Volunteers are playing a vital role in making governments worldwide more accountable and responsive to their citizens, but their potential is seriously undervalued, a new report from the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme said today. The State of the World’s Volunteerism Report 2015 is the first global review of evidence around the contribution of Continue reading
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Volunteerism prominently featured in UN Secretary-General’s Report on post-2015 agenda
‘As we seek to build capacities and to help the new agenda to take root, volunteerism can be another powerful and cross-cutting means of implementation. Volunteerism can help to expand and mobilize constituencies, and to engage people in national planning and implementation for sustainable development goals. And volunteer groups can help to localize the new agenda by providing new spaces of interaction between governments and people for concrete and scalable actions.’ Continue reading
Virtual Careers Fair
The Virtual Careers Fair III will be on Wednesday 11 June 2014 from 11 am (Sydney EST). The following international organizations will participate: The United Nations Secretariat (UN), United Nations Volunteers (UNV), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPs) and the European Personnel Selection Office (EU Careers). Continue reading
UN survey of men in Asia-Pacific reveals high levels of sexual violence in region
The most common motivation of some men who have admitted to rape is the belief that they are entitled to sex even without the female partner’s consent, according to a newly released United Nations Continue reading