International Organizations

  • UNESCO Publishes Updates on "Sustainability" Education

    April 25, 2018

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently published an update on its progress in promoting "education for sustainable development," which aims to teach students around the world how to contribute to the creation of a "just and economically viable society respectful of both the environment and cultural diversity."

  • UNESCO Updates Guidance on Public Sexuality Education

    April 24, 2018

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently published updated guidance on how to use "comprehensive sexuality education" in schools across the globe to prevent gender-based violence, including "emotional violence," and to teach students to challenge "unequal gender and power structures" that can lead to such violence.

  • OSCE Meeting Promotes "Sustainable" Energy Sources

    April 24, 2018

    The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently hosted a conference in Vienna that included discussions on how energy efficiency and "sustainability" are key to economic growth in the OSCE region, thereby linking the development of "green" energy sources with energy security in Europe.

  • World Bank Warns of Climate-Induced Mass Migration

    April 24, 2018

    The World Bank Group has released a report supporting robust global action toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions by predicting a worldwide migration crisis forcing at least 140 million people to move within their countries by the year 2050 due to the catastrophic impacts of climate change.

  • WEF, IADB Create Task Forces on Gender Parity

    April 24, 2018

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) have set up four task forces in Latin American countries aimed at scrutinizing efforts to reduce discrimination against women in "labour force participation, leadership, remuneration and investment."

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