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May 2017
SHIFT NC’s 2017 Annual Conference on Adolescent Sexual Health
Helping young people grow up healthy is a task too big to handle alone! SHIFT NC is calling all sexual health superheroes together to find the newest and most powerful ways to impact adolescent sexual health. The theme for SHIFT NC's 2017 Annual Conference on Adolescent Sexual Health is Superheroes Activate: Uniting Our Powers for Impact. SHIFT NC's Annual Conference on Adolescent Sexual Health is the state's only conference on adolescent sexual health. By drawing from the best national, state,…
Find out more »June 2017
At What Cost? The Economic Impact of Child Marriage
Each year, 15 million girls are married before the age of 18. Child marriage is a global challenge that has been shown to contribute to a number of harmful consequences, including school dropout, early pregnancy, intimate partner violence and infant mortality. But what are the economic impacts of child marriage? Join the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the World Bank to discuss the findings from a groundbreaking research project to uncover the economic costs of child marriage.…
Find out more »August 2017
Cracking the Code: Girls’ Education in STEM
Girls and women face multiple challenges that compromise their education opportunities. One area of longstanding concern is the low rate of female participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and consequently STEM careers. The UNESCO International Symposium and Policy Forum will be organized over three days, serving as a platform for debate and hands-on learning. The forum seeks to present the latest findings from research and practice, facilitate policy dialogue, and make the case for strengthening girls’ education…
Find out more »September 2017
SVRI Forum 2017
In September 2017, the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) will bring together over 450 researchers, gender activists, funders, policy makers, service providers, practitioners, and survivors from around the world who are working to understand, prevent and respond to sexual and intimate partner violence. With the recent launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the 17 goals which the 193 UN member states have committed to achieving over the next 15 years—SVRI Forum 2017 is a timely space to discuss and share strategies…
Find out more »October 2017
Investing in Girls’ Education: Lessons from Burkina Faso
As part of MCC's 2008 compact with Burkina Faso, MCC and other partners worked together on the Burkinabé Response to Improve Girls' Chances to Success (BRIGHT) Project. A recent 10–year impact evaluation of the project conducted by Mathematica Policy Research has found impressive lasting results for girls' education. In recognition of Day of the Girl Child, MCC invites you to join us for a MCC Smart Aid event and discussion on the evaluation results with Mathematica Policy Research and Plan International USA. RSVP TO ATTEND…
Find out more »11th World Congress on Adolescent Health
We are delighted to announce that the International Association for Adolescent Health (IAAH) 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health: Investing in Adolescent Health - the Future is Now will be held in New Delhi, India from 27-29 October 2017, hosted by MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child and the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and with the support of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. India has the world's largest population of adolescents and…
Find out more »November 2017
YouthPower Learning Webinar: How to Do Research with Adolescents Living in LMICs
Join YouthPower Learning, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti, and Columbia University as we explore what is unique about research with adolescents, best practices for working with them, and key knowledge gaps. The speakers will focus on Conducting Research with Adolescents in Low - and Middle-Income Countries, a series of briefs produced with members of the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Well-being. Despite an increasing focus on adolescent well-being globally, comprehensive data collection systems and research for effective interventions are lacking. Practitioners and policy-makers often ask…
Find out more »January 2018
Maine Girls Film Screening
Following 13 immigrant and U.S.-born teenage girls, Maine Girls explores the important role that young people play in creating “brave spaces” to be vulnerable, face the unknown, and bridge important cultural divides. The Rumi Forum, in partnership with Little River United Church of Christ (LRUCC) and the creators of the Maine Girls documentary proudly present an upcoming screening of the film Maine Girls. In Maine – the whitest state in America – immigrant students are entering public schools in record…
Find out more »March 2018
62nd Commission on the Status of Women
The sixty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 12 to 23 March 2018. Representatives of Member States, UN entities, and ECOSOC-accredited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from all regions of the world are welcome to attend the session. Themes Priority theme: Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls; Review theme: Participation in and access of women to the media, and information and communications technologies…
Find out more »April 2018
51st Commission on Population and Development
A Population Commission was established by the Economic and Social Council in its resolution 3 (III) of 3 October 1946. In its resolution 49/128 of 19 December 1994, the General Assembly decided that the Commission should be renamed the Commission on Population and Development. In the same resolution, the Assembly decided that it, the Council and the Commission should constitute a three-tiered intergovernmental mechanism that would play the primary role in the follow-up to the implementation of the Programme of…
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