Category: Activism
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2014 Advocacy Goals
Thanks to everyone for your improvements to our draft. As of today, January 31, 2014, here are our advocacy goals. Set Strong Post-2015 Goals. We need to keep the pressure on the Open Working Group members to live up to the promise of the High-Level Panel report, particularly with strong stand-alone goals on gender, climate…
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A Panel on Ending Extreme Poverty in Conflict-Affected Contexts at Center for American Progress 01/28/14
A panel was held at the Center for American Progress (CAP) this morning on ending extreme poverty in conflict-affected contexts. Among the Panelists were Alex Thier, Assistant to the Administrator, USAID , Larry Attree, Head of Policy, Saferworld ,Nancy E. Lindborg, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA), USAID , John Norris, Executive…
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Creative and Sustainable Solutions to Youth Unemployment
Of the total population of the world’s 7.1 billion, adolescents and youth make up 1.8 billion. (UNFPA, 2014). It is clear that this same group of people will shape our political, economic and social developments in the years to come. According to The Economist, almost 290 million youth and adolescents in the (15-24) age group…
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Pope Launches End Hunger Campaign
View Post Pope Francis has launched a global campaign of Caritas – the worldwide federation of Catholic service organizations – for the end of world hunger by 2025. To launch the “One Human Family – Food For All” Campaign, the Pope has called for a “Global Wave of Prayer” for the end of hunger at noon…