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Elders welcome African youth to their 'global village'
Elders welcome African youth to their 'global village' 30 May 2010 … Mahbub ul Haq Award for Outstanding Contribution to Human Development. Jimmy Carter Former president of the …
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Gender equality and climate change: the vital link for success beyond Paris
… women and gender equality are crucial to the success of the global efforts on development and climate change. As UN Special … to live there. Locals in Tebikenikora, a village in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. (Credit: …
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A moral leader: India’s chance to spearhead efforts to end child marriage worldwide
… to put equality for girls and women at the heart of India's development. Last month my fellow Elders and I … the past two decades is an inspiration for us all in the Global South. Lifting hundreds of millions of people out of … abject poverty continues to exist in every slum and every village. One third of the world’s poorest people are still …
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Google+ Hangout with Mary Robinson and child marriage activists
… International Day of the Girl on Thursday 11 October, the global Girls Not Brides partnership hosted a … Muhammad Shahzad Khan , 27, hails from a village in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. When he was 12 years old, … village and settle in Lahore. He has since set up Chanan Development Association, a non-profit organisation aimed at …
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Ban Ki-moon: businesses can lead on refugee integration where leaders fall short
… . The mass movement of people is a global phenomenon; one that is here to stay. A former … War. The human suffering I witnessed as I fled my burning village with my parents continued to haunt me in the days … The UN General Assembly considers the Sustainable Development Goals to be a priority; and rightly so. The …
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A Rio+20 deve resgatar o futuro, avisam “Elders” e os “Youngers” aos líderes de hoje
… Desmond Tutu, in the run up to Rio+20. The Elders launch a global debate with young leaders to inspire the urgent … “We have a doomsday scenario to avoid, and sustainable development is the only way to do it” – Sara … care more about, and are better connected to, the global village. “We Elders know only too well the …
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Advisory Council
… to bring together the right partners to help create new global leadership models to address conflict, climate change … about the need for a new leadership model for our ‘global village’. Inspired by the role that elders play in … programs for Village Health Works, bringing health care and development to rural Burundi. Don and Liz have three grown …
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For the future of our planet, a dialogue between generations
… is upon us and as Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, draws nearer, I find myself reflecting on the … that the next generation of leaders will be bolder, more global in their outlook and more committed to making … And we must continue to rally our global village – before the summit, at the summit and onwards. …
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The Elders newsletter
… and calls for long-view leadership, a bold new approach to global decision-making that prioritises collaboration, … challenges of global security and express concern over the development of the Irsael-Palestine conflict. … The Elders, of their work in 2011 and announces the Global Village section of the website. …
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Mary Robinson: 'I feel a terrible sense of urgency'
… Her sentences – full of world leaders, capital cities, global initiatives, sometimes too full of development and human rights jargon – unspool smoothly and … Condoms were posted through her letterbox, and in her home village the bishop denounced her from the pulpit. Her …
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