Five For Friday: Paralympic Marathon (United States Olympic Committee)
(Source: United States Olympic Committee) By Paul D. Bowker | Oct. 09, 2015, 12:01 a.m. (ET) Tatyana McFadden celebrates after winning the women's wheelchair division of the 119th Boston Marathon on...
View ArticleIOC teams up with United Nations to empower young Brazilian women through...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will invest US$ 600,000 to support a United Nations Women project seeking to improve...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOME OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF ANDORRA,...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 25 September 2015 The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Andorra, Bulgaria and Honduras. Ester...
View ArticleAgreement between Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Employment...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain) The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Employment and Social Security, and Health, Social Services and Equality signed an...
View ArticleChina and Senegal win places in basketball competition at Rio 2016 Olympic...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) The Chinese men's team and Senegalese women's side are the latest to qualify for the basketball competition at Rio 2016 Olympic...
View ArticleTale of Two Documentaries
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Charles Dickens, Tale of Two Cities On September 28th, we'll be attending the 36th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in honor of two very...
View ArticleHamburg estimates $12.6 billion cost for 2024 Olympics
HAMBURG, Germany — Hamburg's bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games has an estimated budget of 11.2 billion euros ($12.6 billion), with 7.4 billion ($8.3 billion) to come from taxpayers. Hamburg...
View ArticleCOMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD EXAMINES THE REPORT OF TIMOR-LESTE (UNOG...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 25 September 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to third periodic report of...
View ArticleWhen Education Doesn’t Prevent Child Marriage
Going to school is supposed to empower young girls—and delay early marriage and childbirth. That’s the conventional wisdom, at least. But a new study on Malawi shows another outcome. There are endless...
View ArticleWhite paper: Gender Equality and Women's Development in China
BEIJING - The Information Office of the State Council, or China's Cabinet, on Tuesday issued a white paper on Gender Equality and Women's Development in China. Following is the full text: Gender...
View ArticleUSA and Italy the first teams to qualify for men’s volleyball at Rio 2016...
(Source: Comitê Organizador dos Jogos Olímpicos e Paraolímpicos Rio 2016) Team USA celebrate a point against Argentina on their way to gold in Tokyo (Photo: Getty Images for FIVB/Atsushi Tomura) The...
View ArticleDeloitte And U.S. Paralympics Launch Interactive Classification Guide (United...
(Source: United States Olympic Committee) By U.S. Paralympics | Sept. 22, 2015, 10:36 a.m. (ET) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - With less than a year to go until the start of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games,...
View ArticleMake additional sports events winning hits to enliven Tokyo Games
The Yomiuri Shimbun It is hoped that the new initiative in which host cities pick out additional sports to be held during their Olympic Games will help enliven the Games. The organizing committee of...
View ArticleICYMI: A Light Shines in Harlem (New York Republican Party)
(Source: New York Republican Party) Charter schools have been changing lives and providing opportunities for inner city children in New York City for the past fifteen years. Check out this great...
View ArticleHamburg mayor: our Olympics will cost $12.6bn, less than London 2012
German city, which is bidding along with LA, Paris, Rome and Budapest, says 2024 Olympic Games will cost $12.bn, with $8.3bn to come from taxpayers...
View ArticleCOC Launches Groundbreaking Total Athlete Wellness Program (Canadian Olympic...
(Source: Canadian Olympic Committee) Thursday, September 24, 2015 - TORONTO - On Thursday, the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), and Deloitte launched Game Plan - a high performance athlete wellness...
View Article06 October, 2015 - Ministers O’Sullivan and Humphreys host roundtable...
(Source: Department of Education & Skills of Ireland) This morning, 6th October, a roundtable discussion of education partners and NGOs working with young transgender people is taking place in the...
View ArticleStakeholders meet to discuss sustainable development
26-September-2015 Seychelles yesterday hosted a symposium to mark a global movement coinciding with the United Nations (UN) General Assembly’s launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) taking...
View ArticleA Light Shines in Harlem
On February 4, 1999, a young West African immigrant living in the Bronx, Amadou Diallo, was gunned down in a hail of 41 police bullets; a terrible shooting of an unarmed man. New York City swelled with...
View ArticleOlympic Athletes Exercise Technology Muscle with Visa on Road to Rio
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Visa Inc. (NYSE:V) gathered 25 Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls from around the world for a two-day Team Visa Summit and innovation showcase at the company’s...
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