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July 2015
Body Image and Sexuality: Making the Connection & Promoting Supportive Spaces
Whether it’s from the media, family, friends, or an intimate partner, youth are bombarded with messages that influence their feelings about their bodies. In this training we will explore the connection between body image and sexuality and examine how the way young people feel about their bodies can affect their sexual and reproductive health decisions. We will look at how we – as service providers and adults – can model anti-oppressive behavior that affirms the diversity of body types and…
Find out more »August 2015
United Nations Millennium Campus Conference
The Millennium Campus Conference (MCC15) is an annual summit for university student leaders advancing global development to meet, partner, learn, and connect with a global community. This year, the seventh Annual Millennium Campus Conference becomes a launch pad for the campaigns young people care about the most. MCC15 Delegates will meet like-minded peer university student leaders through team-based discussions, get concrete skills putting the 'organized' into student organizing, join campaign working teams, and launch their ideas at the United Nations.
Find out more »International Youth Day
The theme of International Youth Day 2015 is “Youth Civic Engagement.” The engagement and participation of youth is essential to achieve sustainable human development. Yet often the opportunities for youth to engage politically, economically and socially are low or non-existent. More efforts are needed to raise awareness about the importance of youth civic engagement and its benefits to the individual and to society, including for sustainable development as well as resilience and well-being. The International Youth Day 2015 campaign aims…
Find out more »September 2015
Beijing+20: Gender Education & Training “Let’s Not Confuse Progress with Success”
On September 1st, the SID GID Beijing +20 discussion series will explore progress made since 1995 in providing inclusive and equitable quality education at all levels, including early childhood education, basic education, higher education, and nonformal education. Panelists will comment on the progress made, the policies and practices that made the progress possible, and the challenges and opportunities for moving forward. At the launch of the No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project report (NoCeilings.org) in March, which highlighted both significant…
Find out more »Financing Education for the Developing World Through 2030 and Beyond
In honor of International Literacy Day on September 8, the Brookings Institution invites you to discuss how to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals and improve funding for education in developing countries. Norwegian Ambassador to the United States Kåre R. Aas will provide keynote remarks, followed by a presentation from Liesbet Steer, fellow at the Center for Universal Education and lead author of the Financing Education report. A panel discussion will follow.
Find out more »SVRI Forum 2015
The Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum brings together researchers, gender activists, funders, policy makers, service providers, practitioners, and survivors from around the world to discuss and learn about sexual violence. The event will showcase innovation to end sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and child abuse, and strengthen responses to survivors in low and middle income countries.
Find out more »Ensuring that Women and Girls Stay Healthy and Protected Webinar
Join WomenStrong International in hearing from global experts Judith Bruce, Senior Associate and Policy Analyst with the Population Council, and Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, CEO and President of the Global Fund for Women, as well as two visionary women leaders on the ground, for a webinar focused on supporting and protecting adolescent girls.
Find out more »Webinar: Reaching First Time Parents and Young Married Women in Burkina Faso
Join USAID, Pathfinder International, and Evidence to Action as they present the design, implementation, and learning from Pathfinder International's project for young married women and first time parents in Burkina Faso. Presenters include Callie Simon, Technical Advisor at Pathfinder International, Dr. Abdoul Balde, Program Manager at Pathfinder International, and Katie Chaue, Senior Youth Advisor at the Evidence to Action Project.
Find out more »The Next Generation of Development: Integrated Investments for Youth
Join FHI 360, in partnership with Women Deliver and Johnson & Johnson, for the third event in the “Does 1+1=3? The Integration Hypothesis” discussion series. The discussion will examine how strategically integrated investments in health, education, and economic opportunities for youth can accelerate progress on the post-2015 development agenda. Participants will explore the potential benefits of integrated development approaches for young people with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, UN Women Executive Director, Eliya Zulu, Founder and Executive Director of the African Institute for…
Find out more »#Generation2030: Torchbearers for the Sustainable Development Goals
The Permanent Mission of Denmark, the Office of the UN Secretary General’s Envoy on Youth, Restless Development, the Permanent Mission of Rwanda, the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka, the Permanent Mission of Burkina Faso, the United Nations Development Programme, and the UK Government present #Generation2030: Torchbearers for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a high-level event on the role of youth in the implementation and monitoring of the SDGs.
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