FAO - a Specialized United Nations Agency by I V Antonova

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How to make violence against women in Chile visible. Contribution made by United Nations Agencies by María Luisa Jáuregui Mejía

“…This article presents the work being done by the Thematic Group of Gender Experts, whose members come from five United Nations Agencies based in Chile, who give their joint support to the National Foundation for Women in Chile (SERNAM), with the aim of countering gender violence in Chile. …”
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The Extent of Practicing Knowledge Management in UNRWA Schools in Jordan from the Point of View of Principals by Subhi Al-Thaher, Khalid Al-Sarhan

Subjects: “…Knowledge management processes, UNRWA schools, United Nations agency, Jordan…”
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“We have to look deeper into why”: perspectives on problem identification and prioritization of women’s and girls’ health across United Nations agencies by Alua Kulenova, Kathleen Rice, Alayne Adams, Raphael Lencucha

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Teaching about Islam in Africa by Thomas Uthup

“…The International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century focused on this question in its report to the premier United Nations agency in education: the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). …”
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Permanently locked down: the impact of COVID-19 on the Palestinian refugee population by Òscar Monterde Mateo

“…This article analyses the health, economic and social impact of COVID-19 on the Palestinian refugee population located in the different areas in which the UNRWA (the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees) works, focusing on refugee camps and how the pandemic has exacerbated their inhabitants’ isolation, exclusion and lack of protection. …”
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Znaczenie pomocy rozwojowej w polityce Królestwa Hiszpanii w latach 1995–2020 by Justyna Salamon

“…Spain is involved in the work of the World Bank and the African Development Fund (FAD – Fondo Africano de Desarrollo) and the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA – Spanish: Agencia de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en Oriente Próximo). …”
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Trabalho digno expressando valores universais e respeitando diversidade cultural: Proposições para a intervenção by Nuno Rebelo dos Santos

“…This concept has had great legitimacy since it was proposed by the International Labour Organization, the United Nations agency for labour issues, which is the well-established institutional world forum for cooperation. …”
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Column: Here I Stand by Geoffrey Cannon

“…These stories derive from a United Nations agency monograph that has not yet been published! …”
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Assessment of barriers that prevent the integration of UNHCR and church responses to migration: An ecclesiological perspective by Christopher Magezi

“…This article perceived the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a United Nations agency whose mandate is to safeguard refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. …”
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Cultural Landscape in World Heritage Conservation and Cultural Landscape Conservation Challenges in Asia by Mechtild Rössler, Roland Chih-Hung Lin

“…Abstract UNESCO was the first United Nations agency to deal with landscapes at a global scale, notably through the World Heritage Convention. …”
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Digital Feminist Placemaking: The Case of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement by Asma Mehan

“…The outcomes of this research can help international organizations such as Amnesty International and the United Nations Agency for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women), as well as policymakers, institutions, academics, and NGOs, to highlight the various ways in which broader public participation could be encouraged in the process of digital feminist insurgent placemaking.…”
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“New Normal” in Learning and Teaching by Binar Kurnia Prahani, Tsung-Hui Cheng

“…New Normal policies in education must also be in line with instructions issued by The United Nations Agency for Child Welfare (UNICEF). UNICEF has issued guidelines for countries that want to reopen teaching and learning activities in schools. …”
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Building a sustainable peace and development model through data-driven Chinese peacekeeping actions based on UN Global Pulse by Yan, Yongjun, Zhang, Yixin

“…UN Global Pulse is a United Nations agency dedicated to using big data and artificial intelligence technologies to address global challenges. …”

Five steps towards a global reset: lessons from COVID-19 by Corinna Hawkes

“…But for any business, organization, government or United Nations agency serious about addressing long-term sustainability challenges, the opportunity is there to use these five practical actions to press the global reset button.…”
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Functional literacy of students as a benchmark of modern education by N. A. Aksenova, N. L. Moskovskaya

“…It is based on the research of the Federal Institute for Educational Quality Assessment (Fioko), which is the federal organizer of the PISA Assessment study, the international organization UNESCO (a United Nations agency), the National Agency for the Elimination of Adult Illiteracy (NALA). …”
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The Role of Text-Type and Genre in the Analysis of Subtitles: Towards Measuring How Green the Media Are by Pilar Orero, Alexander Shvets

“… The United Nations agency UNESCO issued in 2009 the Paris Declaration on Broadcast Media and Climate Change: A Public Service Remit where the role of communication was underlined as vital in informing and educating the public about the realities of climate change and the costs of inaction. …”
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Global report on preterm birth and stillbirth (5 of 7): advocacy barriers and opportunities by Rubens Craig E, Zaentz Rachel, Fajon Anne-Véronique, Sather Megan

“…They included maternal, newborn, and child health advocates and implementers, United Nations agency representatives, policymakers, researchers, and private and government donors.…”

A Direct Route to Sustainability: A Network Optimization Model to Reduce UNICEF Zimbabwe’s Carbon Footprint by Farran, Karim, McCormack, Timothy

“…In line with the carbon SDGs goals, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and development aid to children worldwide, sponsors this capstone project to analyse the carbon emissions of its supply chain transportation network in Zimbabwe. …”
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Scaling-up voluntary medical male circumcision – what have we learned? by Ledikwe JH, Nyanga RO, Hagon J, Grignon JS, Mpofu M, Semo BW

“…Jenny H Ledikwe,1,2,* Robert O Nyanga,1,* Jaclyn Hagon,2 Jessica S Grignon,1,2 Mulamuli Mpofu,1 Bazghina-werq Semo1,2 1International Training and Education Center for Health, Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana; 2Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA*These authors are joint first authorsAbstract: In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the joint United Nations agency program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommended voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) as an add-on strategy for HIV prevention. …”
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