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Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) This document brings together the latest available evidence on gender equality across all 17 Goals, underscoring the progress made, but also taking stock of areas where progress has been disrupted, as a result of COVID-19. 
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. 
UNODC Programme for Central Asia 2022-2025 Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNODC Central Asia The Central Asia Program outlines the proposed scope and focuses on the work of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Central Asia from 2022 to 2025. The program presents a unified approach to providing UNODC technical assistance in Central Asia. The programme is tailored to a common regional strategy that integrates national, subregional, and global initiatives that contribute to the UN system's response to sustainable development in the sub-region. This approach aims to engage more effectively with the Member States. 
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. 
Adolescents in a Changing World: The Case for Urgent Investment Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) This report focuses on the strong returns on investment associated with investing in adolescent health and well-being. Today, adolescents make up more than 16% of the world's population. They are a demographic that is often overlooked or misunderstood. Investments in adolescents can reduce inequalities and help to protect their human rights. The economic and social returns from a wide range of investments to address adolescent well-being are significant. The report makes a compelling case for investing in adolescents, they are living in a world facing multifaceted crises, and they will be tomorrow's changemakers and leaders. The staggering cost of inaction is estimated at US$110 trillion over a period of 27 years (2024-50). That amounts to 7.7% of the total GDP of those countries included in the models, which themselves include around 80% of the world's population. Many interventions will yield high returns, including those focused on health services and multisectoral interventions, for example on SRHR, HPV, TB, myopia, education and training, child marriage and road accident prevention. This evidence base is crucial for policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, donors, and civil society organizations as we map the road ahead for a better and more sustainable future. Investing in adolescent health and well-being strengthens the human capital of a country, and hence a country's potential for future development and for ending extreme poverty and creating more inclusive societies. 
Political Participation of Young People in Kazakhstan: The Role of Digital Technologies Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: Paperlab Research Center (Kazakhstan) At the end of July, the PaperLab Research Center held a discussion on "Political participation of youth in Kazakhstan: the role of digital technologies". Experts say that after the January events, Kazakhstanis became more interested in politics. But the real political participation of young people is still limited. 
RESPECT Women: Preventing Violence Against Women Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) Violence against women and girls remains pervasive across the world, despite significant efforts being made to recognize, eliminate, and prevent it in all its forms. Eliminating violence against women and girls is pivotal to achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Elimination can only be done through prevention. Successful prevention requires: political commitment and leadership,implementing laws and policies that promote gender equality,investing in women’s organizations,allocating resources to prevention, andaddressing the multiple forms of discrimination women face daily. Based on the principles of respect and equality, and lessons learned from evidence-based results on what works in preventing violence from occurring and recurring, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Women, in collaboration with ten other UN, bilateral, and multilateral agencies, have developed “RESPECT Women: Preventing violence against women”. This publication provides a comprehensive framework to inform policy makers and implementers about designing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating interventions and programmes on preventing and responding to violence against women. The framework outlines seven inter-related intervention strategies derived from the word “respect”: Relationships skills strengthenedEmpowerment of womenServices ensuredPoverty reducedEnvironments made safeChild and adolescent abuse preventedTransformed attitudes, beliefs and norm 
Violence Against Women Infographic: Health Impacts and the Role of the Health Sector Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) The WHO Department for Management of NCDs, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, and Department of Reproductive Health and Research, have prepared an infographic displaying the prevalence and health and social consequences of violence against women, and what the health sector can do to address this public health problem. The infographic is targeted at policy makers and professionals working in the health sector and other relevant sectors. 
[Summary] Global Status Report on Preventing Violence Against Children 2020 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) The Global status report on preventing violence against children 2020 charts countries’ progress towards the SDGs aimed at ending violence against children. Jointly published by WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence against Children, and the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, it collates inputs from over 1000 decision-makers in 155 countries who assessed their violence prevention status against the evidence-based approaches set out in INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children. The report shows that while many of the participating countries are taking some action, government officials from these same countries acknowledge that their efforts are clearly insufficient to achieve the SDG targets. The report concludes with recommendations for boosting INSPIRE implementation efforts and accelerating national progress. 
Summary of the World Report on Disability Year of publication: 2011 Corporate author: World Health Organization (WHO) | World Bank The World Health Organization and the World Bank jointly produced this global report on disability, in order to present the evidence needed to develop innovative policies and programs capable of improving the lives of people with disabilities, and to facilitate the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that was activated in May of 2008. The World Report provides a definition of disability as an umbrella term that includes under its umbrella various forms of organ impairment/dysfunction, limited activity, and participation limitations. The term disability also refers to the negative features of the interaction between individuals with a health condition (such as cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, or depression), and between personal and environmental factors (such as negative attitudes, lack of access to transportation and public buildings, and limited social support).It then presents suggestions for steps that can be taken by all concerned parties - including governments, civil society organizations, and organizations of persons with disabilities - in order to create enabling environments, develop rehabilitation and support services, ensure adequate social protection, launch comprehensive policies and programs, and activate new standards and legislation List, for the benefit of people with disabilities and society at large. People with disabilities should be the centerpiece of these endeavours. It also sheds light on the various obstacles and barriers faced by persons with disabilities - obstacles related to the attitudes and trends they encounter, and physical and financial obstacles - all of which are easy to deal with and address. It provides recommendations for action at the local, national and international levels, and is thus an invaluable tool.