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Building Kinder Brains Year of publication: 2021 Author: Nandini Chatterjee Singh | Anantha Kumar Duraiappah Corporate author: Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) This booklet is a presentation of some of the key messages from the Rethinking Learning report and is intended to be an introduction to Social and Emotional Learning and its incorporation in the classroom. The key messages presented in this toolkit provide teachers, educators, parents, and policy makers with the incredible opportunity and responsibility to build kinder brains for a resilient, peaceful and sustainable planet by training and nurturing the social and emotional development of children. 
SDG 4 Data Digest 2020: Using Household Survey Data to Monitor SDG 4 Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The 2020 edition of the SDG 4 Data Digest by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics focuses on household surveys as an important and underutilized tool to collect the data needed to track progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 and to ensure that no one is left behind. The Digest describes existing survey programmes and offers advice on the design and implementation of new surveys. The Digest identifies a number of advantages to using household surveys and describes the categories of indicators best suited for monitoring with survey data. Data from household surveys complement administrative data collected in schools and can be disaggregated to a greater extent than administrative data to facilitate the monitoring of exclusion in education. The definitions and calculation methods of selected indicators are laid out and the combination of household survey data with data from other sources is explained. This issue of the Digest is aimed at government officials, national planners, donors and others who make decisions about the implementation of nationally representative household surveys. It describes the requirements for conducting a household survey and the steps that must be followed from questionnaire design to data collection and analysis, and it gives advice on presentation of the findings. A section on COVID-19 summarizes the impact of the current pandemic on data collection. Additional resources, with suggested survey questions for the collection of education data through household surveys, are also included. 
Democracy and the Accommodation of Diversity: Advancing Pluralism Through Power Sharing, Self-Governance and Limited Government Year of publication: 2018 Author: Rotimi Suberu Corporate author: Global Centre for Pluralism (Canada) Democracy is, paradoxically, both essential and precarious in diverse and divided societies with deep cultural or ethnic (i.e., linguistic, regional, religious, racial, and other attributes of identity) divides. group). There are examples of relatively non-violent management of ethnic diversity in undemocratic systems, including the Ottoman Empire's millet system to accommodate non-Muslim communities; the British colonial system of indirect administration; and the informal ethnic balancing practices of many African dictatorships. However, the majority of ethnicity scholars agree that undemocratic regimes are often unsuccessful - and ultimately, unsustainable - managers of ethnic diversity, and that there are "no viable alternatives. democracy ”as a pluralist, peaceful, just and sustainable system of governance of such diversity. This is because basic democratic practices, including credible multiparty elections and effective protections for civil rights and freedoms, are essential for the proper articulation, representation and accommodation of competing ethnic interests. 
Rapid Gender Assessment: For the COVID-19 Situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: The Center for Social and Political Studies "Strategy" | United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) The Rapid Gender Assessment on COVID-19 in the Republic of Kazakhstan was prepared by the CFSPI "Strategy" for UN Women and the UN Population Fund. It provides important information about gender roles and responsibilities, opportunities and vulnerabilities that have emerged in society in light of the COVID-19 outbreak. 
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in North and Central Asia Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: UN ESCAP This report examines the immediate, medium-, and long-term challenges facing the SCC subregion in achieving the SDGs, especially in the event of sudden shocks to key fiscal drivers such as growth, interest rates, and government revenues. 
Messages Delivered by Young People at the First Government-Youth Dialogue for Central Asia and Afghanistan Year of publication: 2019 Corporate author: United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) During this first Government-Youth Dialogue for Central Asia and Afghanistan, 25 young people stood in front of their Deputy Ministers and spoke on behalf of the young people of the region about the most pressing regional peace and security issues for their generation. 
Students Get Involved With Louvain Coopération Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: Louvain Coopération UCL students get involved in Southern countries! Discover their adventures alongside Louvain Coopération, the UCL NGO! 
Report on the Results of the Assessment of the Needs of Youth and Women in the Use of Civil Technologies to Solve Social Problems Year of publication: 2022 Author: Kamila Kovyazina | Damesh Satova Corporate author: Paperlab Research Center (Kazakhstan) Despite the proclaimed equality of opportunities and rights, certain groups of the population in Kazakhstan have privileges compared to others. It is essential to increase the capacity and capacity of women and youth to participate in decision making and change. In modern conditions, one of the most promising ways to increase the participation of these two groups in the life of the country is civilian technology and self-organization. 
Child Labour in Kyrgyzstan: A Persisting Problem Year of publication: 2022 Author: Aigerim Konurbayeva Corporate author: Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting (CABAR) Experts note that in the presence of a systematic approach of the Kyrgyz Government to solve the problem of child labor, a number of challenges remain in practice. This article examines some of the reasons for the involvement of children in the labor market, including economic instability, mass migration of the population, rising poverty levels, the influence of local customs and traditions. The article also provides an overview of relevant statistical data and some national initiatives aimed at eliminating child labor. 
Gender Equality is the Key to a Successful Social and Economic Formation of the New Uzbekistan (Science and Education; vol. 3, no. 6) Year of publication: 2022 Author: Dilafruz Vafokhojaeva Corporate author: Tashkent State University of Economics Strengthening gender equality, especially in the labor market, is an important factor in the formation of the social state. For the development of the effective measures directed at gender equality it is necessary to analyze, first of all, horizontal (on branches of economy, professions) and vertical (on positions, level of income) differentiation between women and men, and also position of those social and demographic groups of women which have or have no opportunities for combination of career and a family.