CRÓNICAS: CUENCA HIDROGRÁFICA DEL RÍO YAQUE DEL NORTE
José Alberto Acosta Guzmán Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago e-mail: josacoguz@hotmail.com . . Resumen: El conocimiento del componente estructural de la cuenca del rio Yaque del Norte, representa uno de los temas a tratar en esta investigación, el cual cuenta con una superficie de 6,891 km2, ubicada entre las regiones Cibao Noroeste y Cibao Norte de […]
The UN World Water Development Report 2015, Water for a Sustainable World
The 2015 edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report (WWDR 2015), titled Water for a Sustainable World, will be launched at the official celebration of the World Water Day. The WWDR 2015 demonstrates how water resources and services are essential to achieving global sustainability. Taking account of economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability, […]
Closing Gender Gap in Education
Empowering adolescent girls and young women through education is the aim – and the name – of a programme launched in New York today by UNESCO, UN Women, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Bank. Announced by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Babatunde […]
Gender-Based Violence in and Around Schools Prevents Millions of Children Worldwide from Fulfilling their Academic Potential
The EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and UNGEI call for urgent action to combat school-related gender-based violence NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 – Gender-based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the […]
From International Relations to Global Politics. Free Online Course
From the theories of International Relations to the practice of global politics. To grasp the rule of the global political game and be ready to play it. Course Instructors: Raffaele Marchetti Raffaele Marchetti (Laurea, Rome-La Sapienza; PhD, London-LSE) is assistant professor (national qualification as associate professor) in International Relations at the Department of Political Science […]
Water and Sustainable Development: One Voice From Zaragoza
www.unwater.org The UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference was held in January and kicked off the year that will shine a spotlight on water and sustainable development. “2015 is an important year. An important year for disaster risk reduction, an important year for climate and an important year for water,” said the UN-Water Chair, Michel Jarraud […]
Physical Education for Healthier, Happier, Longer, and More Productive Living
The time children and adults all over the world spend engaging in physical activity is decreasing with dire consequences on their health, life expectancy, and ability to perform in the classroom, in society and at work. In a new publication, Quality Physical Education, Guidelines for Policy Makers, UNESCO urges governments and educational planners to reverse this trend, […]
COORDINADORA NACIONAL DE PUEBLOS ORIGINARIOS DE EL SALVADOR (CNPO-ES)
POSICIONAMIENTO ANTE LA CONMEMORACION DEL 83 ANIVERSARIO DE LA MASACRE INDIGENA DE 1932 EN EL SALVADOR A 83 años de la masacre de 1932, los daños históricos y las condiciones de exclusión y desigualdades en la vida de los pueblos en general y de los pueblos originarios en particular siguen vigentes, sin contar con políticas públicas efectivas, tanto de […]
Integral Science for Global Education
Integral Science for Global Education Amrit Srecko Sorli obtained engineer degree back in 1980 at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. His main research areas are dynamic quantum vacuum, cosmology, time, gravity, Relativity Theory, Theory of everything, bijective epistemology, transpersonal psychology, consciousness research, philosophy of science. Amrit co-founded SpaceLife Institute back in 2000 with Italian […]
GLOBAL REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
Adolescents Twice as Likely to Be Out of School as Children of Primary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF New report shows why ‘business as usual’ won’t lead to universal primary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to […]
