The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), through its UN Programme on Youth and the Division for Social Policy and Development integrates sport to promote healthy, active lifestyles for youth. Until the end of 2010, DESA was also host of the Division for the Advancement of Women (now merged into UN Women) and, as such, has contributed to the advancement of gender equality and women’s empowerment through sport.
Division for the Advancement of Women, DESA (2007), Women 2000 and Beyond: Women, gender equality and sport, December, New York, USA.
Division for Social Policy and Development, DESA (2007), World Youth Report, New York, USA.
Division for Social Policy and Development, DESA (2005), World Youth Report, New York, USA.
Division for Social Policy and Development, DESA (2003), World Youth Report, New York, USA.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Article 30(5).
Ms. Nicola Shepherd
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