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UN Scrutinizes Gender Provisions in National Constitutions
May 11, 2016
A symposium hosted by UN Women encouraged the use of the agency's Global Gender Equality Constitutional Database to evaluate whether there are sufficient provisions on women's rights in national constitutions and to promote the inclusion of provisions on affirmative action, "sexual and reproductive health rights," and other women-specific issues in these constitutions.
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UNESCO Adopts Sustainability-Oriented Strategies
May 11, 2016
Remarks by a representative of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's on a panel at a Commission for Science and Development meeting in Geneva demonstrated the reorientation of UNESCO's objectives and assistance with various "action lines" to meet the demands of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030.
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UN Forms Coalition to Measure Global Education Data
May 11, 2016
As part of its efforts to implement the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals, which include targets on education, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics has formed a Global Alliance to Monitor Learning that will seek to support governments in measuring their progress on developing sustainable education.
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Governments Join Global Initiative on Carbon Taxation
May 11, 2016
Representatives of 30 governments recently gathered in Lima, Peru, to discuss next steps in their cooperation with the World Bank-supported Partnership for Market Readiness, which provides assistance to countries in their development of taxation systems for carbon emissions in order to reduce global warming.
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World Bank Seeks Global Sustainable Transportation Coalition
May 11, 2016
At the recent Climate Action 2016 Summit in Washington, DC, representatives from the World Bank, government, and business called for the development of a "sustainable mobility for all framework" that would pressure government and business leaders to cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation systems and automobiles around the world.
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