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The UN decade for women in Peru

Women's Studies International Forum, 1985
Abstract Peru will see the International Decade of Women come to an end with some real achievements tempered only by doubts as to their endurance and long-term impact on the conditions of life of the great majority of poor women, in cities, towns, and the rural countryside. To evaluate the likelihood of a lasting effect it is useful to review some of
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Lessons Learned from the UN Water Decade

Water and Environment Journal, 1993
AbstractThe United Nations Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade ran from 1981 to 1990. Much was achieved, but the target of a safe water supply and adequate sanitation for all was not. However, many helpful lessons of experience were derived, and these should guide work in this sector over the next several decades.
R. CARTER, S. F. TYRREL, P. HOWSAM
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Navigating the New Arctic and the UN Ocean Decade

Marine Technology Society Journal, 2022
Abstract The Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program is one of the National Science Foundation 10 Big Ideas that seeks innovations in fundamental convergence research across social, natural, environmental, computing, and information sciences, and engineering projects that address the effects of climate change in the Arctic and in global systems.
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Contributions to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Given the serious and urgent problems humanity is now facing, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution establishing a Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014). This constitutes a new urgent call to educators of all levels and areas to contribute to citizens’ awareness and understanding of the state of the world in
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First UN Decade of Development

2002
With the inauguration of President Kennedy in January 1961, a new and positive relationship was established between the UN and the US in what has been described as the ‘halcyon days’ of the world body. A newly accepted principle of international solidarity and burden-sharing in development co-operation had expressed itself in a greater willingness to ...
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The UN Decade for Biodiversity 2011–2020

Biodiversity, 2011
Last year at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 10) in Nagoya, Japan, the 193 signatory countries created a strategic plan for the next decade.
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UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2007
This article has been compiled from materials produced and collected by UNESCO and partner organisations committed to advancing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Due to the great diversity in the implementation of the DESD at regional, national and local levels, this report highlights trends and developments that have emerged during the ...
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(Un)Dressing Decadence: Masquerade and Murder in Mascara

2023
Volupté, Vol. 6 No.
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The UN decade for women and Japan: Tools for change

Women's Studies International Forum, 1985
Abstract Rapid industrial growth in post-World War II Japan has contributed to radical external changes in the lives of Japanese women. Among them, the increase in the average woman's lifespan and the decrease in family size have given women a number of years when they are relatively free of childcare and therefore available to enter the job market ...
Fujieda Mioko, Rebecca Jennison
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UN decade and women's studies in Latin America

Women's Studies International Forum, 1985
Abstract Women's Studies programs developed rapidly in the 70s especially in the United States, which did not happen in other countries. The Simone de Beauvoir Institute, at Concordia University, in Canada, is an exception. Even in Europe, very few universities have been including such programs for more than ten years, at the beginning of the 80s. By
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