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UNESCO Advances "Sustainability" Education in Japan
August 25, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the establishment of the Japanese Society of Education for Sustainable Development to help promote UNESCO's global agenda on including teaching on the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals in school curricula throughout Japan.
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UN Agency Partners with Newspapers on SDG Promotion
August 25, 2017
The UN Development Programme recently announced a partnership with 50 newspapers around the world to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by publishing stories on efforts by "ordinary people" to fulfill the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets by the year 2030.
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OSCE Promotes "Gender Mainstreaming" in Kazakhstan
August 25, 2017
At a seminar in Kazakhstan in June, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) trained legislators and government officials on how to implement international standards on "gender mainstreaming," including by producing "gender-responsive budgets" and "running gender-sensitive election campaigns."
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RB Joins Global Campaign Toward Tax Clampdown
August 25, 2017
In a victory for nongovernmental organization Oxfam's global pressure campaign toward reducing corporate tax "loopholes" to fund the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, consumer goods company RB has called on governments to introduce new rules clamping down on corporate tax avoidance.
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ISO Releases Standard for "Learning Providers"
August 24, 2017
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released a new international standard providing "minimum requirements for internationally agreed levels of quality learning services" for providers outside formal, national education systems.
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