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13 October Oct 2016 1431 13 October 2016 All eyes focused on World Sight Day
World Sight Day is celebrated every year on the second Thursday in October and is the occasion to increase awareness of the global issue of avoidable blindness and vision loss. Keep in mind that 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide: 39 million are blind and 246 have low vision.
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12 October Oct 2016 1004 12 October 2016 The digital age as an opportunity to improve youth mental health
Mental Health Europe, together with Members of the European Parliament Miriam Dalli (Malta, S&D) and Julie Ward (UK, S&D) as well as the European Commissioner for Health Vytenis Andriukaitis celebrated World Mental Health Day in the European Parliament.
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11 October Oct 2016 1143 11 October 2016 One girl under fifteen married every seven seconds
As Unicef celebrates the International Day of the Girl, a report published by Save the Children reveals that one girl under the age of 15 is married every seven seconds
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10 October Oct 2016 1410 10 October 2016 Programs for persons with disabilities under threat in Spain & Portugal
Freezing the EU funding will have alarming consequences for people with disabilities. The European Disability Forum raises a red flag
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7 October Oct 2016 1043 07 October 2016 Poverty is not the engine of violent extremism
According to a World Bank study, the socio-economic conditions, poverty or any other sort of deprivations aren’t among the reasons due to which people join the extremist groups
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5 October Oct 2016 1226 05 October 2016 Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty
Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF.
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4 October Oct 2016 1054 04 October 2016 Africa: Why western economists get it wrong
Economists have moved away from studying poor countries on their own terms.They would explain Tanzania’s lack of development as stemming from its inability to be more like Sweden.
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3 October Oct 2016 0800 03 October 2016 Creating an inclusive Sharing Economy
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a nonprofit membership organization that promotes business sustainability, released a report outlining how sharing economy companies can be more inclusive.
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30 September Sep 2016 0736 30 September 2016 Achieving the SDGs: the role of Impact Investment
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) launches an initiative to promote the key role investors can play in achieving the SDGs goals
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29 September Sep 2016 0830 29 September 2016 World Vision and ChildPact released new tool measuring government efforts to protect children
The Child Protection Index measures government efforts to protect girls and boys. It is a tool to prevent and end violence, child trafficking, child labour, discrimination and other violations of a child’s rights.
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28 September Sep 2016 0903 28 September 2016 Problem gambling among young people has gone unrecognised too long
Chiara Marin explores the problem of young people and gambling, and how the Youth Problem Gambling Initiative run by FastForward is helping
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26 September Sep 2016 1110 26 September 2016 The Good Move that will land you a career with a meaning
Good Moves, the first European recruitment service by NGO’s for NGO’s is coming to town. Join the launch seminar on 6th of October in Brussels.
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26 September Sep 2016 0730 26 September 2016 Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? This is how I honour my pledge
Vanda, an Italian Youth Ambassador for The ONE Campaign, shares her achievements and hopes on the anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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23 September Sep 2016 0918 23 September 2016 Towards a more human and just economy
In a context of increasing inequalities, new economic paradigms, capable of guaranteeing greater social justice, political stability as well as environmental sustainability, need to be defined
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22 September Sep 2016 1716 22 September 2016 Deaf people come to Brussels to make a noise about sign
On 28th September, more then 1000 people will hit the street to raise awareness on the lack of recognition of sign languages and professional and qualified sign language interpreters.
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22 September Sep 2016 0843 22 September 2016 Club of Rome: One percent growth is enough
The latest Report to the Club of Rome focuses on three endemic social challenges – inequality, unemployment, and climate change – and offers 13 radical policy solutions for industrialized countries to address these problems without the need for faster economic growth.
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21 September Sep 2016 1210 21 September 2016 Refugee summit, ONE Campaign: This is a great first step...but just a first step
The ONE Campaign reacted to the Leaders' Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis on Tuesday and underlined that even if every commitment made this week is delivered, there will still be 2.7 million refugee children out of school.
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21 September Sep 2016 0952 21 September 2016 Most people with dementia have yet to receive a diagnosis, let alone treatment and care
According to the World Alzheimer Report 2016, greater involvement of non-specialist primary care staff can unlock capacity to meet increasing demand for dementia care, and could make the cost of care per person up to 40% cheaper.
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16 September Sep 2016 1216 16 September 2016 A feminist State of the Union
On September 14th, Jean Claude Juncker, on behalf of the European Commission, reviewed a year of EU achievements and outlined his action plan for the next twelve months in the much anticipated “State of the Union” speech. We, 52 young feminists, representing 22 diverse European countries, have written our response - a feminist State of the Union.