Universal Children's Day - November 20 + EU Consideration of Wellbeing of Children in Europe - Girls
United Nations Universal Children’s Day was established in 1954 and is celebrated on November 20th each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare. November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/
European Parliament Research Service - https://epthinktank.eu/2016/11/20/universal-childrens-day-2016/
EU CONSIDERATION OF RIGHTS & WELLBEING OF CHILDREN IN EUROPE – GIRLS
As we mark the UN’s Universal Children’s Day this year, how are children in Europe faring in some of the key areas covered in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and what is the European Union doing to protect their rights and ensure their wellbeing? How do children themselves see their lives and what would they like their governments to do for them?
COP 22 International Climate Forum Outcome Document - The Marrakech Communique
http://www.thecvf.org/marrakech-communique/
http://www.thecvf.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CVF-Marrakech-Communique-for-Adoption.pdf
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We stand united
We, Ministers and High Level representatives, members of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, representing a significant number of nations most vulnerable to the dangers of global climate change.
We will survive and thrive
Expressing solidarity with our fellow member, Haiti, devastated by Hurricane Matthew, a humanitarian catastrophe amplified by capability constraints clearly overwhelming any capacity to adapt in a now all-too familiar repetition of disaster.
16 November 2016 - Technology facilitates violence against women, but it also facilitates information sharing, capacity building, networking and alternative media – Take back the tech! is the realisation of the idea that the internet can be used to expand the movement against all forms of gender-based violence. For over 10 years various campaigns have taken place in different parts of the world, in different languages and idioms, that not only push back on the growing amounts of online harassment and online VAW (violence against women) but actively claim the internet as a space, a forum, a playground and a hope for women and gender non-conforming people, and also queer and trans people.
This edition brings to us the voices from the campaigns scattered across the world, from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Canada, Bosnia-Herzegovina to India. The editorial written by Sara Baker who has led the campaign for almost 4 years now points to the shift that has taken place recently, and how finally online VAW is being acknowledged as a problem in mainstream news, included as an offence in the laws of several countries. Online VAW or TRVAW (technology related violence against women) is being taken seriously for how it effects women and their well being, how it is patriarchal and wilful suppression of the voices of women, and actively contributes to a culture of silencing and censorship. This also extends to other minorities and groups that are vulnerable online, whether because of gender, race, caste, sexual orientation, political and religious beliefs, and ethnicity.
Natural Disasters Force 26 Million People into Poverty and Cost 520 bn USD in Losses, Every Year, New World Bank Analysis
Human and economic costs of disasters underestimated by up to 60 percent
MARRAKESH, November 14, 2016– The impact of extreme natural disasters is equivalent to a global $520 billion loss in annual consumption, and forces some 26 million people into poverty each year, a new report from the World Bank and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) reveals.
“Severe climate shocks threaten to roll back decades of progress against poverty,” said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. “Storms, floods, and droughts have dire human and economic consequences, with poor people often paying the heaviest price. Building resilience to disasters not only makes economic sense, it is a moral imperative.”
