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Palestinian Prime Minister, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UNDP sign a memorandum of understanding to strengthen volunteering opportunities for young people in the State of Palestine Format Ramallah, State of Palestine - 10 December 2020: Under the auspices of His Excellency Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammed Shtayyeh, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed for the establishment of a Palestinian National Volunteer Service Programme together with the Higher Council for Youth and Sports, UNICEF, UNDP...

Grant Call to strengthen Capacity of Liberian CSOs to prevent SGBV/HPs 165SHARES Deadline: 8-Jan-21 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) seeks an NGO or Civil Society Organization to enhance the technical capacity of local CSOs and provide them resources to prevent and respond to SGBV and HPs at subnational and community levels. The programme will be accompanied with strong capacity development support to strengthen the capacity of the relevant institutions to organize evidence-based adv...

December 22, 2020 Watipaso Mzungu – Nyasa Times 2 Comments Former president Joyce Banda has expressed concern over the continued exclusion of rural women and girls in development programmes and policies although they make up the larger population in Malawi. Banda (left) visiting pavillions the women mounted inside the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe–Photo by Watipaso Mzungu, Nyasa Times Kaliya making her presentation before hundreds of women who attended the Gender...

Bangladesh has moved up two notches in the Human Development Index this year, but remains behind four other South Asian countries. Sri Lanka, Maldives, India and Bhutan are ahead of Bangladesh in the index, while Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan are behind. United Nations Development Programmes "The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene" was unveiled at the Planning Commission in the capital yesterday, six days after the global launch. Top UNDP officials said Bangladeshmoved up t...

A safe house is handed over to a poor family in Thua Thien - Hue province (Photo: UNDP) Hanoi (VNA) - Safe housing was hailed as one of the successes of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a project to improve the resilience of Vietnam’s vulnerable coastal communities to climate change-related impacts, a conference held to review project implementation this year and discuss plans for 2021 heard. The project is being carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of C...

Global Water Challenge & The Coca-Cola Foundation Announce Support for Ten New Grantees Global Water Challenge & The Coca-Cola Foundation Announce Support for Ten New Grantees New wave of investment will positively impact over 100,000 people, advance progress for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Published 12-15-20 Submitted by Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) Woman in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan harvesting crops from her farm supplied by water from a new improved irrigation ...

You Tue, 12, 20 In Pakistan, women make up less than one per cent of the overall police force. This week You! takes a look at a programme actively working to increase women’s representation in law enforcement… In Pakistan, women police officers are rare. Despite the 10 per cent set quota, women make up less than one per cent of the overall police force in the country; with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan trailing further behind with 0.72 and 0.31 per cent respectively. Whereas, co...

UNESCO DG’s report confirms prevalence of impunity for crimes against journalists Presenting key findings of the 2020 UNESCO Director General’s Report on the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity during a Capacity building workshop for Zambian media stakeholders, UNESCO Regional Advisor for Communication and Information, Al Amin Yususph said impunity for crimes against journalists must end. UNESCO | Lusaka | Updated: 10-12-2020 12:36 IST | Created: 10-12-2020 12:36 IST Represent...