society
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6 July Jul 2016 1039 06 July 2016 What has the EU done for people with disabilities?
The challenges are mounting, the EU is less united and the road ahead is an uphill struggle. However, something has been accomplished. The reasons to be optimistic acknowledged by the EU Disability Forum.
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6 July Jul 2016 0716 06 July 2016 Young people change the world
Future starts with the young: AIESEC Italia held its Annual Summit in Milan, in an event created to connect enterprises, organisations and institutions in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
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5 July Jul 2016 1506 05 July 2016 Getting refugees to work is a win-win
Allowing refugees and asylum seekers to work in their host countries not only helps to restore their human dignity, but also reduces strain on public budgets by turning them into taxpayers, says a non-binding resolution voted this Tuesday at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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1 July Jul 2016 1448 01 July 2016 Social enterprises are more than just businesses
Takeaways, data, insights, bets practices form the "First European Day of Social Economy Enterprises. From Words to Actions"conference.
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29 June Jun 2016 0934 29 June 2016 Brexit can be worse for women than men
Women have been frozen out of the debate on the EU referendum. And now Brexit could lead to erosion of hard-won women rights and protections.
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24 June Jun 2016 1220 24 June 2016 Brexit, the third sector will not leave its commitments
Civil society organizations voice out their concerns on the UK’s decision to leave Europe. While the country is about to abandon the Union, the third sector players pledge to remain united to fulfill their social engagements.
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23 June Jun 2016 0913 23 June 2016 Lend a hand to an Italian. Nove Onlus project for disadvantaged people
The project conceives both emergency assistance and support targeting social integration as well as the achievement of economic autonomy. It focuses especially on those people who fall into the ‘new poor’ category and do not rely on “welfare dependency”.
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21 June Jun 2016 0930 21 June 2016 Better conflict and peace building? Look to technology and local empowerment
With the scale and complexity of conflicts increasing worldwide, conflict prevention is now higher on the UN agenda than ever before. Meeting in Brussels last week, experts discussed past, present, and future peace building and conflict prevention. The future? Technology and local empowerment.
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14 June Jun 2016 1505 14 June 2016 Turning away refugees is economically irresponsible
According to the former economic adviser to the president of the European Commission Philippe Legrain, welcoming refugees is not only a humanitarian and legal obligation; it is an investment that can yield significant economic dividends.
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14 June Jun 2016 1017 14 June 2016 Malnutrition Becoming the “New Normal” Across the Globe
Malnutrition is on the rise in every country in the world and is a leading global driver of disease. Published today, the 2016 Global Nutrition Report shows that 44% of countries now experience very serious levels of both undernutrition and adult overweight & obesity, and that, despite good progress in some countries, the world is off track to reduce and reverse this trend