Tag: UN

UN Launches Training Manual for the Meaningful Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

Stuart Mitchell

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021, UNESCO called for coordinated actions by private and public stakeholders in the Caribbean Small Island Developing States, SIDS, to remove barriers so persons with disabilities can fully enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms. A prerequisite for this is the advancing of legislation to protect these citizens from discrimination and exclusion and to ensure their meaningful participation in society on an equal basis with others. The Centre for Disability Studies at The University of the West Indies (UWICDS) and the United Nations…

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Aid organisations call on governments to give a single day’s military spending to fight hunger

Stuart Mitchell

Only 26 hours of global military spending is enough to cover the $5.5 billion needed to help most at risk A year on since the UN warned of “famines of biblical proportions”, rich donors have funded just 5 percent of the UN’s $7.8bn food security appeal for 2021. More than 250 NGOs have published an open letter calling upon all governments to urgently increase aid to stop over 34 million people, from being pushed to the brink of starvation this year. The $5.5bn additional funding recently called for by the…

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UN Calls for Action From the Global Business Community to Help End the Humanitarian Crisis of Seafarers

Stuart Mitchell

The UN Human Rights Office and the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, have joined the United Nations Global Compact in calling for businesses across the value chain to act and assess the human rights situation facing seafarers during the COVID-19 pandemic. 800,000 seafarers are currently either stranded on vessels or prevented from returning to ships due to COVID-19 restrictions on travel and transit. Under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, all business enterprises should respect human rights throughout their operations, including during the transfer of…

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Future Fashion Now design competition launched in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and UN

Stuart Mitchell

Launched by WeDesign in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN, Future Fashion Now is a global, sustainable design competition that enables entrants to rethink how the fashion industry works. Inspired by Make Fashion Circular and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, the competition engages students, designers, fashion weeks and the global fashion industry to design a sustainable outfit or accessory to inspire the future of fashion. The fashion industry is inherently linear – resources are used to make clothing that ultimately ends up as waste. The industry is…

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UN launches ‘Pause. Take care before you share’ Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The United Nations has launched a new initiative to foster behaviour change and counter the spread of misinformation regarding COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign, called Pause, asks digital users to take the time to think about what they share before posting it online. “One of the ways it [misinformation] is spreading is the way people are sharing”, Melissa Fleming, who oversees the UN’s global communications effort, said on the eve of the Pause campaign’s launch, chosen to coincide with Social Media Day. “The idea of pause is: take care before you…

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