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Climate Equality: A PLANET FOR THE 99%; Executive Summary Year of publication: 2023 Author: Ashfaq Khalfan | Astrid Nilsson Lewis | Carlos Aguilar | Max Lawson | Safa Jayoussi | Jacqueline Persson | Nafkote Dabi | Sunil Acharya Corporate author: Oxfam International The world faces twin crises of climate breakdown and runaway inequality.The richest people, corporations and countries are destroying the world with their huge carbon emissions. Meanwhile, people living in poverty, those experiencing marginalization, and countries in the Global South are those impacted the hardest. Women and girls, Indigenous Peoples, people living in poverty and other groups experiencing discrimination are particularly at a disadvantage. The consequences of climate breakdown are felt in all parts of the world and by most people, yet only the richest people and countries have the wealth, power and influence to protect themselves. With that power comes huge responsibility.If no action is taken, the richest will continue to burn through the carbon we have left to use while keeping the global temperature below the safe limit of 1.5°C, destroying any chance of ending poverty and ensuring equality. The world needs an equal transformation. Only a radical reduction in inequality, transformative climate action and fundamentally shifting our economic goals as a society can save our planet while ensuring wellbeing for all. 
A Gender-Responsive Communication Guide; Rethinking Communication Year of publication: 2021 Author: Gökçe Bayrakçeken Tüzel | İdil Safiye Soyseçkin Ceylan | Deniz Şilliler Tapan | Kıvanç Özvardar Corporate author: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Language is a mechanism, a tool, that influences thoughts, shapes gender roles and therefore carries a great potential for establishing gender equality in societies. It shows how we perceive life and also determines it. Language plays an important role in the formation of our thoughts and behaviors, hence the construction of our reality about gender. As UNDP Turkey, we ground on gender equality and women’s empowerment principles in all of our programs and interventions, within the institution and in all forms of communication with our partners. The reason we prepared this guide is to determine the ways to have a gender responsive approach when communicating both in the office and with the institutions, organizations, and individuals we work with.The language we use begins to take shape from the moment we are born. It is kneaded within the norms, thoughts, and actions of the society we live in and becomes a set of rules that we unconsciously internalize. Therefore, we often use a sexist language even without realizing and thus reproduce it at every turn.Based on the idea that transformation begins with awareness, this guide offers a stimulating path to the limits of our language, demonstrates how it reproduces gender inequality, and offers ways for changing this.We believe that gender responsive communication is a sign of commitment to gender equality for any country, community or institution. Therefore, we invite you to become the transformation itself by following this sign.We would like to thank you in advance for your interest and dedication to using a gender responsive language and hope that this guide will help us on the way to become a gender-equal society. 
Human Rights and Conflict Resolution: Palestinian Universities as a Case Study (Conceptual Paper) Year of publication: 2023 Author: Rashad Twam Corporate author: Palestinian Jurists Association Palestinian universities have consistently witnessed occasional conflicts, many of which have resulted in disrupting the educational process. While some of these conflicts originated outside the university walls, as an extension of societal violence, others stemmed from within the university itself, posing a threat to civil peace. This conceptual paper addresses this issue by examining the various forms of these conflicts over the past five years (2018-2022) and the stakeholders involved in resolving them. It adopts a differentiated approach between the perspectives and methodologies of human rights advocates and conflict resolution practitioners, with a focus on the case study of Birzeit University. 
Instructional Strategies for Learning Conflict Resolution Skills in School (Mustansiriyah Journal of Humanities; Vol. 1-1, Special Issue) Year of publication: 2023 Author: Haider Kareem Sukar Corporate author: Mustansiriyah University The school is a community tool that achieves its educational goals through all behavioral habits that provide students with sound and integrated growth, as well as preparation and adaptation for the future after obtaining success and involvement in government institutions and the economy. In the civilizational scale, so the school must achieve all means of education and an educational philosophy based on foundations with educational entertainment Adolescent children may seek more freedom, power, and complete liberation later on from the authority of parents and others represented by the school, as it is the broader environment after the family that embraces the person, so we see these children doing actions such as abuse of others, violation of order and law, harshness in dealing with others, or rudeness in their behavior with them They may make mistakes and misbehave on purpose even though they know what is right and are able to act well. Therefore, the increasing manifestations of violence, disagreement and conflict in schools have led to an increase in the interest of educators of all positions in the process of learning and teaching students the concepts of human rights and the attitudes of tolerance in general and the skills of resolving differences and conflicts in constructive and positive ways and means. 
Interwoven Lives, Threads of Hope: Ending Inequalities in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right; State of World Population 2024 Year of publication: 2024 Author: Daniel Baker | Ann Garbett | Gretchen Luchsinger | Tlaleng Mofokeng | Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane | Gilda Sedgh | Claire Thomas Corporate author: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Everywhere, people seeking essential sexual and reproductive health care are forced to navigate overlapping hurdles because of their gender, economic status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and more. In the few places where data are collected, women of African descent are found to be more vulnerable to obstetric mistreatment and negative maternal health outcomes. Indigenous women are often denied culturally appropriate maternal health care, and their own childbirth practices may be criminalized, resulting in significantly higher risk of death in pregnancy and childbirth. Gender-unequal norms remain embedded in health-care infrastructure, including persistent underinvestment in the world’s largely female midwifery workforce. Women and girls with disabilities face up to 10 times more gender-based violence while also facing higher barriers to sexual and reproductive information and care. LGBTQIA+ people face serious health disparities in addition to – and as a result of – discrimination and stigma. The path forward to fulfill the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development promise of universal sexual and reproductive health and rights is clear: To achieve it we must root out inequalities from our health systems and policies and focus as a priority on those women and young people who are most marginalized and excluded. We need comprehensive, universal and inclusive health care grounded in human rights and evidence of what works. This work is vitally important, it is just, and it is possible. This report contains many examples of programmes and efforts that have expanded access to, and uptake of, quality care, usually with interventions tailored by and for those most in need. To accelerate success, we will require more and better data, disaggregated to understand exactly who is being left behind, and collected with their input and safety assured. 
Improving Mechanisms to Ensure the Achievement of Gender Equality in Uzbekistan Year of publication: 2024 Author: Отеев Уразбай | Каражанова Роза Corporate author: Наука и инновации This article examines the development of gender equality in Uzbekistan, highlights progress made to date, identifies current challenges, and outlines future paths toward building a more inclusive society. 
Children with Disabilities in Europe and Central Asia: A Statistical Overview of Their Well-Being Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: United Nations (UN) This regional report provides critical evidence for decision-makers across countries to use in both policy and programming. In the context of the Global Disability Inclusion Strategy and Policy, UNICEF in Europe and Central Asia will use this valuable resource to embark on the next level of engagement to give all children with disabilities the opportunity to realize their rights on an equal basis with their peers. 
Thematic Alternative Report on the Implementation by the Republic of Tajikistan of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Relation to the Rights of Women Released from Places of Deprivation of Liberty Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: European Union (EU) | DVV International | Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law (BHR) This alternative report focuses on the implementation by the Republic of Tajikistan of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in relation to the rights of women released from places of deprivation of liberty. The report contains information for the period from 2019 to 2023. 
Building Democratic Citizenship in School: Memory and Human Rights Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Argentina. Ministry of Education | Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) | Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) This material seeks to reflect on the ways of approaching the construction of democratic citizenship, memory and human rights in secondary schools. The book thus proposes a series of memory activities and exercises based on significant historical sources and documents. At the same time, guidelines and suggestions are presented for the development of a citizenship construction project as a teaching strategy. 
Global Humanitarian Overview 2025 Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: UN. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN. OCHA) A snapshot of the global trends driving increased humanitarian needs in 2025, analysis from 2024 and an overview of where the system is delivering better to help those affected by crises. The Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) is the world’s most comprehensive, authoritative and evidence-based assessment of humanitarian need. Through plans that prioritize those most in need, it aims to fight hunger, killer diseases, gender-based violence and displacement. The GHO 2025 presents an analysis of global crises and needs and the humanitarian plans to address them. In 2025, humanitarian partners are appealing for over US$47 billion to assist nearly 190 million people facing life-threatening and urgent needs across 72 countries. The report looks at response trends to strengthen, such as localization, cash, accountability and the changes needed to deliver aid effectively: security and funding. The GHO presents a collective picture of humanitarians' achievements and, conversely, what happens when humanitarians are unable to deliver aid. Explore the full report and interactive content through humanitarianaction.info.