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New York, 7 June 2018 - UNDP Executive Board connects live with Senegal to hear about the country’s groundbreaking PUDC programme.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: Actress and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton and Executive Producer, author, and host Padma Lakshmi attend the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Inaugural Global Goals Gala: A Night for Change at Phillips in Manhattan on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
The Maria Sharapova Foundation, together with UNDP, supports seven youth projects in areas of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl accident.
Read more about Maria Sharapova’s youth projects in Chernobyl affected areas
14 February New York - In preparation of the Ocean Conference that will take place in June, UNDP organised a High-level event that underscores the urgency and importance of conserving oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
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4 June 2020 – UNDP Executive Board session. H.E. Mr. Walton Webson
President of the UNDP Executive Board, and
Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations
Group of Latin American and Caribbean States. Screenshot: UNDP
The Maria Sharapova Foundation, together with UNDP, supports seven youth projects in areas of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine affected by the Chernobyl accident.
Read more about Maria Sharapova’s youth projects in Chernobyl affected areas
Almost 250 kms away in Neemach district, Baadam Bai is respectfully called neta or leader by members of her community. For decades Baadam Bai knew no life other than as a manual scavenger but after all the women in her village decided to quit together, she found confidence and strength to fight for the rights of her community. [Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
Her only regret? ” I wish the options available today were available earlier , I would never have made my son give up school to help me with manual scavenging,” she says. Her aim now is to champion the cause of other former manual scavengers and their families and make sure they know they have a brighter future ahead.
[Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
In 2011 Baadam Bai says, she won her biggest battle yet. While her community had been allocated 32 acres of land to cultivate after they had quit manual scavenging, they faced many problems. “The upper caste villagers would release their cattle to trample our crop, trying to destroy our hard work so we would break and return to our traditional roles “, she says. Teaming up with fellow women champions and other volunteers, she lodged a complaint with the police and the intimidation stopped.[Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
Forty year old Tasleem Bi is a Dalit Muslim from Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh. As a young child, she worked as a manual scavenger protecting her parents’ jagir or the right to collect waste from a certain number of houses in the village. It was a “right” zealously guarded by her community since they had no other way to earn a living. When she got married, she spent INR 20,000 to buy the “right” to clean 50 homes in her village from her brother and her nephew. [Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
It was only in 2005 when she met civil society activists that she realized that the culture of discrimination in her village against her caste was tied up with their jobs and only means of survival.” Once I realized I was actually a slave I couldn't do the work any more”, she says. The following year she stood for elections from her ward and despite being offered a bribe of land or INR 2,00,000 in cash, fought the elections and won by a huge margin. She has managed to get all but four families in her village from the haila community government sponsored housing. Ironically, she is one of the four still waiting.[Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
Since 2013, the United Nations has been supporting these women champions in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, to address the challenges faced by their community.
[Photo: Ishan Tankha/UNDP India, Jan Sahas]
Nighat, the manager of a female CO is found busy here recording the details of the meeting on to the register. She says the trainings on record keeping have helped her not only to play an effective role in the CO but also in her daily life. The proceedings of each meeting are recorded and attendance of all the members is duly noted.
Visiting the hospital in Chechersk, which provides treatment to children in the form of interactive games and psychotherapeutic sessions.
Read more about Maria Sharapova’s youth projects in Chernobyl affected areas
Credit: Jamil Akhtar/UNDP Pakistan. 2020
Under the ‘CCAM-II’ project, funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Government of Italy, and Global Water Challenge (CocaCola Foundation), an 18,000-foot pipeline is providing freshwater to residents of Tassu village in Gol, Skardu.
Credit: Jamil Akhtar/UNDP Pakistan
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Actress and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Michelle Yeoh, Actress and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Connie Britton, Executive Producer, author, and host Padma Lakshmi, and Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme attend the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Inaugural Global Goals Gala: A Night for Change at Phillips in Manhattan on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
Photo: UNDP Bangladesh/Sarah Apu
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, UN Women, UNDP, and UNCDF jointly organized an event in Dhaka with several financial institutions in Bangladesh to highlight the importance of better and easier access to finance for women. The event was an initiative of the “WING: Women’s Empowerment for Inclusive Growth” project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh.
Objective was to inform, present, and engage government, policymakers, and other stakeholders on the UNDP’s proposed Outcomes and Outputs of CPD 2023-2027.
Wed. 13 September2017, NYC - Opening day of UNDP's exhibition "Survivors" at Photoville in NYC under the Brooklyn Bridge. STORIES OF SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN AFRICA is a UNDP project featuring photographs and stories documented in 2016 across six African countries that have been directly affected by violent extremism – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Somalia and Uganda.The photo essay was shot by the renowned female photographer, Malin Fezehai.
To see more: survivors-of-extremism.undp.org/en?_ga=2.201035052.340749...
Between 2011 and 2016, more than 33,300 Africans lost their lives to violent extremism. The growth of violent extremism has set in motion a dramatic reversal of development gains in Africa, and is also threatening to stunt prospects of development for years to come. Africa bears the brunt of the impact of terrorism in lives lost, economies ruined and relationships fractured. Extremists target public spaces such as markets and bus stations, forcing people to make a choice between risking death by going to work, or risking the very survival of their families.
In response, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa has developed a strategy to prevent and respond to violent extremism through a development lens.
In the photo exhibition, “Stories of Survivors,” the UNDP and photographer Malin Fezehai seek to shed light on and amplify the voices of those who often suffer in silence. Theirs are stories of resilience, perseverance and the triumph of humanity, as they rebuild their lives again. The survivors’ diverse religious, ethnic and national backgrounds highlight that violent extremism is a shared burden, and one that humanity, as a whole, must respond to.
To read about the report and the findings: journey-to-extremism.undp.org
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Village, Dagbasood - Tailoring Training for females conducted by WCO “Jugnu Khawateen” under RAHA.
Shakeela and Salma set up their own workshop after the training. Salma, “We feel so useful now that we can actually contribute financially supporting the men of the family”.
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: Executive Producer, author, and host Padma Lakshmi attends the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Inaugural Global Goals Gala: A Night for Change at Phillips in Manhattan on December 5, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP))
Photo: UNDP Bangladesh/Sarah Apu
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, UN Women, UNDP, and UNCDF jointly organized an event in Dhaka with several financial institutions in Bangladesh to highlight the importance of better and easier access to finance for women. The event was an initiative of the “WING: Women’s Empowerment for Inclusive Growth” project, funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bangladesh.