Daily Archives: 17 March 2015

17 Mar, 2015

Do you want to contribute innovative solutions that promote the social wellbeing of youth and women? Join the challenge

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Join the challenge and create an app with Scratch, Qualcomm® Vuforia ™ platform, a product of Qualcomm connected experiences Inc or AllJoyn ™ technology. If developing apps is your passion, here is your opportunity. This contest, with the patronage of UNESCO and the YouthMobile Initiative, has two special categories, one dedicated to apps intended for

17 Mar, 2015

Use the power of music to inspire hope for a better tomorrow, take part in the #HappySoundsLike Campaign

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For the International Day of Happiness 2015, the United Nations invites you to take part in the #HappySoundsLike campaign using the power of music to inspire hope for a better tomorrow. Join some of today’s brightest musical talents and creatives in marking the International Day of Happiness. Nominate a song that brings a smile to

17 Mar, 2015

At UN annual Commission on the Status of Women, younger generation of gender equality activists say they are ready to play active role

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Youth delegates such as Momal Mushtaq, a self-described “feminist” from Pakistan who was banned from riding a bicycle back home, and Tunisian women’s advocate Aya Chebbi, who declared that her “bold” generation was already today’s leaders, engaged in a lively dialogue with their senior counterparts on the side lines of the annual Commission on the

17 Mar, 2015

On disaster resilience, ‘we must listen to those who know their communities’ says UNICEF Director General Anthony Lake

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Children and youth are a major part of community-level responses to disasters and must play an important role in risk reduction, United Nations officials said today in Sendai, Japan, with the head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) challenging a gathering of youth representatives to demand that they be involved in processes that impact them.