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UNESCO Renews Guide Pushing for Sexuality Education
January 18, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently updated its International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education to renew its push for countries to implement "quality comprehensive sexuality education," including for children as young as five years old, as part of the global human rights and health agenda.
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UNESCO: Tech Development Must Respect Rights Agenda
January 18, 2018
At a December session in Geneva hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), UNESCO representatives and other commentators called for a broad infusion of the global human rights agenda in the development of "big data and artificial intelligence" technologies.
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IMF Report Nudges Vietnam on Green Growth
January 18, 2018
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) evaluation of Vietnam's response to the impacts of climate change, calling on the country's government to "adapt its economy toward a more sustainable and ecofriendly growth model," demonstrates how the IMF is shifting its focus toward pushing for climate-friendly development in response to global warming.
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US Withholds $65 Million from UNRWA
January 17, 2018
Fox News reports that the US government has announced that it is withholding $65 million of its planned $125 million funding from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), charged with supporting institutions for Palestinian refugees, as it presses for reform in UNRWA operations.
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UN Agents Warn of Rights Impacts of Kenyan Climate Project
January 17, 2018
A press release from a group of UN human rights mandate holders signals the complexity of the interplay between climate and human rights issues by warning EU institutions that their failure to conduct a "human rights impact assessment" in funding a "Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation" project in Kenya may have resulted in human rights abuses.
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