This article is part of the Eurostat online publication Quality of life indicators, providing recent statistics on the quality of life in the European Union (EU). The publication presents a detailed analysis of many different dimensions of quality of life, complementing the indicator traditionally used as the measure of economic and social development, gross domestic product (GDP).
The present article is a general introduction to the set of '8+1' statistical articles (see here), sketching the conceptual, policy and methodological backgrounds: what is quality of life and how can its different aspects be measured adequately?
Извор: Euro stat
1. IBRD Loan: US $24 million equivalent
Terms: Maturity =18 years, Grace = 5 years
Project ID: P128378
Project Description: The objective of the project is to improve transparency of resource allocation and promote accountability in higher education, enhance the relevance of secondary technical vocational education, and support innovation capacity in the country
2. IBRD Loan: US $50.0 million equivalent
Terms: Maturity = 18 years, Grace = 5 years
Project ID: P130847
Project Description: The objective of the project is to strengthen the competitiveness of FYR Macedonia’s economy by incentivizing productive investment and technology upgrading in the manufacturing, agribusiness and trade logistics sectors, and establishing enabling conditions to progressively increase labor market flexibility and innovation capacity.
Извор: Светска Банка
According to the joint publication by the UN Human Rights Office and UN Women, over the past ten years alone, at least 80 million hectares of the world’s land have been acquired in large-scale land deals — an area 20 times the size of the Netherlands. Yet, within this context, it is reported that only one per cent of the world’s women actually own land.
“Despite the fact that many women are legally entitled to equality in access to land, they still experience considerable discrimination in this area,” said the UN Human Rights Office’s Gender and Women’s Rights Advisor, Gaynel Curry, during a side event which launched the publication.
During her opening remarks, Curry highlighted that forced evictions from land have a disproportionate effect on women.
In Kenya, for example, the Marriage and Property Act denies women the right to marital property upon divorce or death of their spouse, unless they can prove they made a contribution to the acquisition of the property during their marriage.
The Act, which came into force in January, could result in the loss of land for many Kenyan women as it is expected that very few will be able to demonstrate such a contribution, said Frances Raday, a UN independent expert to the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Committee (CEDAW).
Learners, educators, and parents who experience Human Total: A Violence Prevention Learning Resource examine the discriminatory attitudes and behavioral patterns that encourage many men and boys to be violent and reckless; they develop skills and strategies to reduce the resulting harm as well as prevent its perpetuation. Human Total is the latest, most concrete effort in 15 years of work by the International Center for Alcohol Policies (ICAP) aimed at understanding alcohol-related violence, as well as identifying and promoting good practice for its prevention.
Human total violence prevention learning resource
Извор: WUNRN – 18.03.2014
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) and the UN Human Rights Office organized an all-day event, Inspiring Change to Promote Women’s Rights and Dignity, which explored women’s advances in securing their rights and dignity in topics related to water, sanitation, and hygiene.
According to the Chris Williams, the Executive Director of WSSCC the focus must be “on the fundamental rights of women, to examine current policy and practice as well as challenges to women’s empowerment across their life cycle, looking at vulnerable groups through the lens of water, sanitation and hygiene.”
Menstrual hygiene is still considered a taboo topic in many places throughout the world leaving many women without safe, accessible and hygienic spaces for washing and sanitation. Across the world, it is estimated that 2.5 billion people lack access to improved sanitation and many of them are women.
The consequences of discrimination against women and their inadequate access to water and sanitation can be grave. Menstruating girls may not able to attend school because of associated stigma and/or inadequate sanitation and hygiene at home and in schools. Women suffering from fistula after childbirth or facing health complications as a result of female genital mutilation may be ostracized from their communities and families.
According to Jyoti Sanghera, Chief of the UN Human Rights Office Economic and Social Issues Section, this “stigma around menstruation and menstrual hygiene is a violation of several human rights, most importantly of the right to human dignity” that must be overcome.
