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AND WHAT ABOUT OLDER WOMEN?

Blog by Frances Zainoeddin, Representative to the United Nations, New York. What attention is being given to older women? NOT MUCH! A recent letter sent by the three NGO Committees on Ageing in Geneva, New York and Vienna to the new Executive Director of UN Women, expressed concern that UN Women

Changing Course, Transforming Education to build a better future

Blog by Evelyne Para, UN SI Representative at UNESCO "We have not yet fulfilled our commitment put down in the 2030 Agenda to guarantee the right to quality education for all: education, this global public good, and this fundamental right which is the foundation of a sustainable future – Goal

Highlights from COP26 Part 2

Blog by Yvonne Freeman, Regional President of SIGBI South East England. COP26 Part 2 3 November – Finance First Session: Urban LEDS - Time4MultilevelAction Dialogue: Finance flowing to accelerate Climate Action: Innovation and Partnership This session was organised by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) World Secretariat, ICLEI

Highlights from Geneva Peace Week (GPW21)

Blog by Donatella Benjamin, SI United Nations Representative, Geneva. Geneva Peace Week (GPW) is a leading annual forum in the international peacebuilding calendar, held in Geneva, where bridges are built and where the various actors working on peace from all sectors, including Civil Society, can interact. This year, GPW21 was

Our Global Voice at the 41st session of UNESCO’s General Conference

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI United Nations Representative at UNESCO. 9 November 2021 saw the Opening of the 41st session of UNESCO's General Conference in Paris. For two weeks, delegates from 193 Member States, several dozen NGO representatives and experts worked in plenary sessions or in specialist Commissions, and debated

Global Ethical Standards for Artificial Intelligence

Blog by Marie-Christine Gries, UNESCO SI UN Representative. Artificial intelligence is rapidly conquering all areas of human activity. New technologies open up considerable possibilities for accelerating the research, creation and organisation of work in all areas. During the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, artificial intelligence technologies have demonstrated their potential for education and the organisation

A New Social Contract for Education

Blog by Marie-Christine Gries, SI United Nations Representative, Paris. The current world is experiencing an unprecedented set of upheavals that profoundly destruct the lives of the inhabitants of the planet; climate change and environmental deterioration are a major concern. There is a widening of inequalities, between the richest and the

What happened at COP26? Part 1

Blog by Yvonne Freeman, Regional President of SIGBI South East England. Opening Ceremony of COP26 The much-anticipated 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, began with dazzling performances, with Bagpiper Brighde Chaimbeul, from Sleat, Isle of Skye, opening the ceremony with her own arrangement of the traditional melodies

Addressing hate speech through education

Blog by Evelyne Para, SI United Nations Representative at UNESCO. On 26 October 2021, a world conference of education ministers was held online, lead by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, and the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay. The "Addressing Hate Speech Through Education" conference was organised as part

Amplifying the Voices of the Youth at COP26

Blog by Liliana Mosca, SI United Nations Representative, Rome. In the run up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) taking place from 31 October - 12 November 2021, the Government of Italy brought together young climate delegates, Environment Ministers, Heads of State, and United