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Humanitarian day

Facilitación de retornos seguros: recuperación urbana y reconstrucción de los medios de vida para las comunidades yazidíes desplazadas en Ninewa Occidental (Irak)

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Voices & Views

Para celebrar el Día Mundial de la Asistencia Humanitaria (19 de agosto) y conmemorar el noveno aniversario de la masacre de Sinjar (3 de agosto), el equipo de Capacity4dev se ha puesto en contacto con los responsables de la...

Asia
Iraq
Employment & VET
Humanitarian Aid
Urban Development
Humanitarian Day picture

Facilitating safe returns: urban recovery and livelihood redevelopment for displaced Yazidi communities in Western Ninewa (Iraq)

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Voices & Views

To celebrate World Humanitarian Day (19 August) and commemorate the 9th anniversary of the Sinjar Massacre (3 August), the Capacity4dev team reached out to the implementers and beneficiaries of an EU-funded project led by UN...

Asia
Iraq
Employment & VET
Humanitarian Aid
Urban Development
Humanitarian day

Faciliter les retours en toute sécurité : rétablissement urbain et réaménagement des moyens de subsistance des communautés yézidies déplacées dans l'ouest de Ninive (Irak)

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Voices & Views

Pour célébrer la Journée mondiale de l'aide humanitaire (19 août) et commémorer le 9e anniversaire du massacre de Sinjar (3 août), l'équipe de Capacity4dev a contacté les responsables de la mise en œuvre et les bénéficiaires d'un...

Asia
Iraq
Employment & VET
Humanitarian Aid
Urban Development

Empoderando a niños y jóvenes en América Latina y el Caribe

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Voices & Views

El mundo celebra el aniversario de la Declaración de los Derechos del Niño adoptada el 20 de noviembre de 1959 por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas. Aunque una de cada tres personas en todo el mundo es un menor, la...

Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Bolivia
+17
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Children and Youth
Civil Society
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Empowering children and youth in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Voices & Views

The world celebrates the anniversary of the Declaration of Children’s Rights adopted on 20 November 1959 by the UN General Assembly. Although one in three people worldwide is a minor, most societies still undervalue the opinion of...

Americas & the Caribbean
Argentina
Bolivia
+17
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Children and Youth
Civil Society
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation

Many paths, one direction: Strategies for achieving Universal Health Coverage

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Voices & Views

Each year, nearly 100 million people find themselves pushed into extreme poverty because of health-related expenditures. Capacity4dev spoke to health programme managers at the EU Delegations to Nigeria, Ethiopia, South Africa and...

Africa
Nigeria
South Africa
+4
Ethiopia
Asia
Timor-Leste
Oceania
Health
Health policies & policy dialogue
Health Systems Strengthening
+1
Universal health coverage - equity

Views from the Field: In Conversation with the Foreign Minister and EU Ambassador to Timor-Leste

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Voices & Views

Emerging from over two decades of conflict and instability, in May 2002 the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became the 21st century’s first new sovereign state. Since then the country’s government – with assistance from the...

Asia
Timor-Leste
Biodiversity & Ecosystem
Climate change & disaster risks
Development Policy
+3
Environment & green economy
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience
Forests

Supporting Education in Crisis-Affected Environments

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Voices & Views

One of the many casualties of crises is education. Natural disasters, wars and protracted conflict are disrupting children’s access to schools and contributing to higher drop-out and lower completion rates. Schools can also be...

Africa
Somalia
South Sudan
+2
Asia
Iraq
Education
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

Keeping Human Rights at the Heart of Development

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Voices & Views

National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) are bodies set up to protect and monitor human rights – to stand up for those in need and to hold governments to account. They can also provide advice, deal with complaints and carry out...

Africa
Mauritania
Asia
+1
Iraq
Human Rights

Promoting a Conducive Environment for Civil Society in Partner Countries – New Case Studies Released by EuropeAid

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Voices & Views

How to strengthen the involvement of civil society in public life? Three new case studies from EuropeAid illustrate good practice from three different corners of the world.

Asia
Iraq
Philippines
+2
Europe
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Civil Society
Governance & Corruption
Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation