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Social Media Slant 4 Good Using social media to raise awareness of important issues! New daily edition at 9 a.m. Published by Cendrine Marrouat 11 December 2015 Read paper → World Environment Politics Business TechnologyHealth #humanrightsday #cop21 Saudi Arabia: Landmark Elections for Women Shared by Human Rights Watch www­.hrw­.org - (Beirut) – Saudi women will vote and run in municipal council elections for the first time on December 12, 2015. Women’s participation in elections for municipal councils is a positive step toward ... Why Girls? Shared by Girl Effect www­.girleffect­.org - It seems you've been here before. If you'd like to skip to a PDF version, just click this link. Got 2 minutes? Scroll down and learn about the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty fo... UNHCR welcomes first Syrian refugee arrivals in Canada Shared by United Nations www­.unhcr­.org - By mid-September, more than 200,000 Syrian refugees had crossed the border into Turkey. UNHCR estimates that half of them are children, and many have seen their homes destroyed in the conflict befo... When people are counted, no one is left behind Shared by United Nations www­.undp­.org - In September 2015, a multi-sectoral group of experts met in New York from all over the world. Despite varied perspectives, each had previously been involved in some aspect of LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, B... Sustainable Development Goals are in sync with Africa’s priorities Shared by United Nations www­.un­.org - On 26 September, a day after world leaders adopted the new development agenda known as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, prominent personalities in world politics, social activism, busin... VIDEOS Shared by UNICEF Shared by UNICEF Shared by HeForShe More Videos → WORLD Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 11 December 2015 Shared by Human Rights Watch Dispatches: Russian Court Hopes to Thwart International Law Rulings Shared by Human Rights Watch Why you shouldn’t always trust social media for your world news and views Shared by ONE Oxfam reaction to the Ethiopian government announcement on drought | Press releases | Oxfam GB Shared by Oxfam International Asia-Pacific makes strides in implementing CEDAW Shared by UN Women US: Drop Korea Landmine Ban Exception Shared by Human Rights Watch More World → ENVIRONMENT UN News - Senior UN official appeals to donors to aid 53,000 displaced by attacks on Lake Chad islands Shared by United Nations Protecting their crops through green technologies, Caribbean women fend for themselves Shared by UN Women World’s most vulnerable people must not be forgotten as climate negotiations come to a close Shared by Oxfam International Oxfam Asia Blog » Blog Archive » Asian women farmers demand climate funds from leaders at the Paris climate talks Shared by Oxfam International Climate for change Climate for change Shared by Oxfam International COP21: Final draft of Paris climate deal expected - BBC News Shared by Oxfam International More Environment → POLITICS Cairo's Pink Taxi promises a safe ride for women - CNN.com Shared by UN Women Meet 20 courageous women & girls who are #Determined Shared by Girl Effect Medical provider "cultural competency" bill passes committee - Metro Weekly Shared by Trans Equality Ohio city passes ban on LGBT conversion therapy Shared by Trans Equality These Sexist Laws Still Exist Around The World Today Shared by Girl Effect Moving away from the death penalty Shared by United Nations More Politics → BUSINESS WFP Sends Convoys Into Yemen City Of Taiz To Avert Looming Humanitarian Crisis Shared by United Nations Kiva - Loans that change lives. Shared by Kiva Kiva's No-Interest Crowdsourced Microloans for Small Businesses Have Arrived in the US Shared by Kiva The Bangkok-Johannesburg Blueprint » Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance Shared by Global Goals Where your sparkly eye makeup REALLY comes from Shared by ONE PopUp Holiday Market: #ImpactShopping Shared by Kiva More Business → TECHNOLOGY Upcoming technology review meeting to focus on Sustainable Development Goals - United Nations Sustainable Development Shared by Global Goals WSIS+10 | United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting > Events > Side Events > Measuring the information society: ICT data for policy making and evaluation Shared by Global Goals Deutsch Built a Bot That Will Say Something Nice to 300 Million Twitter Users, One by One Shared by Champs Aga Bullying One Twitter account wants to combat cyberbullying by saying something nice — to all 300 million users Shared by Champs Aga Bullying Creed and human rights for Indigenous peoples Shared by Sylvia Smith How Internet sleuths on Facebook and Reddit solved the 20-year-old mystery of a missing teenager Shared by Timothy Bledsoe More Technology → HEALTH Can we end female genital cutting in a generation? Shared by UN Women VW: 'We're Sorry We Got Caught' Shared by EcoWatch The activist helping London children talk to their parents about FGM Shared by Girl Effect Take Action - Campaign For Children Shared by Human Rights Watch #TBT: Second Annual Time to Thrive Conference Provides Imperative Support for LGBTQ Youth | Human Rights Campaign Shared by hrc.org More Health → #HUMANRIGHTSDAY 8 people who broke the law to change the world Shared by ONE Fathers in Turkey foster violence-free families and gender equality Shared by UN Women Going to school in a dinghy - UNICEF Connect Shared by UNICEF Mary Robinson on Int'l Human Rights Day: Climate Change is the Biggest Human Rights Issue There Is Shared by Democracy Now! An Interview With Laurinda Gouveia, a Young Woman Charged With Conspiring Against the Angolan Government · Global Voices Shared by Global Voices Iranian Cartoonist Who Drew Sadness of Paris Attacks Jailed · Global Voices Shared by Global Voices More #humanrightsday → #COP21 COP21 liveblog - United Nations Sustainable Development Shared by United Nations Pakistani Youth for Climate Change Shared by United Nations UNEP in Europe - Online Newsletter Shared by Global Goals Sandra Steingraber: Dispatches From the Paris Climate Talks Shared by EcoWatch Why Is Saudi Arabia Undermining COP21 When Climate Change Could Make the Gulf Uninhabitable? Shared by Democracy Now! UNFCCC Webcast - Paris COP 21 Shared by United Nations More #cop21 → World • Environment • Politics • Business • Technology • Health • #humanrightsday • #cop21 Read paper →

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