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21 December Dec 2015 1057 21 December 2015 Disaster risk reduction makes development more sustainable
The need to recognize disaster risk reduction as a central, cross-cutting issue for achieving sustainable development and eradicating poverty has been a key topic during the last Rome Investment Forum 2015, an international event aimed at promoting a more visionary idea of social and economic sustainability
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11 December Dec 2015 1042 11 December 2015 62.8 million Americans volunteered in 2014
The report "Volunteering and Civic Life in America" published by the Corporation for National and Community Service and the National Conference on Citizenship, offers an annual picture of civic engagement and volunteerism in the United States
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9 December Dec 2015 1336 09 December 2015 Renewed hope for progress for persons with disabilities in the EU
Persons with disabilities are a growing share of the European population. Their daily life is hampered by a lack of accessible goods and services. Although the European Union has set a framework for promoting accessibility, its implementation has not been easy.
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8 December Dec 2015 1409 08 December 2015 Why tax is a feminist issue
Action Aid's International Tax Justice Campaigner Bridget Burrows explains how unfair tax systems are making it worse for women and demand that multinational companies pay their fair share of tax for women’s rights
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8 December Dec 2015 1338 08 December 2015 Access City Award 2016 for access-friendly cities goes to Milan
The prize is awarded to European cities for their efforts to improve accessibility for people with disabilities and the elderly.
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8 December Dec 2015 0942 08 December 2015 Message from Caritas to EU: eradicate child poverty now
More than 400 members of the European Parliament support Caritas Europa’s call to prioritise the fight against child poverty. The European Parliament’s written declaration now asks both the European Commission and the Council of the EU to dedicate funds for the eradication of child poverty in Europe.
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3 December Dec 2015 1207 03 December 2015 Housing Europe: Our homes hold the key to a fair green energy transition
On the “Buildings Day” at COP21, Housing Europe, the European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing has no doubt: a fair green energy transition should "Start at Home".
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2 December Dec 2015 1538 02 December 2015 The European Disability Forum welcomes the European Accessibility Act
On December 2 the European Commission published the European Accessibility Act. The European Disability Forum welcomes this long-awaited piece of legislation that has been at the centre of its Freedom of Movement campaign for over three years.
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1 December Dec 2015 1720 01 December 2015 The impact of short careers on pensions across OECD countries
Recent reforms have made pension systems more financially sustainable and pensioners have higher living standards than ever before. But future generations are likely to find their pension entitlements much less generous than today’s and many may face a serious risk of pensioner poverty, according to a new OECD report.
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24 November Nov 2015 1413 24 November 2015 Lux Film prize awards Turkish young women who break tradition
Today Mustang won the 2015 European Parliament LUX Prize for cinema in Strasbourg. The movie pictures five sisters fighting for their independence and unwilling to give up to partiarchal tradition.
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24 November Nov 2015 1136 24 November 2015 Development aid, only 4 EU countries are meeting aid targets
Action remains well short of ambition in the European Union, a new report by CONCORD, the European NGO confederation for relief and development shows. Despite repeated promises, the EU as a whole did not deliver on its commitment to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income (GNI) as aid by 2015. More worryingly, there is an emerging trend in EU countries to divert aid budgets from sustainable development to domestic costs associated with hosting refugees and asylum seekers.
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23 November Nov 2015 1032 23 November 2015 The future of the world? Gender equality
The Global Gender Gap index 2015 compiled and analysed by the World Economic Forum, reveals that the global gender gap across health, education, economic opportunity and politics has closed by only 4% in the past 10 years, but the gender pay gap has stalled meaning it could take another 118 years to close this gap completely
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20 November Nov 2015 0809 20 November 2015 Sleepless and homeless in Europe
41 million people every year face homelessness for periods of varying length. 410,000 people are sleeping rough or in emergency or temporary accommodation on any given night. The data of the report “Overview of Housing Exclusion in Europe" explores housing difficulties throughout Europe.
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19 November Nov 2015 0958 19 November 2015 What terroristic attacks mean for the economy
The impact of terrorism on the economy and the financial markets, is probably of less significance in terms of media coverage than the death toll. However, we can’t ignore the fact that in addition to the physical destruction, to the loss of human lives and the creation of a climate of fear and mistrust, terrorists seek to inflict economic damage upon the societies they target.
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13 November Nov 2015 0938 13 November 2015 Maternal deaths fell 44% since 1990
The "Trends in Maternal Mortality: 1990 to 2015" from WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and the United Nations Population Division highlights progress
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10 November Nov 2015 1609 10 November 2015 Housing emergency
Millions of people without a home and millions of homes without people. As the cold weather reaches its lowest temperatures, more than 4.1 million people in Europe do not have a place they can call home, while over 11 million houses remain empty across the continent – enough to shelter all Europe’s homeless twice over
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10 November Nov 2015 1530 10 November 2015 Makers of social good
How the high-tech DIY community is fostering a new wave of socially good artisans
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7 November Nov 2015 1153 07 November 2015 First mapping of women's social entrepreneurship in Europe
It is called WEstart, and it is a project of the European Women's Lobby that has mapped 1000 women's social enterprises in 10 countries of the EU, to better know the state of women's social entrepreneurship in Europe. The final goal? Extend the mapping to the remaining Member States and to candidate countries.
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5 November Nov 2015 1819 05 November 2015 Social innovation starts here
A tour of Milan, where active citizenship and social innovation are powering an urban revolution