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Today is International Women’s Day – “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

08 March 2021
UN Women is pleased to invite you to the United Nations observance of International Women’s Day 2021. The theme is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world on the way to the Generation Equality Forum”. Register...

Family farming blossoms in the mountains of Venezuela

05 March 2021
To get to and from Caspo you can either take a motorbike or walk. Those are the two main modes of transportation used by the residents of this small mountain town in the central-western region of Venezuela. A dirt road...

Today is World Wildlife Day

03 March 2021
Today’s celebrations fall under the theme "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet", as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and...

Education for Sustainable Development and Lifestyles: Re-designing Consumption and Production

01 March 2021
SAVE THE DATE: 10 March 2021, 14:00 pm GMT+1 (Paris time)  Climate change, shrinking forests, declining biodiversity and world food shortages are all results of the fact that we are demanding more from nature than it can supply.  To build a...

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum

26 February 2021
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum will be held on 7 and 8 April 2021. It will be a virtual event bringing on board young people from around the world. The Forum provides a global platform for a candid...