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African Initiative Guides National SDG Education Strategies
August 02, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently announced the meeting of a "Regional Coordination Group" for West and Central Africa to develop ideas and resources for implementing education targets in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the region by guiding national education planning and teacher standards.
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G20 Seeks Redistribution to Prevent Catastrophe
August 01, 2017
An article published by the World Economic Forum in the lead-up to its May meeting in South Africa highlights a launch by the Group of 20 countries (G20) of a "Compact with Africa" infrastructure program to try to reduce the "wealth gap" between Africa and other continents, an issue G20 leaders identify as a source of mass migration and terrorism.
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Honduras Resists UN Pressure on Abortion Laws
August 01, 2017
The nongovernmental organization C-Fam has reported that, in the face of pressure from UN human rights mandate holders to recognize what they said are internationally recognized "sexual and reproductive health rights," the Honduran Congress ruled out a reform of the country's penal code to decriminalize certain types of abortion.
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UN Agents Seek Loosening of Abortion Law in El Salvador
August 01, 2017
As part of the UN human rights apparatus's pressure in favor of "sexual and reproductive health rights," a group of UN human rights mandate holders recently called on the Congress of El Salvador to revise the country's penal code in line with "international human rights standards" to decriminalize abortion in certain circumstances.
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UNESCO Body Sides Against Privatized Education
August 01, 2017
In a recent panel description, UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning says Stanford researcher Dr. Frank Adamson "set the record straight" on how “market-based approaches” to education financing result in poorer outcomes and greater educational inequality than publicly funded schools.
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