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27 Aug, 2013

UNDP and Youth

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The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), a development agency on the ground in 177 countries and territories, seeks to help empower lives and build resilient nations. Achieving sustainable human development will be little more than an aspirational notion without the full involvement of young men and women who currently constitute the majority of the world’s […]

31 Jul, 2013

UN Women: The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

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UN Women is the UN entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. Gender inequality is pervasive, with women lacking access to decent employment and facing gender wage gaps. All around the world women and girls are routinely denied access to education and healthcare; they are under-represented in economic and political decision-making and