Today we celebrate International Women's Day. There is broad global agreement that secure property rights help eradicate poverty. By securing women’s land rights, we reduce gender inequality. Do you agree? Blog | International Women's Day Blogs »
IT WAS A LANDSLIDE OF TRASH
March 1st was Global Waste Picker Day. Learn about how landslides at waste dumps occur at a shocking frequency globally: Blog
Or read about the marginalization to inclusion of waste pickers in the West Bank: Blog »
3-2-1...ZERO DISCRIMINATION DAY
March 1st was Zero Discrimination Day. To mark this day, we talked about a related issue – exclusion, especially social exclusion. Who is most likely to be excluded, stigmatized, and discriminated against? Video Blog »
EQUAL ACCESS. AN URBAN MYTH?
Cities need to be designed in a way that facilitates access for persons with disabilities to buildings and services, and increases their opportunities for economic participation and activity. Video Blog »
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No society can develop sustainably without giving men and women equal power to contribute to their families, communities, and countries: Rediscover the report »
500 diverse participants from KL and around the world converged at Dataran Merdeka during WUF9 to form a unique live aerial human art at the historic square: WATCH FROM ABOVE
Get your nerd on with this online publication that shows how living conditions are changing through graphs and data visualization: Our World in DATA
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