ARCHIVE October, 2017
Please join us in Geneva or follow live an exciting event next Thursday titled “Promoting Quality, Independence and Diversity of Treaty Body membership: the importance of transparent and participatory nominations and election processes”! Date – Thursday 2nd November 2017 Time – 13:30-15:30 (CET) Place - Room XXVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva Webcasting – Accessible via TB-Net Facebook page - captioning and remote sign […]
October 26, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin
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Update from Geneva: 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council 11 September to 29 September 2017 This Update provides a summary of the initiatives regarding economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council (September 2017). It provides information on the following ESC rights initiatives: Rights to […]
October 24, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin
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Press release (Dakar, 21 October 2017) Just a week after France and Senegal announced that they would co-host in Senegal the replenishment of a major education development initiative, more than 80 organisations and State representatives from 24 Francophone countries will meet from the 23rd to the 26th of October 2017 at the Institut de la […]
October 20, 2017 in Press Releases, Right to education by Oceane Blavot
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Communiqué de presse (Dakar, 21 octobre 2017) Quelques semaines après l’annonce par la France et le Sénégal de l’organisation d’une conférence mondiale de refinancement de l’éducation au Sénégal, plus de 80 organisations et représentants étatiques issus de 24 pays francophones se réuniront du 23 au 26 octobre 2017 à l’Institut de la Francophonie pour l’éducation […]
October 20, 2017 in Press Releases, Right to education by Oceane Blavot
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In an unprecedented development, the United Nations Working Group on Discrimination Against Women in Law and Practice recently adopted a position paper on women’s land rights, available on the Working Group’s website. This joint statement from Landesa and our partner organizations from around the globe is issued in support of this position paper in honor of […]
October 16, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin
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Groups challenge unconventional fossil fuel extraction in Vaca Muerta megaproject FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2017 (Buenos Aires/Neuquén/Geneva – October 10, 2017) — A report presented to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) highlights the adverse economic, social, and cultural rights impacts of fossil fuel extraction at the Vaca Muerta shale […]
October 14, 2017 in Uncategorized by admin
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On Wednesday 11th October, ActionAid Nigeria, together with CSACEFA and the Nigerian Union of Teachers launched the report “Whose Children Go to Bridge International Academies: a School Choice for the Middle Class in Ijegun, Lagos”. The report is based on intensive research by Dr Joanna Harma in the first school opened by BIA in Lagos. […]
October 13, 2017 in Right to education by admin
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The World Bank recently released the World Development Report (WDR 2018);LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise. This is the World Bank’s first ever WDR devoted solely to education. As part of the Civil Society Policy Forum of the 2017 World Bank/ IMF Annual Meetings, this upcoming session will focus on the World Bank’s Approach To Learning. […]
October 2, 2017 in Uncategorized by Oceane Blavot
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