Europe: Italy signs the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

On behalf of Italy, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies, Elisa Fornero, has signed on Thursday 27th of September 2012 the Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and ...

Last update 30 Oct 2012
Symbol of the Region of Veneto
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Region of Veneto: Focus on gender policies and delivery of the annual Prize “Veneto per la Pace e la Solidarietà tra i popoli”. Venice, December 12th 2011

The Region of Veneto, Department for Human Rights and Gender Policies, organizes on Monday 12 December 2011 from 3 p.m., the Annual Focus 2011 on the topic of Gender Policies. The initiative, ...

Last update 15 Dec 2011