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COVID-19: A Gender Lens; Protecting Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Promoting Gender Equality Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups such as persons with disabilities and those in extreme poverty, worse. Women represent 70 percent of the health and social sector workforce globally and special attention should be given to how their work environment may expose them to discrimination, as well as thinking about their sexual and reproductive health and psychosocial needs as frontline health workers. This technical brief provides key messages and recommendations for protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and promoting gender equality during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Strengthening Health System Responses to Gender-based Violence in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Resource Package Year of publication: 2014 Corporate author: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) This collection of materials is the result of a collaboration between UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), the UNFPA Regional Office for population for the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the WAVE Network (Women Against Violence in Europe) and is an updated edition of the compilation, revised in 2013-2014. It has been brought in line with new requirements in terms of enhancing the response of the health system to gender inequality; its content has been updated taking into account the latest international developments. 
Indicators for Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals Year of publication: 2019 Author: Frédéric Vey | Anne-Sophie Hesse Corporate author: Université Virtuelle Environnement et Développement durable (UVED) Frédéric Vey and Anne-Sophie Hesse, from the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, discuss in this video (12'40) the indicators for monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). After a theoretical approach aimed at defining and showing the limits of the indicators, they show how the "SDG" indicators are available from the international scale to the national scale. 
Annual Report 2021 Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: University of Sherbrooke. International Cooperation Group Our main orientations in 2021: Increase the capacities of GCIUS project management, through the development of management tools standardized; Increase outreach of the GCIUS with the student community of the UdeS, as well as with the community of practice; Promote mobilization, recruitment, and implementation of strategies equity, diversity, and inclusion in the GCIUS. 
Annual Report 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: University of Sherbrooke. International Cooperation Group The GCIUS has set itself the task of encouraging the emergence of sustainable development of local communities in the countries of intervention and UdeS students, through supportive, inclusive, and dynamic networks. The GCIUS supports students and local communities in the co-construction of multidisciplinary sustainable development projects aimed at improving living conditions for communities in need. 
Progress Report on the Implementation of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2010 Corporate author: State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry (Kyrgyzstan) This report aims to evaluate the implementation of the UNECE Strategy for Education for Sustainable Development in the Kyrgyz Republic as part of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). The report presents the results of efforts aimed at implementing ESD, current challenges with reference to socio-economic conditions and development prospects. This report has been prepared by the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic with the participation of interested departments, international and local experts. In preparing the report, materials and reports of international organizations - the OSCE, were used,UNESCO, UNDP, etc. 
Preventing Youth Violence: An Overview of the Evidence Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) Every year about 200.000 adolescents and young people between the ages of 10 and 29 die, which places homicide in fourth place in the world as cause of death in young population. Several million adolescents and young people suffer from acts of violence, and trauma that require urgent medical and psychological treatment. The emotional imprints that youth volence leaves on its survivors and their loved ones are often profound. Youth violence destroys lives and its consequences have very high economic costs, both for society and for the families of young people. The goal of this manual is to provide a scientific framework that allows us to understand why some people have a greater tendency to be involved in acts of youth violence and how to prevent it. 
2024 State of Climate Services: Five-year Progress Report (2019–2024) Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: World Meteorological Organization (WMO) In 2018, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) called on WMO, through its Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), to regularly report on the state of climate services. WMO has issued annual reports on the state of climate services since 2019 in response to this United Nations request for more information on the adaptation needs of countries. The information helps countries, funding agencies and development partners to identify steps needed to address climate services gaps and needs, to inform more effective investment and to enhance adaptation and development outcomes. The 2024 edition of the report describes the current state of climate services while also examining and assessing the progress that has been made during the last five years. The report explores the climate policy response to the climate challenge and advancements made by Members across numerous value chain components. This year’s edition also includes an in-depth look at how a selection of 13 countries have successfully leveraged climate services to deliver socioeconomic benefits at a national, regional or global level. The analysis draws on 113 case studies that were developed over the last five years across multiple sectors, and examines the key success factors, including showcasing the value being created by climate services. 
[DIALOG #13] Information and methodological bulletin on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Организация по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The website and the informational and methodological bulletin "Dialogue" was created in order to assist educational organizations of the countries of Central Asia in the implementation of multilingual education programs. The website is supported by the Central Asian Education Program of the OSCE HCNM, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF and the Center for Social Integration.The bulletin is addressed to teachers and school leaders, representatives of education authorities, researchers and experts in the field of education. The bulletin is intended to quarterly inform about initiatives and significant events in the field of multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia and around the world. In each issue of the bulletin you can find a variety of materials: interviews with experts, a review of the experience of multilingual schools, methodological articles and lesson development, announcements of events and publications, links to Internet resources. 
[DIALOG #14] Information and methodological bulletin on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Организация по безопасности и сотрудничеству в Европе (ОБСЕ) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) The website and the informational and methodological bulletin "Dialogue" was created in order to assist educational organizations of the countries of Central Asia in the implementation of multilingual education programs. The website is supported by the Central Asian Education Program of the OSCE HCNM, the UN Children's Fund UNICEF and the Center for Social Integration.The bulletin is addressed to teachers and school leaders, representatives of education authorities, researchers and experts in the field of education. The bulletin is intended to quarterly inform about initiatives and significant events in the field of multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia and around the world. In each issue of the bulletin you can find a variety of materials: interviews with experts, a review of the experience of multilingual schools, methodological articles and lesson development, announcements of events and publications, links to Internet resources.