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IMAX Challenges Student Filmmakers to Create Documentaries

October 12, 2016
Fun Stuff
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Entertainment company IMAX Corporation launched Tuesday the first component of its “In Focus” program to showcase the work of young filmmakers and encourage them to create content that inspires audiences…Read more →

UN Experts Call for Regulating Advertising Directed at Children

August 11, 2016
Parents
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Ahead of International Youth Day, on Friday 12 August, two United Nations human rights experts warned about the impact of commercial advertising directed at young children that instils at an…Read more →

Young People Exposed to Lower Quality of Jobs: UN

July 15, 2016
Learning
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Young people are almost three times more likely to be unemployed than adults and continuously exposed to lower quality of jobs. The United Nations (UN) is observing July 15 as…Read more →

Liam Neeson Drives Action to End Violence Against Children

July 14, 2016
Charity
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Globally, one in four children suffers physical abuse. Nearly one in five girls is sexually abused at least once in her life. Every five minutes, a child dies as a…Read more →

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Urges Youth to Raise their Voices

May 31, 2016
Learning
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On first day of the sixty-sixth United Nations Department of Public Information / Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) Conference in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged youth to…Read more →

Why Women and Girls Do Not Study Science

February 10, 2016
Learning
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The United Nations (UN) observes that science and gender equality are both vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Over…Read more →

Project Literacy Petition Delivered to UN General Assembly

September 29, 2015
Learning
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Sixteen organisations and charities joined Pearson, the world's leading learning company, on Monday in announcing their commitment to Project Literacy. The project has one clear goal: to raise awareness of…Read more →

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